Julie Andrews’ Revenge: The My Fair Lady Oscar Scandal

Julie Andrews’ Revenge: The My Fair Lady Oscar Scandal 

February 8th, 1965. Coconut Grove nightclub, Los Angeles. [music] The Golden Globe ceremony. Julie Andrews steps [music] onto the stage, clutching her best actress trophy for Mary Poppins. She smiles. She thanks the usual people, directors, producers, co-stars. Then she pauses. Her smile gets [music] wider.

 And finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and who made all this possible in the first place. The audience leans forward. They think she’s about to thank Walt [music] Disney. Instead, she says, “Mr. Jack Warner.” The room explodes. [music] Laughter, screaming, thunderous applause. Even Jack [music] Warash and Jack Warner himself is laughing, though his eyes aren’t smiling because everyone in that room knows what Julie Andrews [music] just did.

 She thanked the man who destroyed her dream for making her a star. This is the story of Hollywood’s most infamous casting betrayal. [music] The role Julie Andrews owned for three years. The voice that Audrey Hepburn couldn’t match. The Oscar revenge that became legend. This is the truth about the My Fair Lady betrayal. March 15th, 1956.

Mark Helinger Theater, Broadway, [music] New York. Opening night of My Fair Lady. A 20-year-old English girl named Julie Andrews steps onto the stage as Eliza Doolittle. She’s been performing since childhood. She sang for Queen Elizabeth at age [music] 12. She appeared on British television.

 She made her Broadway debut two years ago in The Boyfriend. But tonight is different. Tonight she’s playing the most difficult role in musical theater history. A cocknney flower girl who learns to speak like a lady. Seven songs, three hours. Transformation from street urchin to elegant woman. and her voice has to carry it all. The curtain rises.

 Julie begins singing, “Wouldn’t it be loverly?” Her voice is pure, clear, technically [music] perfect. The kind of voice you can only get from years of classical training. [music] The kind of voice that fills a theater without microphones. The kind of voice that makes audiences forget they’re watching a performance.

By intermission, the word is spreading. This girl is extraordinary. By the final [music] curtain, everyone knows Julie Andrews is Eliza Doolittle. The reviews [music] the next day confirm it. The show is a phenomenon. My Fair Lady breaks records. It becomes the longest running Broadway musical up to that time.

Julie and her co-star Rex Harrison perform eight shows a week. Every single show sells out. The cast album sells millions of copies [music] in months. This is the Hamilton of 1956. This is the show everyone has to see. And Julie [music] Andrews is the reason. She performs 2,717 shows over 3 years. two years on Broadway, one year in London.

She earns a Tony nomination for best actress [music] in a musical. She doesn’t win, but everyone knows she’s perfect. She is Eliza Doolittle. When people think of My Fair Lady, they see Julie’s face. When they hear I could have danced all night, they hear Julie’s voice. The role belongs to her in a way few roles belong to any actor.

She created this character. She made Eliza real. 1960, Julie stars in Camelot on Broadway opposite Richard Burton. Another hit, another Tony nomination. She’s at the peak of her theater career, but she hasn’t done film yet. She’s never been in a movie. She’s famous on Broadway, but unknown to general audiences in middle America.

In Clinton, Iowa, they don’t know who Julie Andrews is. In Anchorage, Alaska, her name means nothing. She’s a Broadway name, [music] not a movie star. That distinction is about to destroy everything. 1961, Warner Brothers begins casting for the film adaptation of My Fair Lady. Jack Warner, the studio head, saw the Broadway premiere in 1956.

He immediately decided he wanted the movie rights. He paid an unprecedented $5 million, the most expensive rights purchase in Hollywood history up to that point. He knows this will be a massive hit. He knows it needs to be perfect. Rex Harrison will reprise his role as Professor Higgins.

 Harrison is a movie star. [music] Harrison has name recognition. Harrison is bankable. The role of Eliza Doolittle is offered to Julie Andrews. [music] Except it isn’t because Jack Warner never intended to cast her. He just lets people think he might. Alan J. Learner, the screenwriter, [music] wants Julie. Frederick Lo, the composer, wants Julie.

 George Cooker, the director, wants [music] Julie. Everyone who worked on the original production wants Julie. She created the role. She perfected it over thousands of performances. She knows every inflection, every gesture, every emotional beat. There is no logical reason not to cast her except one. Jack Warner doesn’t think she’s famous enough.

