In 1961, Lerner and Loewe again cast her in a period musical, as Guenevere in Camelot, opposite Richard Burton and newcomer Robert Goulet. After a slow start, cast appearances on Ed Sullivan's television show ensured that the show would ultimately become a hit.
When the starring role in the film version of My Fair Lady went to Audrey Hepburn, she received the "consolation" of starring in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins after Disney staff watched The Ed Sullivan Show Camelot special, thinking she would be perfect as Poppins, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress as a result. (Rave Broadway reviews aside, studio head Jack Warner declined to hire Andrews for My Fair Lady because "Audrey Hepburn had never made a financial flop."[1]) After beating Hepburn for the Golden Globe, Andrews got a measure of (as Poppins songwriter Richard M. Sherman put it) "sweet revenge": In closing her acceptance speech, Andrews—nervous and hoping the joke would play well—smiled and said, "and, finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie, and who made all this possible in the first place, Mr. Jack Warner."[2] Her performance also won her the Academy Award for Best Actress for 1965. At the Grammy Awards, she and her co-stars won the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children for Mary Poppins. She was nominated for an Academy Award again, the following year, for her role as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music, (with actors Christopher Plummer and Charmian Carr), briefly becoming one of the most sought-after stars in Hollywood. As a result, she appeared in the three-hour epic Hawaii, based on James Michener's best selling book, co-starring with Max von Sydow and Richard Harris. It was the highest grossing film of the year. She later starred in Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain with Paul Newman (both in 1966), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), with Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Channing.
Star!, a 1968 biopic of Gertrude Lawrence, and Darling Lili(1970), co-starring Rock Hudson and directed by her husband, Blake Edwards, are often cited by critics as major contributors to the decline of the movie musical. Both were damaging to Andrews' subsequent career and, despite several starring roles in musical and non-musical films—including some directed by second husband Edwards, such as The Tamarind Seed, 10, Victor/Victoria, and S.O.B., in which she appeared topless[1] — she was seen very rarely on screen during the 1980s and 1990s.
She starred in her own variety series (for one season, on the ABC network in 1972 - 1973, winning 7 Emmy Awards), but the greatest critical acclaim accorded her TV work was for her variety show specials with her close friend, Carol Burnett.
In 1983, she was chosen as the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year by the Harvard University theatrical society.
In 1995, she starred in a very commercially successful run in a stage musical version of Victor/Victoria. It was her first appearance in a Broadway show in 35 years. Opening on Broadway on October 25, 1995, at the Marquis Theatre, it later went on the road on a very successful world tour. When she was the only Tony Award nominee for the production, she declined the nomination because she felt the entire production was snubbed. She appeared in the production, which was directed by her husband, Blake Edwards, for almost the entire run. She was replaced, during her vacation, by friend Liza Minnelli, and months later, by Raquel Welch. The production has been recorded and is available on DVD.
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A Brief Filmography
Shrek 2- Queen Lillian (2004)
One Special Night- Catherine (1999)
Victor/Victoria- Victor Grant/Victor Grezhinski (1982)
10- Samantha Taylor (1979)
Star!- Gertrude Lawrence (1968)
Cinderella- Cinderella (1957)
