MY LIFE IN 10 PICTURES

Julie Andrews

Look back at Julie Andrews’ storied Hollywood career

“I’ve always seen the cup as half full.”

— Julie

WITH A gorgeous singing voice and British can-do attitude, she became a star. But Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews always worried about one thing — being typecast. “I thought it was quite possible I’d play governesses for the rest of my life,” The Sound of Music star has said. But that wasn’t the case for Julie, who’s received an Oscar, two Emmys and three Grammys over the course of her more than six-decade career. When she

lost her singing voice due to a botched throat surgery in 1997, she turned to writing and directing. These days

Julie, who turned 85 on Oct. 1, enjoys working with her daughter Emma Hamilton on the children’s podcast

Julie’s Library. To paraphrase her alter ego Maria, “When one door closes, another one opens.”