BARBIE The SOUND OF MUSIC Doll JULIE ANDREWS as MARIA Mattel FIGURE Hollywood

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This is an ORIGINAL MIB Mattel Barbie Doll from the HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS COLLECTION.  The box has NEVER BEEN OPENED.  It does have a slit on the top portion of the box.  (See images), also the dolls shows are loose.  It is the Special Edition from 1995, OVER 20 years old.
It features ACADEMY AWARD Winner, Julie Andrews as a Barbie Doll Maria from the 1965 Biography family drama,
The Sound of Music
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
In 1930's Austria, a young woman named Maria is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When the Navy captain Georg Von Trapp writes to the convent asking for a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, Maria is given the job. The Captain's wife is dead, and he is often away, and runs the household as strictly as he does the ships he sails on. The children are unhappy and resentful of the governesses that their father keeps hiring, and have managed to run each of them off one by one. When Maria arrives, she is initially met with the same hostility, but her kindness, understanding, and sense of fun soon draws them to her and brings some much-needed joy into all their lives -- including the Captain's. Eventually he and Maria find themselves falling in love, even though Georg is already engaged to a Baroness and Maria is still a postulant. The romance makes them both start questioning the decisions they have made...
Director:
Robert Wise
Writers:
Howard Lindsay
(book)
,
Russel Crouse
(book)
,
Stars:
Julie Andrews
,
Christopher Plummer
and
Eleanor Parker
Cast
Julie Andrews
...
Maria
Christopher Plummer
...
Captain Von Trapp
Eleanor Parker
...
The Baroness
Richard Haydn
...
Max Detweiler
Peggy Wood
...
Mother Abbess
Charmian Carr
...
Liesl
Heather Menzies-Urich
...
Louisa
(as Heather Menzies)
Nicholas Hammond
...
Friedrich
Duane Chase
...
Kurt
Angela Cartwright
...
Brigitta
Debbie Turner
...
Marta
Kym Karath
...
Gretl
Anna Lee
...
Sister Margaretta
Portia Nelson
...
Sister Berthe
Ben Wright
...
Herr Zeller
Doll is in MINT Shape NEVER USED.  She measures almost 12" high and comes with guitar hat and posing stand.  BOX HAS WEAR especially at the top some with the small tear because of the way the box was made.
Shop with confidence! This is part of our in-store inventory from our shop which is has been located in the heart of Hollywood where we have been in business for OVER 40 years!
MORE INFO ON JULIE ANDREWS:  Dame Julia Elizabeth "Julie" Andrews,
DBE
(Wells; born 1 October 1935) is an English film and stage actress, a singer, an author, a theatre director, and a dancer.
Andrews, a
child actress
and
singer
, appeared on the
West End
in 1948, and made her
Broadway
debut in
The Boy Friend
(1954). In 1957, she appeared on television with the title role in the musical,
Cinderella
, which was seen by over 100 million viewers. She rose to prominence starring in musicals such as
My Fair Lady
(1957) and
Camelot
(1960).
Andrews made her feature film debut in
Mary Poppins
(1964) with her performance in the
title role
, and won the
Academy Award for Best Actress
. She starred in
The Sound of Music
(1965), playing
Maria
, and won the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical
. Adjusted for inflation,
The Sound of Music
is the third-highest grossing film of all time.
Between 1964 and 1986, Andrews starred in,
The Americanization of Emily
(1964),
Hawaii
(1966),
Torn Curtain
(1966),
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(1967),
Star!
(1968),
Darling Lili
(1970),
The Tamarind Seed
(1974),
10
(1979),
Victor Victoria
(1982),
That's Life!
(1986), and
Duet for One
(1986), thus making her the most successful film star in the world at the time.
In 2000, Andrews was made a
Dame
by Queen
Elizabeth II
for services to the performing arts. In 2002, she was ranked #59 in the BBC's poll of the
100 Greatest Britons
. In 2003, she revisited her first Broadway success, this time as a stage director, with a revival of
The Boy Friend
at the Bay Street Theatre in
Sag Harbor, New York
.
From 2001 to 2004, Andrews starred in
The Princess Diaries
(2001),
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(2004). From 2004 to 2010, she lent her voice to the
Shrek
animated films (2004–2010), and
Despicable Me
(2010).
Andrews has won an Academy Award, a
BAFTA
, 5
Golden Globes
, 3
Grammys
, 2
Emmys
, the
Screen Actors Guild
Lifetime Achievement Award, the
Kennedy Center Honors
Award, and the
Disney Legend
Award. She is an author of children's books, and has published her autobiography,
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
(2008).
In 1963, Andrews began her work in the title role of
Disney
's musical film
Mary Poppins
.
Walt Disney
had seen a performance of
Camelot
and thought Andrews would be perfect for the role of the
British nanny
who is "practically perfect in every way!" Andrews initially declined because of pregnancy, but Disney politely insisted, saying, "We'll wait for you."
Mary Poppins
became the biggest box-office draw in Disney history. Andrews won the 1964
Academy Award for Best Actress
and the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
for her performance. She and her co-stars also won the 1965
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
. As a measure of "sweet revenge," as
Poppins
songwriter
Richard M. Sherman
put it, Andrews closed her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes by saying, "And, finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and who made all this possible in the first place, Mr. Jack Warner."
My Fair Lady
was in direct competition for the awards.
Andrews starred opposite
James Garner
in
The Americanization of Emily
(1964), for which she was nominated for the
BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role
. A comedy-drama war film set in London during World War II, Andrews has described it as her favourite film, a sentiment shared by her co-star Garner.
In 1965, Andrews starred in
The Sound of Music
, which was the highest-grossing film of the year and was the biggest hit in the history of
20th Century Fox
. As of 2013, it is the third highest-grossing film of all time in the United States, adjusted for inflation. For her performance as
Maria Von Trapp
, Andrews won her second
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
and was also nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actress
, though she lost to
Julie Christie
, for
Darling
.
After completing
The Sound of Music
, Andrews appeared as a guest star on the NBC-TV variety series
The Andy Williams Show
. She followed this television appearance with an Emmy Award-winning special,
The Julie Andrews Show
, which featured
Gene Kelly
and
the New Christy Minstrels
as guests. It aired on NBC-TV in November 1965.
In 1966, Andrews starred in
Hawaii
, the highest grossing film of its year. Also in 1966, she starred opposite
Paul Newman
in
Torn Curtain
, which was directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
. The following year, she played the
eponymous
character in
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(1967), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. At the time,
Thoroughly Modern Millie
and
Torn Curtain
were the biggest and second biggest hits in
Universal Pictures
history, respectively.
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