 He writes in his autobiography, My First Hundred Years in Hollywood, that there was nothing mysterious or complicated about the decision. With all her charm and ability, Julie Andrews was just a Broadway name known primarily to those who saw the play. But in Clinton, Iowa, and Anchorage, Alaska, and thousands of other cities and towns, you can say Audrey Heburn, and people instantly [music] know you’re talking about a beautiful and talented star.

 Jack Warner wants a star with name recognition. He wants someone who has never made a financial flop. He wants Audrey Hepburn. There’s one problem. Audrey Hepburn can’t sing. She’s a brilliant actress. She’s elegant. She’s beautiful. She’s bankable. But she’s not a singer. Not like Julie Andrews. Not with the technical skill required for learner in Lowe’s complex [music] score.

Not with the range needed for I could have danced all night. Jack Warner knows this. Everyone knows this, but Warner has a solution. He’ll hire a ghost [music] singer. Someone to dub Audrey’s voice. Someone whose name will never appear in the credits. Someone the audience will never know about. And he knows exactly who to call.

 Marne Nixon, [clears throat] the ghost singer of Hollywood, the woman who sang for Deborah Kerr in The King and I. for Natalie Wood in Westside Story. For Marilyn Monroe’s, High Notes and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Nixon is classically trained. Nixon has perfect [music] pitch. Nixon can sing anything.

 And Nixon is used to staying [music] silent. Her contracts always include clauses that threaten her career if she reveals her work. 20th Century Fox told her when she dubbed Deborah Kerr, “If anybody ever knows you did this, we’ll see to it. You don’t work in town again.” She signed. She stayed quiet. She watched other women [music] take credit for her voice.

But by 1964, people in Hollywood know the secret is spreading, and this [music] time it’s going to explode. Julie Andrews learned she won’t be playing Eliza in the film. Alan J. Learner breaks the news. I so wanted you to do it, Julie, but they wanted a name. It’s devastating. [music] This role belongs to her.

 She created [music] it. She perfected it. She performed it 2,717 times. And now someone else will play Eliza in the version that will live forever. The [music] version that will be seen by millions. The version that will be preserved in film history. Someone who has never played the role. Someone who can’t even sing it.

 Julie handles it with grace publicly. She understands the business. She knows how Hollywood works. She knows name recognition. matters. But privately, her heart is broken. This was supposed to be her film debut. This was supposed to be her moment. This was supposed to be everything. Then Walt Disney [music] calls.

 He saw Julian Camelot. He wants her for Mary Poppins, the magical nanny who flies with an umbrella and sings supercalifragilistic expial. It’s a completely different kind of role. wholesome, sweet, familyfriendly, not the gritty transformation story of My Fair Lady. Julie is pregnant when Disney makes the offer. She turns him down initially.

Disney says, “We’ll wait for you.” The studio delays production. They wait for Julie to give birth. They wait for her to recover. They wait [music] because Walt Disney knows what Jack Warner doesn’t. Star power isn’t just about name [music] recognition. It’s about talent. And Julie Andrews has talent. Jack Warner is too blind [music] to see.

October 1963. Production begins on My Fair Lady at Warner Brothers. Audrey Hepburn arrives on set knowing everyone wanted someone else. Knowing she’s playing a role that belongs to another actress, knowing she can’t [music] sing it, she tries anyway. She works with a voice coach. [music] She practices constantly.

 She records her vocals. She believes they’ll use at least some of her voice. Jack Warner lets [music] her believe this. Andre Preven, the music director, later reveals they never intended to use Audrey’s singing. They just strung her along to get her to take the part. The betrayal isn’t just Julie’s. Audrey is being betrayed, too.

 Marne [music] Nixon is brought in. She works handin glove with Audrey. They share a limousine to the studio. Nixon attends Audrey’s voice lessons to learn her speech patterns, her unique pronunciation, her distinctive style. The plan is to blend their voices, create composits [music] that sound like Audrey, but hit the notes Audrey can’t reach.

That’s what Audrey [music] is told. That’s what she believes. But in the editing room, a different decision is made. Every [music] single song in the final cut is 100% Marne Nixon. Not a blend, [music] not a composite. Pure Nixon. Audrey’s voice is completely erased. The only place her real voice appears is in the workingclass cochney sections before Eliza’s transformation.

the rough. Wouldn’t it be loverly at the beginning? But once Eliza becomes a lady, once Professor Higgins has worked his phonetic magic, that’s Marne Nixon singing. That’s Marne Nixon making those songs iconic. And nobody tells Audrey until it’s [music] too late. Audrey keeps trying, though. She sneaks onto the sound stage [music] after Nixon finishes dubbing.

