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Julie Andrews to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
The Hollywood union publicists have chosen Academy Award winner Julie Andrews to receive their Lifetime Achievement Award.
Variety reports that Andrews was tapped for the honor for her career in film, television and theatre. The beloved actress, who recently hosted PBS' "Broadway: The American Musical" series, will be presented with the award Feb. 22, 2005, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The awards presentation is part of the International Cinematographers Guild's 42nd annual Publicists Awards Luncheon.
Henry Bollinger, the chairman of the awards committee, told the industry paper, "Few performers have achieved her level of success in one of these fields much less in all three. What's more, she appreciates more than most the importance of promoting the projects in which she appears."
Julie Andrews — who was born in Surrey, England — starred on Broadway in the original productions of The Boyfriend, My Fair Lady and Camelot, the stage version of Victor/Victoria, and in the Off Broadway Stephen Sondheim revue, Putting It Together. She won an Academy Award for her work in "Mary Poppins" and Oscar nominations for "The Sound of Music" and "Victor/Victoria."
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