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  Barbara in, 211, 220–21, 298

  Carnegie Hall, 304–5, 306, 308

  Central Park, 215, 229

  docks in, 216

  Julie’s arrival in, 165

  Ted Wells in, 214–15, 298

  Nichols, Mike, 296, 304

  Niven, David, 185

  North Country, 64–65, 102, 114

  No Time for Sergeants, 222

  Nureyev, Rudolf, 316

  Ockley, 110, 111

  O’Keefe Center, 283, 288, 289

  Okewood, 111

  Oklahoma, 231

  Olander, Fred, 140–41, 145

  Olanders, 140, 141

  Oldham, Keith, 74, 147

  Oldham, Margaret, 74

  Old Meuse, see Meuse, The

  Oliver!, 256

  Oliver, Vic, 78, 79, 83–84, 94, 267

  Olivier, Laurence, 209–10

  Once and Future King, The (White), 266–67, 268, 272, 274, 281, 284, 286, 295

  Once Upon a Mattress, 302

  O’Neil, Paddie, 142, 143, 246–47

  One Over the Eight, 284

  opera, 52, 53, 58

  Ornadel, Cyril, 236

  Owen, Ted “Tappets,” 74, 90, 133, 147

  Packham, Caroline (great-aunt), 12

  Packham, Charles (great-grandfather), 12

  Packham, Charles (great-uncle), 12

  Packham, Elizabeth (grandmother), see Wells, Elizabeth Packham

  Packham, Elizabeth (great-grandmother), 12

  Packham, Ellen (great-aunt), 12

  Packham, Mary (great-aunt), 12

  Packham, Susan (great-aunt), 12

  Page, Patti, 232

  Paint Your Wagon, 180, 279

  pantomimes, 93–94, 95, 155

  Aladdin, 140, 141, 142

  Cinderella, 155–57, 159

  Humpty Dumpty, 93, 94–97

  Jack and the Beanstalk, 145–46, 147–48

  Red Riding Hood, 129–31, 132

  Papp, Joseph, 229, 230

  Paris, 233–34, 267

  Parnell, Val, 77, 79

  Pasternak, Joe, 84–85

  Patmos, 275

  Patti, Adelina, 118

  Perkins, Anthony, 297

  Philip, Prince, 89, 240

  Piaf, Edith, 234

  Pieces of Eight, 256–57, 267, 284

  Pierrepoint House, 270

  Pinter, Harold, 256

  Pleasure of His Company, The, 256

  polio epidemic, 101

  “Polonaise,” 77, 79–80, 84, 88–89, 149

  Pons, Helene, 191, 192

  Porter, Cole, 189

  Puccini, Giacomo, 54–55

  Pygmalion (film), 194, 209, 223

  Pygmalion (Shaw), 180, 182, 193, 201, 299

  Rachelle (designer), 242, 259

  “Rain in Spain, The,” 213, 217

  Rattigan, Terence, 210

  Rawicz and Landauer, 127

  RCA Records, 227

  Red Riding Hood, 129–31, 132

  reincarnation, 118

  Rexford, Dr., 214, 215, 216, 241

  Richardson, Howard, 159

  Richardson, Ralph, 268–69

  Riddle, Nelson, 297

  Rigoletto, 126, 149

  Rivera, Chita, 223, 232

  Riverbrook Farm, 68

  Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd, The, 235

  Rodgers, Richard, 181–82, 183, 189, 230, 231

  Rogers, Anne, 232–33, 265

  Romeo and Juliet, 84, 85, 126

  Rose Marie, 243

  Rose of Baghdad, The, 143–44

  Royal Academy of Dance, 133

  Royal Command Performance, 88–89

  Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 201–2, 236, 252, 269

  Sadler’s Wells ballet, 177

  Sail Away, 297

  St. Mary’s Church, 259

  Sandburg, Carl, 271