She records herself singing. She says, “I think I can do myself better.” Nixon hears the tapes later. Audrey is saying to herself, “Oh, darn. I think I can do better. [music] Maybe I can’t.” She’s really hard on herself. She’s trying very hard to use as much of herself as possible. But it’s not enough. It’s never going to be enough.

Not for the technical demands of this score. Not for the comparison with Julie Andrews that everyone is making. Audrey knows she’s fighting a losing battle, but she keeps fighting anyway. The film wraps. Postp production begins. Word spreads in Hollywood that Audrey’s voice is dubbed. Completely dubbed.

 Not blended, not mixed. 100% [music] Marne Nixon. The controversy starts immediately. Julie Andrews created [music] this role. Audrey Hepern can’t even sing it. How is this fair? How is this right? Audrey is trapped. She didn’t ask to replace Julie. She didn’t know her voice would be completely removed. She’s become the face of a betrayal she didn’t choose.

And the academy is paying attention. March 1964, Julie begins filming Mary Poppins. She’s nervous. It’s her first film. She has no movie experience. If Jack Warner was right about her lacking name recognition, this film will prove it. If she fails, Mary Poppins fails. If Mary Poppins fails, her film career is over before it starts.

But she [music] doesn’t fail. She’s perfect. Her voice is perfect for the whimsical songs. Her acting is charming without being saccharine. Her Mary Poppins is practically perfect in every way. The chemistry with Dick Van Djk works despite his terrible cochnney accent. The special effects are groundbreaking.

The songs by the Sherman brothers become instant classics. Spoonful of sugar. Super califragilistic expile. Let’s go fly a kite. And of course, Chim Chim Cherry. This is a masterpiece. This is going to be huge. Julie Andrews, the unknown Broadway actress, is about to become a superstar. October 21st, 1964. My Fair Lady premieres.

 The reviews praise Rex Harrison. The reviews praise the lavish costumes by Cecil Beaton. The reviews praise [music] George Cooker’s direction. The reviews praise the sets. The reviews mention that Audrey [music] Hepburn’s singing was dubbed. The reviews draw comparisons to Julie Andrews. The reviews wonder why Julie wasn’t cast.

The controversy is now public. Everyone knows Audrey Hepburn is brilliant in the role visually. She looks perfect [music] in that black and white ascot dress. She looks stunning in the white ball gown. She looks elegant in the pink chiffon gown. Her transformation from flower girl to lady is believable. Her chemistry with Rex Harrison is strong, but the voice isn’t hers.

And that’s all anyone can talk about. Two months later, Mary Poppins [music] premieres. The film is a phenomenon. It becomes the biggest box office hit in Disney history. Critics rave about Julie Andrews. Variety writes that she pops in a special way. Audiences fall in love with her. Children adore her.

 Adults are charmed by her. The film earns 13 Academy Award nominations. My Fair Lady earns 12 nominations. The two films are neck andneck. But there’s one crucial difference. My Fair Lady gets nominations for best picture, best actor for Rex Harrison, best director for George Cooker, best supporting actor for Stanley Holloway, best cinematography, best costume design, [music] best sound, best art direction, best adapted screenplay, best scoring, best film editing.

 12 nominations, but no [music] nomination for best actress. Audrey Heppern is snubbed. The Academy makes a statement. The Academy says, “If you can’t sing the role, you don’t get nominated.” The Academy says Julie Andrews was robbed, and this is the consequence. Mary Poppins gets 13 nominations, including best actress for Julie Andrews, in her first film role ever, the unknown actress from Broadway.

The woman Jack Warner said wasn’t famous enough. She’s nominated for an Oscar. Audrey Hepburn, the established [music] movie star. The woman who has never made a financial flop. She’s not. The irony is brutal. The message is clear. Hollywood chose wrong. If you’re enjoying this investigation into Hollywood’s darkest secrets, don’t forget to subscribe to Audrey Hepburn, The Hidden [music] Truth, because we’re just getting started with what they covered up.

 February 8th, [music] 1965, The Golden Globes. Both films are nominated. Julie Andrews is nominated for best actress, comedy, or musical. Audrey Hepburn is not. The ceremony begins. Andy Williams, the popular Kuner, is hosting. The best [music] actress category arrives. Andy Williams opens the envelope. The winner [music] is Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins.

Julie walks to the stage. She accepts [music] the trophy. She gives her thanks. She mentions the director, the producers, the cast. Then she [music] says, “This lovely honor is a wonderful momento of a very happy time.” The audience expects her to thank Walt Disney. Instead, she says, “Finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and who made all this possible in the first place.

