Want to know the best Julie Andrews movies? How about the worst Julie Andrews movies? Curious about Julie Andrews box office grosses or which Julie Andrews movie picked up the most Oscar nominations? Need to know which Julie Andrews movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information and more.
When it is time to pick out the next subject for one of our movie pages we do two things. The first thing we do is look at our Request Hotline page. The second thing we do is try to figure out how much work will be required to write and publish that page. Thankfully as our database has grown over the years, it generally has been easier to write a movie page. Nowadays about 50% of the latest subject’s movies are already done and need no further research. Well….when looking at the career of Julie Andrews (1935-) we saw that we had an amazing 85% of her movies already in our database and only needed to research 4 movies. So given the fact that a few people had requested an Andrews page and that almost all the work was done….we decided to do a Julie Andrews Ultimate Movie Rankings page.
Julie Andrews is an English film and stage actress, singer, author, theater director and dancer. During her entertainment career she has won an Oscar®, a BAFTA, five Golden Globes®, three Grammys®, two Emmys®, the Disney Legend honor and the Kennedy Center Honors. In 2000, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the performing arts. Andrews has not one but two iconic movie roles….1964’s Mary Poppins and 1965’s The Sound of Music. 50 plus years later and both of those movie performances are still talked about today!
Her IMDb page shows over 48 acting credits since 1949. This page will rank Julie Andrews movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Cameos and television roles were not included in the rankings. Her numerous voice only roles have been given their own separate table.
Julie Andrews Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Julie Andrews Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Julie Andrews movies by co-stars of her movies.
- Sort Julie Andrews movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Julie Andrews movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Julie Andrews movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and Oscar® wins each Julie Andrews movie received and won.
- Sort Julie Andrews movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the search and sort button to make this page very interactive.
Julie Andrews Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Possibly Interesting Facts About Julie Andrews
1. Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on 1 October 1935, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England. Her last name of Andrews comes from her step-father.
2. Julie Andrews rise to stardom..Cliff Notes style. Started performing as a child in music halls. At 19, she made her Broadway debut in The Boyfriend. Had huge success on the stage playing the lead in My Fair Lady and being featured in the television musical Cinderella. Audrey Hepburn replaced her when My Fair Lady was turned into a movie because Andrews did not have box office drawing power. Walt Disney then offered Andrews the lead role in Mary Poppins (1964). Andrews would win an Oscar® playing the “perfect nanny”. In 1965, she starred in one of the biggest box office hits of all-time…1965’s The Sound of Music. She has been a star ever since!
3. Julie Andrews has been nominated for 3 Best Actress Oscar® nominations. She won for 1964’s Mary Poppins. She got nominations for 1965’s The Sound of Music and 1982’s Victor/Victoria.
4. Julie Andrews has been nominated for 9 Best Actress Golden Globe® nominations….or 42.85% of all of her live action movie roles. 3 won three times….Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and Victor/Victoria.
5. Julie Andrews starred in the biggest box office hits of the year three years in row. Mary Poppins (1964), The Sound of Music (1965) and Hawaii (1966). Poor Hawaii a movie that hardly ever gets mentioned.
6. Julie Andrews’ The Sound of Music is the 3rd biggest hit of all-time when looking at adjusted box office grosses. Gone With The Wind (1939) and Star Wars (1977) are the only two movies in history to sell more movie tickets.
7. Julie Andrews was married two times. Her first marriage was to Oscar® winning set designer Tony Walton from 1959 to 1967….they had one child…actress Emma Walton. She was married to director Blake Edwards from 1969 to his death in 2010…..they had two children.
8. Julie Andrews appeared uncredited in two Pink Panther movies. In 1976 she provided a singing voice in The Pink Panther Strikes Back. In 1982 she appeared as Charwoman in The Trail of the Pink Panther. The Pink Panther movies were directed by her husband Blake Edwards.
9. In 2002, Julie Andrews was ranked number 59 in the BBC’s poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.
10. Roles Julie Andrews turned down or was seriously considered for: Angela Lansbury parts in Beauty and the Beast and Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Liza Minnelli role in Cabaret, Barbra Streisand part in Hello Dolly!, Maggie Smith’s Oscar® winning role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Audrey Hepburn role in Wait Until Dark, Petula Clark‘s roles in Finian’s Rainbow and “Good-bye, Mr. Chips and roles in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Oliver and Camelot.
Check out Julie Andrews’s movie career compared to current and classic stars on our Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time page.
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She is such a beautiful lady and her movies are just one’s you can watch over and over. .Sound of music is my favorite of all movies made.
I agree with you 100%….The Sound of Music is played every year at Thanksgiving at our house. I bet my wife has bought that movie at least 5 times. VHS, Laserdisc, DVD, Special Edition DVD, Blu-Ray….Sound of Music 3D is probably coming out soon…lol.
Hi, Bruce.
Glad to see that the comment function is fixed.
RE: live action vs. voice-over animation:
Although I am a fan of Julie Andrews, I am not familiar with with her voice-over animated films. (I’ve never been one for watching sequels, so I’ve only seen the first Shrek film.)
