'Lucky' Julie Andrews lifts Venice lifetime award
Last updated on: 03 September,2019 07:07 am
Julie Andrews was honoured with a lifetime achievement award Monday at the Venice film festival.
VENICE (AFP) - Julie Andrews, the star of classic family films such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music", was honoured with a lifetime achievement award Monday at the Venice film festival.
The English actress, 83, kissed the special Golden Lion award and said she felt "so blessed" for having such a fairytale career.
"I m still amazed, I ve been a lucky girl who got to play beautiful roles," she added.
The child singer and dancer began in London s West End before rising to theatrical stardom on New York s Broadway in musicals such as "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot".
She won an Oscar for "Mary Poppins" in 1965 and a nomination for best actress the following year for playing the governess Maria von Trapp in "The Sound of Music".
After being made a dame by the Britain s Queen Elizabeth II, Andrews made a big-screen comeback in the "Princess Diaries" in 2001.
She has lent her voice to hits such as the "Shrek" and "Despicable Me" movies in recent years.
The festival laid on a special screening of another of her most famous roles in "Victor Victoria" in her honour.