” She pauses. Mr. Jack Warner. The room goes insane. Everyone screams. Everyone laughs. It’s like a [music] thunderous scream. Even Jack Warner is laughing. Though you can see in photographs his smile [music] doesn’t reach his eyes because Julie Andrews just thanked him for rejecting her. She thanked him for betraying her.

She thanked [music] him for making the worst decision of his career. And she did it so sweetly, so charmingly, so perfectly [music] in character as Mary Poppins that nobody can criticize her for it. She stayed in character as the sweet, polite woman while showing her competitive spirit.

 The shade was thrown with a spoonful of sugar. It’s brilliant. It’s devastating. [music] It’s perfect revenge. Julie later says, “I suddenly realized that [music] if Jack Warner had asked me to do My Fair Lady, which I missed out on, I would never have [music] been able to do Mary Poppins.” She’s found the silver lining. She’s turned betrayal into triumph.

A member of the audience says [music] her dig took enormous courage, delivering it to the most powerful man in Hollywood in front of all his peers. But Julie Andrews is not afraid. Not anymore. She’s a Golden Globe winner. She’s about to become an Oscar winner. She’s about to become one of the biggest stars in the world.

 And Jack Warner is about to [music] learn he made a $5 million mistake. April 5th, 1965. [music] The Academy Awards. The 37th annual ceremony. My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins [music] face off. My Fair Lady is nominated for 12 Oscars. Mary Poppins for 13. The night begins. The technical awards go back and [music] forth.

 Mary Poppins wins best film editing, best original score, best original song for Chim Chim Cherry, best visual effects. My Fair Lady wins best cinematography, [music] best sound, best art direction, best costume design for Cecil Beaton. Both films are racking up wins, but the big [music] awards are still coming. Best actor, best director, best actress, best [music] picture, best actor goes to Rex Harrison for My Fair Lady.

He wins. He deserves it. His performance is brilliant. His musical talk singing is iconic. He delivers his acceptance speech. He mentions Audrey Hepburn who presented his award. He looks into the audience. He sees Julie Andrews sitting there. He says, “I have deep love to two fair ladies.” He acknowledges both.

 He knows the controversy. He knows the betrayal. He tries to smooth it over, but everyone knows only one fair lady won tonight. Best director goes to George Cooker. Cougar for My Fair Lady. He’s been [music] nominated five times. This is his first win. He’s 74 years old. He’s waited his [music] entire career for this moment.

He deserves the recognition, but everyone knows he’s winning for a film [music] that shouldn’t exist in this form. A film that should have starred [music] Julie Andrews. A film that betrayed its own legacy. Best actress. Sydney Poatier opens the envelope. The winner is Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins. Julie stands. The audience erupts.

 She’s all smiles. She walks to the stage. [music] She accepts the Oscar. She delivers her acceptance speech. I know you Americans are famous for your hospitality, but this is really ridiculous. Everyone laughs. She mentions how Walt Disney waited for her during her pregnancy. She thanks the Sherman brothers. She thanks the [music] cast and crew.

 She’s gracious. She’s humble. She’s perfect. And somewhere Audrey Hepburn is [music] watching, knowing she should be up there, too. Knowing her voice was stolen, knowing Julie was right all along. But Julie shows class when reporters ask her about Audrey’s snub. Julie says, “I think Audrey should have been nominated.

 I’m very sorry she wasn’t.” She means it. Julie Andrews is not petty. Julie Andrews doesn’t want Audrey to suffer. Julie Andrews knows Audrey is also a victim of Jack Warner’s decision. They’re not enemies. They’re both actresses caught in a studio head’s gamble. And only one of them is being punished for it. Best picture is announced last. The envelope opens.

 The winner is My Fair Lady. The film wins the biggest prize of the night, but it’s a hollow victory. Jack Warner [music] accepts the award. He stands on stage with his best picture Oscar, but his lead [music] actress wasn’t even nominated. His film is overshadowed by the controversy. His $5 million gamble won him a trophy, but cost him his legacy.

Because from this moment forward, My Fair Lady will always be remembered as the film that should have starred Julie Andrews. The film where Audrey Hepburn’s voice was dubbed. The film that betrayed its own origins. The best picture that made all the wrong choices. The final tally. My Fair Lady wins eight Oscars.

 Best picture. Best director. Best actor. Best cinematography. Best sound. Best art direction. Best costume design. Best scoring adaptation. Mary Poppins wins five [music] Oscars. Best actress. Best film editing. Best original score, best [music] original song, best visual effects. My Fair Lady wins more, but Mary Poppins wins better because Mary [music] Poppins has a best actress winner because Mary Poppins made Julie Andrews a star.

