JULIE ANDREWS

Marriages, swearing and a feud with Audrey Hepburn

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She played the super-sweet nanny with magical powers, but Dame Julie Andrews admits she's no Mary Poppins when the cameras are off.

"A lot of people think that I’m this very squeaky-clean, upper-class lady and it's so far from the truth," she confesses.

Now, as she prepares to turn the big 9-0 this week, we're sharing some of our favourite things about the legendary actress - with a spoonful of surprises along the way!

But first, how does she feel about ageing? She responds in the most delightful way: "I say ageing sucks, but it doesn't, really, and since there's no alternative, why bitch so much about it?"

MARRIAGES & MOTHERHOOD

Despite appearing practically perfect in every way, Julie has been married twice.

Her first marriage, to Mary Poppins set designer Tony Walton, lasted eight years. They welcomed a daughter named Emma Walton Hamilton together but divorced in 1967.

"I did feel I'd failed at it miserably and blamed myself for a great deal," she told Woman’s Day in 2019.

Julie went on to marry her second husband, Blake Edwards, in 1969. From him, she gained two stepkids, Jennifer and Geoffrey. They also adopted two orphans from Vietnam in the 1970s, Amy and Joanna.