Thus my Julie Andrews total will be lopsided. Regarding her live action films/roles:
The highest rated film I’ve seen is Mary Poppins at Number 1.
The lowest rated film I’ve seen is Darling Lilli at Number 13.
I have seen 4 of Julie’s top 5
I have seen 8 of her top 10
I have seen 10 of her films overall. Really. You win.
Again, it’s a matter of seeing certain films multiple times, making it seem like I’ve seen more different films than I have.
Ever since I was Sister Sophia in The Sound of Music I view the film from a different perspective than I did before. I’ve found that true of any of the musicals I have been in. I’m not sure therefore where to place that film in my top 5, and so I’ll list them alphabetically.
My favourite film of hers is Victor/Victoria.
10
The Americanization of Emily
Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music
Victor/Victoria
I wish I enjoyed Thoroughly Modern Millie and Star! more than I do, but they both seem a bit long and boring in some places.
I am surprised that she was chosen for Torn Curtain. It’s an odd film that works in some places and doesn’t in others.
I quite enjoyed watching a live tv broadcast of her her and Christopher Plummer in On Golden Pond.
I must confess that I have a difficult time watching her musicals without feeling sad since she lost her singing voice.
Cheers,
Flora Breen Robison
Hey Flora….thanks for stopping by.
1. The comment box disappeared for awhile and when they came back they brought these musical monster icons….pretty sure the wife did that….I will be curious if the icon changes every time you do a comment.
2. Tally count….I am on a roll…Bruce 17, Steve 12 and you 10.
3. I am guessing the missing Top 5 movie is Hawaii….that is a pretty movie to look at….but it is long and boring…Charlton Heston appeared in the remake.
4. That is cool about how playing a character in a play has changed your view of the movie…very impressive.
5. Glad to see both James Garner/Andrews movies in your Top 5….they made a third movie….but it was a television movie that did not get included in the rankings….my mom says that one is a good movie too.
6. I thought Thoroughly Modern Millie was ok….but I was disappointed….I am a huge George Roy Hill fan….but that was not one of his better movies. Star! got 7 Oscar nominations which made me think I should watch it soon….but your mini review has me thinking I can wait a while longer.
7. Torn Curtain is very uneven….and disappointing especially with a cast of Paul Newman and Andrews…and directed by Hitch….I think that movie would have been better if Hitch was 20 years younger.
8. It is very sad about her voice….but it lives on….and will continue to do so for years to come.
“Mary Poppins! Mary Poppins!” And that was in my best Dick Van Dyke ‘cockney’ accent.
Mon Dieu! How successful was The Sound of Music? Over a billion dollars in North America alone! [gasps] If I had to pick one of the two it would be Mary Poppins, up there with The Wizard of Oz as one of the most beloved fantasy films in Hollywood history. I also have a soft spot for Victor Victoria. Andrews also appeared in one of my least favorite Hitchcock films, Torn Curtain. Let’s see I’ve seen just 7 of the 21 live action films you’ve listed and 5 of the voice-only movies.
Confession – I’ve never seen The Princess Diaries 1 & 2. But wait.. I have watched Bridget Jones’s Diaries 1 & 2, he shamelessly admitted, and more than once… thanks to my ex.
Nice tribute to a musical legend Bruce, top marks.
Hey Steve….thanks for checking out my latest movie page. I imagine your cockney accent is pretty damn good especially compared to mine. I know Avatar is currently the king of the box office….but when looking at adjusted box office/ticket sells…Avatar does not come close to the trifecta of Gone With The Wind, Star Wars and The Sound of Music.
I love James Garner’s performance in Victor/Victoria….which is why I return to that movie on a regular basis. Victor/Victoria is by far the highlight of the Blake Edwards/Andrews movies. So your tally is 12….mine is at 17…but we are surprisingly tied at 5 for the voice over roles. The Singing Princess was very hard to find any information on.
My oldest daughter loves the Princess Diaries….I have hear them in the background for years….but I have never actually watched either movie. As always thanks for stopping by and commenting….so are you happy with your monster icon? Not sure what we did to get these icons on the page…but they are growing on me.
Forget rankings. Like what you like, and don’t like what you don’t like.
I think the best way to describe my ranking is to say they are her movies that performed the best statistically. A combination of box office, reviews and awards….plus there is an added column of box office rank by year….like Mary Poppins #1 in 1964, Sound of Music #1 in 1965, Hawai #1 in 1966 and 10 #13 in 1979. In other words tons of stats to view….not just my rankings.
I like this Andrews tribute but not buying your rankings. V & V not in top 5? That there shows a serious flaw. The Tamarind Seed is much better too!
Hey Disgruntled….thanks for stopping by and thanks for the comment….both are greatly appreciated. I like Victor/Victoria and it did finish in her Top 10…as my previous reply mentioned the rankings are her movies that performed the best statistically. I have not seen The Tamrind Seed but it is one I am trying to track down.