In her memoir, Julie Andrews reminisces on her friendship with Carol Burnett: “It’s always been understood that we are chums: we probably were in a past life, as well.”
“Julie and I both try to control situations, because as children we were trying to cope with what was essentially an uncontrollable problem,” Burnett told Stirling. “Being a caretaker is a positive manifestation of that. We also understood the negative part- that we were sometimes too controlling, too perfectionist, too organized…We grew up trying to make everything perfect because we thought it might be our fault if it wasn’t.
Andrews and Burnett would go on to perform a series of legendary specials together, and Andrews credits Burnett with helping her lose her inhibitions and loosen up. One night in at a D.C. hotel, they decided to surprise director Mike Nichols at the elevator by making out with each other. But every time they would embrace, there would be a car full of strangers.
Carol slid off my knee and crawled behind the sofa to hide. “What are you doing?” I asked. She couldn’t even reply, she was laughing so hard. With a touch of panic, I noticed that the lady who had just passed us had turned around and was now coming back.
Finally, the target of their prank appeared. “We plunged into our embrace once again, and Mike stepped out of the elevator. Without pausing or even breaking a smile, he casually said, 'Oh, hi, girls,’ and continued down the corridor.”, she admits she was overwhelmed and anxiety-ridden as her first marriage fell apart.
Enter the mercurial, witty, and married Blake Edwards, writer and director of legendary films includingOn one of their first dates, Edwards told her that at a party weeks before they met, he had been part of a discussion where folks were asking whether Andrews had received her Oscar as a consolation prize for losing the role of Eliza inEveryone had ventured an opinion, except Blake. He bided his time, and spoke last. “I know why she won,” he said. All eyes turned to him.
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