  Sandown Park, 74

  Sassoon, Victor, 242–43

  Schwartz, Arthur, 184, 185

  Schwarz, Rudolf, 149, 150

  Scofield, Paul, 302

  Secombe, Harry, 84, 127

  Sellers, Peter, 84

  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 178

  Shanklin Theatre, 132

  Shaw, George Bernard, 180, 182, 193, 201, 299

  Sheffield, 65

  Sherman, Richard, 311

  Sherman, Robert, 311

  Shore, Dinah, 232

  Showboat, 232

  Shubert Theater, 287, 288, 289

  Shy (dog), 249, 275, 278, 313, 314, 316, 319

  Silvers, Phil, 263

  Silverwood, 101 “Skater’s Waltz, The,” 78, 79, 80

  Smith, Maggie, 262

  Smith, Mickey, 81–82

  Smith, Oliver, 190, 197, 221, 279, 283

  S.O.B., 257

  Sondheim, Stephen, 222, 307, 315

  Sound of Music, The, 227, 258, 305

  South Pacific, 136, 231, 236

  spiritualism, 118

  Squires, William, 300

  Stage Door Canteen, 63

  Standon Farm, 111

  Star Is Born, A, 189

  Starlight Roof, 77, 78–80, 81, 82–84, 87–88, 93, 95, 103, 133, 156

  Stickney, Dorothy, 227, 228–29

  Stiles-Allen, Madame Lilian, 48–49, 50–55, 116–19, 149, 180, 188

  Stone, Paddy, 256–57

  Stop the World—I Want to Get Off, 235

  Stothart, Herbert, 243

  Street Where I Live, The (Lerner), 186

  Sullivan, Ed, 226, 295

  Surbiton, 82

  Surbiton Lagoon, 44

  Switzerland, 233–34, 235, 259

  Sykes, Eric, 127

  Taylor, Elizabeth, 300

  Taylor, Samuel, 256

  Tell It Again, 227

  Thames, 1–3, 13, 17

  Thames Ditton, 19, 23

  theater:

  children working in, 81, 128

  Julie’s feelings about, 254–55

  Littler brothers and, 93

  set design in, 225

  Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 136, 235, 236

  Thomas, Ambroise, 77

  Threesome, 15, 19

  Time, 284, 289–90

  Tom Jones, 126, 181

  Toronto, 283

  Tozzi, Giorgio, 243

  Travers, P. L., 308, 317

  Tucker, Charles L., 77–78, 79, 94, 133–35, 139, 146, 147, 164, 165, 172, 174, 175, 220, 233, 234, 237, 243, 244, 318

  Alderney cottage and, 275

  The Boy Friend and, 157, 158

  horse and, 243

  Julie’s contract with, 220–21

  Julie’s marriage and, 257, 259–60, 262

  as Julie’s parents’ agent, 77, 133

  Julie’s portrait and, 258

  Mountain Fire and, 159

  My Fair Lady and, 183, 204, 211, 238, 265–66, 267

  revues produced by, 142–43, 150

  Twigs, 73

  Tynan, Kenneth, 160

  Valmouth, 246, 282–83, 284

  Venice, 235

  Victor/Victoria, 122, 235, 257

  Vogue, 221, 292

  Wakefield, Annie, 167

  Wall, Max, 150–51

  Walsh, Bill, 308

  Walton, Carol, 98, 100, 258

  Walton, Dawn, 98–99, 100, 101, 137, 262, 275–76, 309

  Walton, Emma Katherine (daughter), 259, 275, 318–20

  birth of, 317–18

  Walton, Jennifer, 98

  Walton, Lance, 98–99, 100, 101, 137, 247, 248, 275–76, 309

  Walton, Richard, 97, 98, 137, 262

  Walton, Tony, 100, 136–37, 139, 145, 148, 154, 172, 184, 214, 217, 220–23, 233, 234, 237, 244, 245, 249, 252, 266, 297, 299, 302

