Author: Julie Andrews is a successful actress and singer born in Walton on Thames in 1935. Julie grew up mostly in the English countryside with regular visits into London for vocal and dance lessons. She started her career performing with her mother and step father across England in vaudeville performances. She had several successes in plays and on Broadway, namely as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady , and was approached by Walt Disney to star as Mary Poppins which launched he