Julie Andrews, the legendary singer, actress and star of 'Mary Poppins,' 'My Fair Lady' and 'The Sound of Music,' is writing a memoir that will detail her experiences in Hollywood, People magazine reports.
Julie Andrews, the legendary singer, actress and star of"Mary Poppins,""My Fair Lady" and"The Sound of Music," is writing a memoir that will detail her experiences in Hollywood,"Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years," co-written with Andrews' daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, will be published this fall by Hachette Books. The book is a sequel to her acclaimed first memoir,"Home: A Memoir of My Early Years.
Andrews married illustrator and set and costume designer and illustrator Tony Walton in 1959; the couple divorced in 1967. In 1969, she married Blake Edwards, the director of"Breakfast at Tiffany's,""10" and"Victor/Victoria." They were married until Edwards' death in 2010. Andrews' first memoir,"Home," which chronicled the actress' childhood, became a bestseller shortly after its release in 2008., Andrews said she had to overcome her reluctance to discuss her personal life to write the book.
"The success of the book has been dreamlike," she said."But I've had a fairly acute shyness and reserve all my life, and now I've said to myself, 'Oh, my God, I've got to talk about it!'"Hachette says that the new book will detail her experiences acting in films like"Mary Poppins," The Sound of Music" and"Victor/Victoria.
In addition to her memoir, Andrews has written several children's books, including"Mandy,""The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles" and"The Great American Mousical."
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