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'Blessed' Julie Andrews gets lifetime achievement award in Venice

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VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Julie Andrews, the star of much-loved movies “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music”, said on Monday she was “blessed” to have had a long, illustrious cinema career as she was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival.The 83-year-old, who won an Oscar in 1965 for playing the strict but kind-hearted nanny Mary Poppins, held up and kissed the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award to an applauding audience.“I consider myself so blessed to have spent a large part of my professional life in the cinema arts,” she said.“I still marvel at the fact that I was the lucky girl who was asked to play those wonderful roles.”Andrews began her career as a child actress on the London West End before heading to Broadway.“Mary Poppins” turned her into an international star, and she has gone on to feature in movies such as “Victor/Victoria” and “The Princess Diaries”, and most recently lent her voice to 2018 blockbuster “Aquaman”.<div>Reporting by Helena Williams Editing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian/Mark Heinrich</div>

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Julie Andrews, the star of much-loved movies “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music”, said on Monday she was “blessed” to have had a long, illustrious cinema career as she was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival.

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Julie Andrews, the star of much-loved movies “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music”, said on Monday she was “blessed” to have had a long, illustrious cinema career as she was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival.