Editing Julie Andrews (section)

=== 1963–1967: ''Mary Poppins'' and film stardom ===
[[File:Mary Poppins5.jpg|thumb|Andrews in ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' (1964), for which she won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]]]

In 1963, Andrews began work in the [[Mary Poppins (character)|titular role]] of [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]'s musical film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''. [[Walt Disney]] had seen her performance in ''Camelot'' and subsequently offered her the role; Andrews initially declined because of pregnancy, returning to London to give birth, but Disney firmly insisted, saying, "We'll wait for you."<ref name="Mary Poppins DVD">''Mary Poppins'' 40th Anniversary Edition DVD.</ref> After the birth of her daughter, she received a call from [[P. L. Travers]], author of the ''Mary Poppins'' book series, who told her, "Well, you're much too pretty of course. But you've got the nose for it."<ref name="home2" /> Disney rented a house in [[Toluca Lake, Los Angeles]], for her family to reside in during production. Andrews relied largely on instinct for her portrayal, conceptualising her background and giving the character a "particular walk" and a turned-out stance to suit her ladylike sensibility.<ref name="home2" /> Andrews referred to production as "unrelenting" given the physical exertion and technical details, saying that she "could not have asked" for a better introduction to film.<ref name="home2" />

''Mary Poppins'' became the biggest box-office draw in Disney history. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' lauded Andrews's performance as a "signal triumph.&nbsp;... She performs as easily as she sings, displaying a fresh type of beauty".<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1964 |title=Mary Poppins |url=https://variety.com/1963/film/reviews/mary-poppins-1200420599/ |access-date=24 January 2021 |website=Variety}}</ref> The film was nominated for thirteen [[Academy Awards]] and won five, including the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for Andrews's performance.<ref name="AAs">{{Cite web |title=37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominations and Wins for Mary Poppins |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208011732/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp |archive-date=8 February 2009 |access-date=13 February 2014 |website=oscars.org |quote=Enter "Mary Poppins" in the 'Film Title' field and click 'Search'}}</ref> She also received the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]], while Andrews and her co-stars won the 1965 [[Grammy Award for Best Album for Children]]. As a measure of "sweet revenge", as ''Poppins'' songwriter [[Sherman Brothers|Richard M. Sherman]] put it, Andrews closed her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes by saying, "And, finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and who made all this possible in the first place, Mr. Jack Warner."<ref name="Mary Poppins DVD" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTzOB_MbMvgC&pg=PA325 |title=Hollywood Be Thy Name: The Warner Brothers Story – 1966 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky Report |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-8131-0958-9 |access-date=10 January 2011}}</ref> ''My Fair Lady'' was in direct competition for the awards.

[[File:The Sound of Music Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews.jpg|thumb|200px|left|upright|Andrews alongside co-star [[Christopher Plummer]] in ''The Sound of Music'' (1965)]]
[[File:Julie Andrews - portrait.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Publicity photo of Andrews {{c.|1965}}]]
Andrews starred opposite [[James Garner]] in the comedy-drama war film ''[[The Americanization of Emily]]'' (1964).<ref name="home2" /> Andrews took the role partly to avoid typecasting as a nanny.<ref name="home2" /> [[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called Andrews "irresistible ... with a brush of sentiment" in both her comedic and emotional scenes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=28 October 1964 |title='The Americanization of Emily' Arrives |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/28/archives/the-americanization-of-emily-arrives.html |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> Andrews was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role]]. Andrews later described it as her favourite film, a sentiment shared by her co-star Garner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrews, as Maria&nbsp;– a result of 'happy circumstances' |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:PTRB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10DF57ABA3241800&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=11ECDBF131F44C689BB0EDBA11D99EE0 |last=Blank |first=Ed |date=17 November 2005 |work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |via=NewsBank}}</ref> Andrews starred in ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'' (1965), which was the highest-grossing film of its year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Simon |date=28 July 2019 |title=''The Sound Of Music'' Is Returning To Theaters For Two Days Only |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2018/07/28/the-sound-of-music-is-returning-to-theaters-for-two-days-only/#611cac0f6c36 |access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> Andrews later said she was "ashamed" to admit that she thought the musical "rather saccharine" before being cast.<ref name="home2" /> Rehearsals took place in London before filming commenced in [[Salzburg]], Austria, in 1964.<ref name="home2" /> Filming was rather slow; because of weather conditions in Salzburg, the cast were "lucky" if they got a single shot's worth of scenes.<ref name="home2" />

