Julie Andrews made her debut on Broadway in 1954 at age 19. Later, she worked in television until 1964 when her first successful movie as protagonist was released: it was Mary Poppins (1964) by 'R. Stevenson' , for which she won an Oscar. In the following years she worked with different directors in various genres (e.g., 'Robert Wise (I)' in The Sound of Music (1965) and with 'Alfred Hitchcock (I) in Torn Curtain (1966)). In 1969 she married the director Blake Edwards, with whom she also made various movies (e.g., Victor/Victoria (1982)).