Julie Andrews

In her one-hour interview, Julie Andrews describes her early talent for singing and her childhood debut in a London revue. She talks about coming to the United States to appear on the New York stage in the hit The Boy Friend. She then details her many appearances on television in the United States. She discusses working with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein on the 1957 CBS musical-for-television Cinderella and talks about the experience of being on "live" TV. Andrews talks about her three specials with Carol Burnett and describes the chemistry of their teaming. She speaks in great detail about her ABC variety series, The Julie Andrews Show, an ambitious endeavor that lasted one season but required nearly all of her time to pull off each week. Throughout the interview, she alludes to her extensive theater and film work, briefly talks about the challenges of appearing in Mary Poppins, and describes her work with directors Alfred Hitchcock and her husband, Blake Edwards. Jennifer Howard conducted the interview on March 23, 2006 in Beverly Hills, CA.