Andrews stated she relied on lyrics to anchor her to the film's songs and utilised vocal interpretation to "convey" Maria's character by "[hanging] onto words and the images they conjured".<ref name="home2" /> Andrews wrote that her senses were "suffused" with Austria, saying that the music "still" and "always lives in her soul".<ref name="home2" /> The film received mixed reviews, though critics highlighted Andrews's performance; Crowther again praised her for her "air of radiant vigour&nbsp;... plain-Jane wholesomeness and her ability to make her dialogue as vivid&nbsp;... as she makes her songs".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=3 March 1965 |title='The Sound of Music' Opens at Rivoli |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/03/03/archives/the-sound-of-music-opens-at-rivoli.html |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> For her performance as [[Maria von Trapp]], Andrews won her second [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]]. She was nominated a second time for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress#1960s|Academy Award for Best Actress]] and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |url-status=live |access-date=27 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003812/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> Andrews later wrote that the "gift" and "privilege" of portraying her first three film roles would have been "enough to satisfy" her for a lifetime.<ref name="home2" />

After completing ''The Sound of Music'', Andrews appeared as a guest star on the NBC-TV variety series ''The Andy Williams Show''. She followed this television appearance with an Emmy Award-winning special, ''The Julie Andrews Show'', which featured [[Gene Kelly]] and [[the New Christy Minstrels]] as guests. It aired on NBC-TV in November 1965. In 1966, Andrews starred in ''[[Hawaii (1966 film)|Hawaii]]'', the highest-grossing film of [[1966 in film#Top-grossing films|its year]]. Also in 1966, she starred opposite [[Paul Newman]] in ''[[Torn Curtain]]'', which was directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] and shot at [[Universal Studios Hollywood]].<ref name="home2" /> Hitchcock gave Newman and Andrews relative free rein in dialogue during production.<ref name="home2" /> She credits the director with teaching her extensively about lenses and camera-work.<ref name="home2" /> During a press interview, she "made the mistake" of expressing her unhappiness with her performance and subsequently received a "terse" letter from Hitchcock, which Andrews later cited as an "important lesson".<ref name="home2" /> The film received mixed reviews upon release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TORN CURTAIN |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/torn-curtain/critic-reviews |access-date=24 January 2021 |website=Metacritic}}</ref>

The following year, Andrews played the titular character in ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]'' (1967). Andrews described work on the film as a "pleasant distraction" for "allowing her to be something of a clown", as her stepfather died shortly before filming.<ref name="home2" /> The film was a box office success; critics described Andrews as "very much the leading lady" and "absolutely darling" as well as "deliciously spirited and dry".<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Not stated--> |title=Thoroughly Modern Millie |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117795670.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 |website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=23 March 1967 |title=Screen: 'Thoroughly Modern Millie':Pleasant Spoof of 20's Opens at Criterion |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/03/23/archives/screen-thoroughly-modern-milliepleasant-spoof-of-20s-opens-at.html |access-date=}}</ref> The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, and Andrews scored a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.<ref name="Oscars1968">{{Cite web |title=The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968 |access-date=25 August 2011 |website=oscars.org}}</ref> At the time, ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' and ''Torn Curtain'' were the biggest and second-biggest hits in [[Universal Pictures]] history, respectively.<ref>{{cite book |last= Windler |first= Robert |year= 1970 |title= Julie Andrews |publisher= W.H. Allen |location= London |isbn= 0-491-00295-5 |page= 148 }}</ref>