  on Alderney, 267, 268, 271–75, 313–16

  art and theater training of, 183–84

  art exhibition of, 257

  Dictabelts and, 204, 209

  Emma’s birth and, 317–18, 319, 320

  entertaining by, 298


  on European vacation, 234–35

  Harrison and Kendall and, 207–8

  on honeymoon, 263–64

  Julie’s engagement to, 241, 242, 257–58

  Julie’s marriage to, 257–58, 259–60, 261–64

  Julie’s meeting of, 97–99

  Julie’s pregnancy and, 306–7, 316, 317

  Julie’s wedding gown and wedding band designed by, 257

  Khan and, 250, 251, 252

  at Lindsay and Stickney’s cottage, 228–29

  My Fair Lady and, 206, 238

  National Service of, 145, 148

  painting given to Julie by, 148

  as scenic and costume designer, 224, 246, 256, 267, 282–84, 306, 309, 312, 317, 320

  theatrical knowledge of, 224–25

  White and, 268, 274, 288, 289, 292, 315–16

  Walton-on-Thames, 2–3, 11, 32, 57, 67, 68, 70, 82

  Walton Playhouse, 19–20

  Ward, Albert, 129

  Ward, Fenella Henrietta “Fen” (great-aunt), 3

  Ward, Julia Emily Hearmon “Emily” (great-grandmother), 3–5, 7–8, 10

  Ward, Julia Mary (grandmother), 3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8–9, 14, 70

  death of, 9, 10

  Ward, Kathleen Lavinia “Kath” (great-aunt), 3–4

  Ward, Kit (great-aunt), 72, 73, 124

  Ward, Les, 129

  Ward, Nona Doris “Doll” (great-aunt), 3

  Ward, Wilhelmina Hearmon “Mina”

  (great-aunt), 3, 4, 75–76

  Ward, William Henry (great-grandfather), 3

  Ward, William Henry “Hadge” (great-uncle), 3, 4, 72, 73, 124

  Warner Bros., 266

  Waters, Arthur, 67

  Waters, Doris, 127

  Waters, Elsie, 127

  Waters, Madge, 67

  Waters, Patricia “Trisha,” 20, 67, 68–69, 129, 163

  Waters, Virginia “Ginny,” 67

  Wayne, Jerry, 159–60

  Weill, Kurt, 189

  Weir, Alexa, 244, 246, 278, 313

  Welch, Ken, 303, 304, 305

  Welch, Mitzie, 305

  Wells, Barbara Ward, see Andrews, Barbara Ward Morris

  Wells, Celia (half sister), 66, 67, 234, 258, 275, 315

  Wells, David (great-grandfather), 12

  Wells, David Wilfred (grandfather), 12, 13, 14

  Wells, Edward Charles “Ted” (father), 12, 37, 147, 152, 153, 246, 277, 318

  on Alderney, 313, 315

  Barbara’s divorce from, 27, 32, 33, 39, 41, 76

  Barbara’s leaving of, 26, 30

  Barbara’s marriage to, 14

  cricket playing of, 277–78

  drowning boy saved by, 67

  early years of, 12–14

  as father, 16–18, 26, 45

  handicapped sister of, 13, 21, 124

  Joan’s offer of marriage from, 30

  Julie’s first trip to America and, 158, 164, 172–73

  Julie’s first word and, 1

  Julie’s name change and, 40

  Julie’s nightmare and, 24

  Julie’s paternity and, 121, 122, 123

  Julie’s visits with, 76, 107, 110–12

  at Julie’s wedding, 261

  Leith Vale house of, 110, 111

  music and singing of, 17

  My Fair Lady and, 237, 240

  New York visits of, 214–15, 298

  in Paris, 234poetry and, 17, 18

  religious feelings of, 16–17

  scenery built by, 19–20

  teaching career of, 14–15, 18

  vacations of, 15

  water enjoyed by, 17

  Winifred’s friendship with, 31

  Winifred’s marriage to, 43–44

  World War II and, 22, 23, 37

  Wells, Elizabeth “Betty” (aunt), 12, 13, 21, 124

  Wells, Elizabeth Packham (grandmother), 12, 13, 14, 20–21

  Barbara’s relationship with, 20

  Wells, Fanny Loveland (great-grandmother), 12

  Wells, Frank (uncle), 12, 13, 14

  Wells, John (brother), 16, 17, 24, 26, 28, 30, 37, 44, 66, 67, 111, 147, 163, 164, 247, 262, 277, 315

