Julie Andrews opens up about Mary Poppins, singing and motherhood, Part 1 l GMA 

babymoonlight x she is?! I didn't even know...I thought she was around her 60's...

babymoonlight x Yes, but no woman was more beautiful than she was in her 20s & 30s... contrary to most women who peak in their 40s.

@@roxelledemaris1939 She was born October 1, 1935.

babymoonlight x wow really?? I thought she was like 60-ish

I THOUGHT SHE WAS 56! WHAT?

She can still sing, just now she sings differently as she does in princess diaries 2

I thought I was the only one! I was in tears after watching her nearly cry. Although on another note, she can still sing

@@jenniferp9136 it upsets me that all her interviews seem to focus on her losing her traditional singing voice. Each and every time, I can see it upsets her to some degree.

Well she is over 80. Even professional singers by that age can't sing no more.

I cried too.

yankeeladee02 She’s an international treasure! The whole world loves her.

Agreed

A treasure. Yes, and she's the first person to remind you of that.

Amen!!!

In mine too. Julie has that special aura & charm. She is perfect

Yes, there is really nothing I can say that is abd about her. Even when she lost her voice during throat surgery. She could've been vengeful, bitter and angry, but she handled it with grace and acceptance.

Smileyfan16. Pure? My god you're naive.

I thought she died.

Yes

Totally true human being

Her life is far from unfair

@@josue24 Her life was so unfair what do you mean

I shed tears too😢…

​@@josue24Well, she had her tonsils removed in early 1960, when she was just 24 years old (born on 1935.10.1), for the excessive work pressure on Broadway and in West End; however, not long after that she began to rehearsal the next musical. When she was "found" (not precise though, because she had been very famous in the stage musical field) by Walt Disney, she was pregnant, but still performing her musical on stage-- two hours a night, many performances a week… In Hollywood, she made extraordinary success (broke box office' record, just as broke the performances' record on Broadway before), but was stereotyped, and how huge her success was often ignored by today's people, especially fans in movie circle-- till today, she IS stereotyped. Returning Broadway, "Putting it Together" (1993. I especially love her version of "Getting Married Today") wasn't known by many people; she lost her singing voice for excessive pressure in old age of playing "Victor/Victoria" (1995) in 1997… Many people (even herself) thought she was lucky, but I just want to say, what she had paid and even sacrificed, deserves much more fame, recognition and fair judge by today's people.

That would be beautiful but nobody could play her.

If any of her children or grandchildren are in acting. One of them should do it!

No one can

COULDN'T AGREE MORE✨… Her life should be adapted into films and TV series.

Christian Salgado I heard a little while ago that it possible was in the works but not sure if that’s still true. I hope it is though!

She done did said that?!

In the behind the scenes for the first Princess Diaries 2, Julie was singing during one part of the movie, in a way that she could actually do (she had had the surgery on her throat that made it difficult to sing, but told the producers she could sort of do it if the notes weren't too high, etc), pretty much everyone on and off the set were streaming tears because they thought she would never be able to sing anything ever again. [ Found it! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6dEKS4lMTfs.html ]

It's in the works

Only if the original director should do it. Oh wait...

Abby Karwacki same with Carol Burnett too😔

What a tactless and sappy comment, really.

DON'T EVEN SAY IT. I NEED TO MEET HER BEFORE SHE DOES

@@longlivethegays - I am sure she will be glad to make arrangements for a seat, reserved just for you, by her death bed.

Let's not even think about that let's enjoy her while she's still here

They offered her a Cameo, she refused. She said she didn’t want to steal Emily Blunt’s thunder, which is understandable.

Hussein Kambar gracious & classy as always

Hussein Kambar shes so wholesome and lovely

Can't someone say its not necessary, especially for a simple lil interview?

Ya she is but it's ok to not call her that

So if a Doctor was interviewed, it would be okay to leave the Dr out? She earned it and you don't just call Prince Charles, Charles. You need to respect the title.

@@tamsynbrown4933 I doubt she saw it as being disrespectful, because they may have left it out at her request. She COULD have said it wasn't necessary. It WAS just an informal interview, and it wasn't like she was being introduced at Buckingham Palace.

I think you’ll find that you introduce her as Dame Julie Andrews and from there on in as Dame Julie .... but I don’t think the great one and only Dame Julie Andrews would give a flying fig how you addressed her..... she is such a genuinely nice person. And an English Darling....( yep I’m biased)

I agree, it almost felt too cruel

But Julie knowing her voice is very much missed & loved I hope brings her comfort & joy

I would imagine that they wouldn't just throw something together without her having had a hand in it. Meaning, I don't think it was a surprise those clips were gonna be used.

@@mlchc9004 no No Jo

it can bring anyone to tears. I have sung all my life and it would be hard to not tear up a little every day because you just can't sing anymore. Whether she can only sing a few notes or what, she lost the voice that gave her the power to express herself. That's probably what brings her down more than anything else.

because a doctor destroyed her vocal cords causing her to never to be able to sound the same again.

When I was a child in the 60's, my father had a Julie Andrews/Andre Previn Christmas album with this same Jingle Bells song, which I listened to over & over again every Christmas season. I hope I can still find this album in CD, as it is purely exquisite for the holidays. Amazing as a child, she sang for the King, TV star in Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella", a young Broadway star in "Camelot" and "My Fair Lady", won Best Actress Oscar in her first movie, "Mary Poppins" and a beloved eternal treasure in "Sound of Music". Also love her in "Thoroughly Modern Millie".

So would Diane Sawyer be considered not classy if you knew she had had plastic surgery???

It's not that Diane isn't classy, but Helen Mirren and her are peers and I like Helen a lot more. I also appreciate that fact that she has embraced her age with dignity and hasn't botched her face like other tv personalities or actresses.

I think we can include dame maggie smith here as well

Maggie Smith, Diana Rigg, etc. on the US side, Carol Burnett, Betty White.

That’s pretty dark

Faith Anne Bell Bullcrap! We will be fine. Julie has 3 daughters, and 3 grandchildren. I hope that one of them will follow in her footsteps to give us more great films and more great characters that we can all sing along to.

Emotionally we will be highly impacted

The world become a sadder place, but her music and movies will always no doubt still bring joy to everyone no matter what. In fact, I would bet her children, grandchildren, and especially the Von Trapp children (actors) will make sure her legacy will always live on. Just my thoughts!

The Official Andy Saenz we will be heartbroken for a long time when that happens