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Film Star

on BBC Radio 4 FM

In a series of eight programmes, Alexander Walker recalls screen careers.
2: Julie Andrews
She was sweet, but she didn't cloy; she was pure, but she wasn't priggish; and at the end of 1965 The Sound of Music made her the fourth biggest star at the US box office. But Julie Andrews paid the penalty for her enormous success in musicals, and audiences used to spoonfuls of sugar were slow to respond to her efforts to extend her range and be accepted as a serious actress.
Producer WENDY CLAY

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Alexander Walker
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Julie Andrews
Producer:
Wendy Clay

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