  birth of, 19, 123

  evacuation during World War II, 35–37

  Julie’s back injury and, 247–48

  in Paris, 234

  and Ted’s marriage to Winifred, 43–44

  Wells, Robert “Bob” (uncle), 12, 13, 14

  Wells, Winifred Maud Hyde (Ted’s second wife), 44, 45, 110, 112, 123, 147, 164, 261, 277, 298, 315, 318

  daughter born to, 66

  at My Fair Lady, 239

  in Paris, 234

  Ted’s friendship with, 31

  Ted’s marriage to, 43–44

  Wendy (nanny), 319, 320

  Western Brothers, 127

  West Side Story, 222, 223, 309

  Weybridge, 2

  White, Terence Hanbury “Tim,” 266–68, 271, 272–74, 275, 278, 281, 282, 284, 286, 288, 289, 292–93, 295, 313–14, 315–16

  Widney, Bud, 181, 288

  Wilby, Arthur Cecil “Bill” (“Dingle”) (uncle), 12, 15, 19, 32, 73, 74, 81, 83, 87, 90, 137, 138, 139, 141, 146–47, 163, 164, 270

  gambling of, 74

  Joan’s marriage to, 12, 30

  at Julie’s wedding, 261–62

  nickname of, 75

  physical appearance of, 46

  tuberculosis of, 109

  in World War II, 22, 35, 45–46, 47

  Wilby, Geoffrey, 87

  Wilby, Joan Morris (aunt), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 32, 45–46, 67, 81, 90, 129, 130, 137, 138, 161, 163, 164, 270, 298, 315, 318

  Barbara’s marital problems and, 105–6

  dance taught by, 15, 19, 30, 37, 45, 46, 47, 73–74, 87, 109, 133, 137, 164, 270

  dancing of, 7, 11–12, 76

  drums played by, 10–11

  Julie’s paternity and, 122–23

  in Julie’s wedding, 258, 261

  marriage of, 12, 30

  shows put on by, 19–20

  son born to, 87

  vacations of, 15

  Wells’ offer of marriage to, 30

  at Wrecclesham Farm, 35, 36

  Williams, Cissy, 79

  Williams, Kenneth, 256, 257, 267, 284

  Wilson, Bob, 283

  Wilson, Lou, 165, 175, 176, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 204, 220, 221, 222, 262, 302–3, 304, 318

  Wilson, Sally, 283

  Wilson, Sandy, 157, 168, 169, 246

  Winged Victory, 189

  Winnicott, D. W., 250, 316

  Wisdom, Norman, 146–47

  Wonderful Town, 243

  Woodbrook, 56, 60–64

  Workers’ Playtime, 32

  World War II, 22–23, 25–26, 39, 42, 273

  air raids in, 28–30, 34, 36, 42–43

  end of, 57, 66, 100

  Wrecclesham Farm, 35–37

  “Wren, The,” 84, 126

  “Wynken, Blynken and Nod,” 20, 67

  Yorkin, Bud, 263

  Yorkin, Peg, 263

  Ziegfeld Follies, 189

  Ziegler, Anne, 127

  Zurich, 234, 259

  About the Author

  Julie Andrews' career has flourished over seven decades. Most recently she's played the queen in both the Princess Diaries and Shrek films. Her bestselling children's books include The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, Mandy, and The Great American Mousical. She currently lives with her husband of 38 years, the acclaimed film director Blake Edwards, and they have five children and seven grandchildren.

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  Copyright

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