EXCLUSIVE: Julie Andrews, 87, looks radiant as she's spotted walking with the help of a cane in rare sighting while out shopping and getting flowers in The Hamptons
Julie Andrews looked radiant as ever while picking up a stunning bouquet of flowers at Sag Harbor farmers’ market in The Hamptons on Sunday.
While making a rare public outing, the veteran Hollywood star, 87, appeared cheerful as she smiled at onlookers as she moved around with the help of a cane.
For her laid-back outing, the Sound of Music actress wore a light grey long sleeve, a pair of fitted trousers and a white scarf.
She accessorized her chic ensemble with a beige tote bag, white sneakers and gold earrings.
The six-time Golden Globe winner was also seen carrying two boxes of Lu Petit Ecolier European dark chocolate cookies, which retail for $5.49, back to her car.
Cheerful: Julie Andrews looked radiant as ever while picking up a stunning bouquet of flowers at Sag Harbor farmers’ market in The Hamptons on Sunday
Timeless: She accessorized her chic ensemble with a beige tote bag, white sneakers and gold earrings
While getting into the passenger seat of a white SUV, a man held an umbrella over her head as it began to sprinkle.
Over her seven-decade career, the Oscar winner has had a slew of memorable roles as a star of the stage and the screen.
But, arguably, none of them are more iconic than Mary Poppins, the Walt Disney film directed by Robert Stevenson, with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers.
The 1964 film, which combines live-action and animation, was actually Andrews' first feature film of her career, which ended up winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, last year, the Surrey, England native revealed that it was the music that first grabbed her attention and drew her to the role.
'It was a brand new thing in my life that I'd never done before. It was for Walt Disney, of course, and the songs in Mary Poppins had a kind of Vaudeville quality to them,' Andrews explained.
'I think it’s what attracted me to the role, because all that kind of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Jolly Holiday music was very much like the kind of things that you hear in English vaudeville.'
Considering that her parents were vaudeville performers and that she, herself, was trained in the genre while growing up, it's easy to see why Andrews would be attracted to the role and the project as a whole.
Heading home: While getting into the passenger seat of a white SUV, a man held an umbrella over her head as it began to sprinkle
Sweet tooth: The six-time Golden Globe winner was also seen carrying two boxes of Lu Petit Ecolier European dark chocolate cookies, which retail for $5.49, back to her car
Beloved performer: Over her seven-decade career, the Oscar winner has had a slew of memorable roles as a star of the stage and the screen
Along with the familiarity of the music, the actress also revealed how the nanny's costume design, which came from the mind of her then-husband, Tony Walton, helped her grasp the magical qualities of the Mary Poppins character.
Andrews recalled that Walton explained to her in depth why Mary Poppins had such fun fabrics lining the inside of her clothes, but no crazy outward designs.
'Because I think that’s what gives her pleasure. Very formal on the outside, and a little bit wicked on the inside,' Walton said of Mary Poppins at the time, which turned out to be invaluable information for Andrews.
'It completely gave me a clue as to her character. Big, big help for me,' the performer would confess.
From a screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on P. L. Travers's book series Mary Poppins, the film version was released in August 1964 to critical acclaim and commercial success.
It went on to become the highest-grossing film of 1964, and receive 13 Academy Awards nominations, a record for any film released by Walt Disney Studios, winning five, including Best Original Music Score.
A household name: After starring alongside her parents as a child actress and singer, and appearing on the West End in 1948, Andrews rose to prominence starring in such Broadway musicals as My Fair Lady (1956) and Camelot (1960)
Still working: More recently, Andrews has voiced the narrator Lady Whistledown in the two seasons of the Netflix series Bridgerton (2020-present)
Iconic: The role in Mary Poppins (1964) kicked off her film career; seen in the beloved musical fantasy film, directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney
After starring alongside her parents as a child actress and singer, and appearing on the West End in 1948, Andrews rose to prominence starring in such Broadway musicals as My Fair Lady (1956) and Camelot (1960).
The role in Mary Poppins (1964) kicked off her film career, and was quickly followed up the next year with the role Maria von Trapp in The Sound Of Music (1965).
Over the course of the next 20 years she worked with such acclaimed directors as husband Blake Edwards, George Roy Hill and Alfred Hitchcock, and starred in films like Hawaii (1966), Torn Curtain (1966), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), Star! (1968), The Tamarind Seed (1974), 10 (1979), S.O.B. (1981), Victor/Victoria (1982), That's Life (1986) and Duet For One (1986).
More recently, Andrews has voiced the narrator Lady Whistledown in the two seasons of the Netflix series Bridgerton (2020-present).
