“I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being.”

English actress, singer, author and theater director

Dame Julie Andrews is an English actress, singer, author and theater director. She became one of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s and has received major honours across film, television, music and theatre. Her awards include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards and seven Golden Globe Awards, along with nominations for three Tony Awards. She was named a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2000 New Year Honours, and later received the Kennedy Center Honors, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and the AFI Life Achievement Award.