{"product_id":"9781429943871","title":"Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eJulie Andrews is the last of the great Hollywood musical stars, unequaled by any in her time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady,\u003c\/i\u003e Julie Andrews had the biggest hit on Broadway. As the title character in \u003ci\u003eMary Poppins,\u003c\/i\u003e she won an Academy Award. And, in 1965, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Music\u003c\/i\u003e made her the most famous woman in the world and rescued Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy. Three years later, the disastrous \u003ci\u003eStar!\u003c\/i\u003e almost put the studio back under, and the leading lady of both films fell as spectacularly as she had risen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer film career seemed over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Julie Andrews survived, with what Moss Hart, director of \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady,\u003c\/i\u003e called \"that terrible British strength that makes you wonder why they lost India.\"  \u003ci\u003eVictor\/Victoria,\u003c\/i\u003e directed by her second husband, Blake Edwards, reinvented her screen image---but its stage version in 1997 led to the devastating loss of her defining talent, her singing voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst all odds, she has fought back again, with leading roles in \u003ci\u003eThe Princess Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShrek 2\u003c\/i\u003e. The \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e story of bandy-legged little Julia Wells from Walton-on-Thames is even more extraordinary; fresh details of her family background have only recently come to light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first completely new biography of Julie Andrews as artist, wife, and mother in over thirty-five years---combining the author's interviews with the star and his wide-ranging and riveting research. It is a frank but affectionate portrait of an enduring icon of stage and screen, who was made a Dame in the Millenium Honours List.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce dubbed \"the last of the really great broads\" by Paul Newman, she was the only actress in the 2002 BBC poll The 100 Greatest Britons. But who \u003ci\u003ewas\u003c\/i\u003e Dame Julie, and who is she now?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is her story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139276849392,"sku":"9781429943871","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429943871_p0.jpg?v=1769902544","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429943871","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}