Dame Julie Andrews(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A box-office star after appearing in the blockbuster musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965), followed by the less successful large-scale musical vehicles, STAR!
(1968) and DARLINGLILI (1970), Andrews attempted to break away from her goody-goody stereotyping by appearing in less wholesome, non-musical fare (e.g.
However, it was only through her subsequent collaborations with second husband Blake Edwards (e.g.
He also penned words to songs in the film Here's to My Lady, and two Fred Astaire vehicles, THE BELLE OF NEW YORK and DADDY LONGLEGS.
In the 1960s Henry Mancini proved another valuable songwriting partner for Mercer as the pair earned Academy awards for "Moon River" and "The Days of Wine and Roses." Mancini and Mercer also wrote songs for two other movies, THE GREAT RACE and DARLINGLILI.
Composer Andre Previn became yet another collaborator when Mercer shifted his base of operation to Britain for extended periods in the early 1970s, and the two teamed up for the musical THE GOOD COMPANIONS in 1974.
In 2004 he received an Academy Honorary Award for cumulative achievements over the course of his film career.
His second wife (from 1969) is Julie Andrews, who has appeared in a number of his films including DarlingLili, 10, Victor/Victoria and the autobiographical satire S.O.B., in which Andrews played a character very similar to herself.
