A Girl Not a Bit Like Maria ; Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography by Richard Stirling Portrait Pounds 17.99

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I didn't take to Dame Helen Mirren's impersonation of the Queen. Julie Andrews would have been a far superior monarch the cautious and controlled demeanour; the precise diction; the way she seems emotionally tightened up.

The actress also shares Elizabeth II's ability to switch in an instant from a look of glacial reproach to a beaming smile yet neither woman seems capable of spontaneity.

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A Girl Not a Bit Like Maria ; Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography by Richard Stirling Portrait Pounds 17.99

The author of this intelligent and engrossing biography, Richard Stirling, saw Andrews signing autographs once, and she gave 'the faint impression of an automaton'. After an appearance at the National Film Theatre, the lobbies had to be clea...

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