James Whitmore

Whitmore has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6611 Hollywood Blvd. Perhaps the most well-known is The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles (ISBN 0064403149). To a younger generation, he is probably best known, in addition to his role in Shawshank, as the commercial spokesman for Miracle-Gro plant food for many years. Julie has written several children's books, under the name Julie Andrews Edwards. and the grandfather of actor James Whitmore III. She also appears in the 2002 List of "100 Great Britons" sponsored by the BBC and voted for by the public. He is the father of actor James Whitmore Jr. Julie received Kennedy Center Honors in 2001.

Whitmore's last major role was that of librarian Brooks Hatlen in the critically-acclaimed and Academy award-nominated 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption. For this last performance, late night television comedian Johnny Carson thanked Andrews for "showing us that the hills were still alive", alluding to her most famous line from the Sound of Music. Howard in the 1975 TV movie I Will Fight No More Forever, based on the 1877 conflict between the United States and the Nez Perce tribe, led by Chief Joseph. Her roles in Blake Edwards's films could be seen as an attempt to break away from this image: in 10 her character is a no-nonsense career woman; in Victor/Victoria she plays a woman pretending to be a male transvestite, and, perhaps most notoriously, in S.O.B. she plays a character very similar to herself, who agrees (with some pharmaceutical persuasion) to "show my boobies" in a scene in the film-within-the-film. Howard also appeared as General Oliver O. Dame Julie's career is said to have suffered from typecasting, as her two most famous roles in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music cemented her image as a "sugary sweet" personality best known for working with children. Truman. Since then she has been struggling to recover her singing voice, following a throat operation, but had a short tour of the USA at the end of 2002 with Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church, Max Howard, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Other major films included The Asphalt Jungle, The Next Voice You Hear, Kiss Me, Kate, Them!, Black Like Me and Give 'em Hell, Harry!, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of former President of the United States Harry S. In the 2000 New Year's Honours she was made a Dame of the British Empire (DBE), becoming Dame Julie Andrews. His first major movie was Battleground, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. She has also starred in two made-for-television movies based on the character of Eloise, the moppet who lives at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Following the war, Whitmore appeared on Broadway, where he won a special Tony Award in 1948. Her film career was revived by director Garry Marshall, who cast her in The Princess Diaries and its sequel, both of which proved to be major box office hits. Born in White Plains, New York, Whitmore graduated from Yale University before serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. She starred in Julie on Sesame Street, an ABC television special, in 1973, but the greatest critical acclaim accorded her TV work was for her variety show specials with Carol Burnett.

James Whitmore (born October 1, 1921) is an American film actor. Both were damaging to Andrews' subsequent career and, despite several starring roles in musical and non-musical films - including some directed by her husband, Blake Edwards, such as 10, Victor/Victoria, and S.O.B., she was seen very rarely on screen during the 1980s and '90s. Star!, a 1968 biography of Gertrude Lawrence, and Darling Lili, with Rock Hudson (1970), are often cited by critics as major contributors to the decline of the movie musical. As a result, she appeared in the three-hour epic Hawaii, co-starring with Max von Sydow, and Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain with Paul Newman (both in 1966), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), with Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Channing. She was nominated again, the following year, for her role as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965), and thus became, briefly, one of the most sought-after stars in Hollywood.

When she lost the starring role in the film of My Fair Lady to Audrey Hepburn, she received the consolation of the starring role in Walt Disney's musical version of Mary Poppins (1964), winning a Best Actress Academy Award as a result (notably, Hepburn wasn't even in the running). She graduated through radio (on the show Educating Archie) and theatre to starring in stage productions of musicals such as The Boyfriend, My Fair Lady, and Camelot. She made her stage debut at an early age, appearing in London's West End in 1947. Her earliest public performances were during World War II, entertaining troops throughout the UK with fellow child star Petula Clark.

She was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey on October 1, 1935. Dame Julie Andrews is a British actress, singer, and author, best known for her starring roles in the musical films Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965).