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It was first recorded by Julie Andrews and playback singer Bill Lee (dubbing over the voice of actor Christopher Plummer) [2] for the film's soundtrack.In The Making of The Sound of Music by Max Wilk, Wilk stated that when Robert Wise and Saul Chaplin discussed replacing "An Ordinary Couple" with Rodgers, he automatically agreed to the idea and admitted he and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II had ...
Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. [1] She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards.
The first of these, "I have confidence in me", was sung by Julie Andrews in the sequence following Maria's journey from her nunnery to her new home in the von Trapp family's villa. The second, "Something good", was a duet for Andrews to sing with Christopher Plummer's Baron instead of a number that Wise had rejected, "An ordinary couple ...
While that kind of breaks our hearts a little, the 80-year-old actress did have a good reason for disliking the song back when the film was made over 50 years ago. "The lyrics were a bit inane.
Julie Andrews has been stealing viewers’ hearts for decades. Born Julia Elizabeth Wells, the actress came from humble beginnings before scoring her big break on Broadway in September 1954, just ...
It was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The Sound of Music was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein , as Oscar Hammerstein died of stomach cancer nine months after the Broadway premiere.
Julie Andrews, who had first performed the song in a 1961 Christmas special for The Garry Moore Show, reprised My Favorite Things in 1965 when she starred as Maria in the film version of the musical. The list of favorite things mentions many holiday and winter time imagery including kettles, warm mittens, packages, sleigh bells, kittens ...
The latest children's book written by Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, "Waiting in the Wings," hits bookstores on April 23.