Because Mary Poppins proved [music] Jack Warner wrong. The aftermath is brutal for Audrey Hepburn. She didn’t ask for this [music] controversy. She didn’t want to replace Julie. She tried to sing the role herself. She worked harder than anyone to make it work, but the stigma follows her for the rest of her career.

 People always bring up My Fair Lady. People always mention the dubbing. People always compare her to Julie Andrews. It’s not fair, but it’s reality. In interviews later, Audrey says, “I understood the dismay of people who had seen Julie on Broadway. Julie made that role her own, and for that reason, I didn’t want to do the film when it was first offered.

I learned that if I turned it down, they would offer it to another movie actress. I thought I was entitled to do it as much as the third girl.” So, then I did accept. She’s defending herself. She’s explaining her position. But the damage is done. Years later, Marne Nixon, the ghost singer, finally gets recognition.

Time magazine interviews her. They dub her the ghostess with the mostest. Bad rhyme, but it sticks. She speaks out about ghost singers rights. She fights for proper credit. She fights for royalties. After Westside Story where she dubbed Natalie Wood and Rita Moreno, she realizes the anonymity [music] isn’t acceptable anymore.

She tells the Times in 1967. The anonymity didn’t bother me until I sang Natalie Wood songs in Westside [music] Story. Then I saw how important my singing was to the picture. I was giving my talent and somebody else was taking the credit. She’s done staying silent. She’s done being erased. My Fair Lady is her last major dubbing job.

After that, she appears on screen in The Sound of Music. She plays Sister Sophia. She sings How Do You Solve a Problem? Like Maria. She gets screen credit. She gets recognition. Finally, the meeting between Marne Nixon and Julie Andrews happens on the Sound of Music set. Nixon is nervous.

 She’s about to meet the woman whose role she stole. The woman whose voice she replaced. The woman who should have sung I could have danced all night. But Julie is gracious. Julie understands. Julie knows Nixon was just doing [music] her job. Julie knows the betrayal wasn’t Nixon’s fault. They talk. They’re professional. There’s no animosity.

But the moment is awkward because they both know the truth. Nixon sang the role that should have belonged to Julie and no amount of professionalism can erase [music] that fact. Julie Andrews goes on to massive success. The Sound of [music] Music in 1965 becomes the highest grossing film of all time until 1972.

She wins another Golden Globe for best actress. [music] She’s nominated for another Oscar. She becomes one of the biggest stars in the world. She stars in Torn Curtain with Paul Newman, star with Rock Hudson, thoroughly modern Millie. She works constantly throughout the late60s. By 1970, she’s done 10 films.

 She’s a household name. She’s exactly what Jack Warner claimed she wasn’t. Famous enough, bankable enough, star enough. Jack Warner was wrong. Catastrophically wrong, and everyone knows it. My Fair Lady becomes a classic despite [music] the controversy. The film is beautiful. The costumes are iconic. The songs are beloved.

Rex Harrison’s [music] performance is definitive. Audrey Hepburn looks stunning in every scene. But you can’t watch it without knowing. You can’t hear I could have danced all night without thinking that’s not Audrey singing. You can’t see Eliza’s transformation without remembering Julie Andrews did it first, did it better.

 Did it 2,717 times on stage. The film is great, but it’s also a monument to Hollywood’s arrogance, a reminder that [music] studios think they know better than audiences, a testament to the betrayal of artists for box office numbers. Decades later, the debate continues. Some defend Jack Warner’s choice. Audrey [music] Heppern was famous.

 Audrey Heppern was bankable. Audrey Hepern made financial sense. The film grossed over $72 million worldwide. It was successful. It won best picture. Mission accomplished. But others argue Julie Andrews would have been even bigger. Julie Andrews and My Fair Lady would have been the performance of a lifetime. Julie singing with her own voice.

Julie bringing the depth of [music] 2,717 performances. Julie giving us the definitive Eliza Doolittle. We’ll never know. We’ll never [music] see that version. We’ll never hear what it could have been. And that’s the real tragedy. 2007, Julie Andrews is asked to direct My Fair Lady for Opera Australia. She accepts.

She finally gets to shape the production. She finally gets to show how Eliza should be played. She doesn’t cast herself, obviously. She’s 72 years old, but she cast [music] someone who can sing, someone who earned the role through talent, not name recognition. Someone who proves the voice matters. Because that’s what My Fair Lady has always been about, the voice, the transformation, the journey from cochnney flower girl to proper lady.

And you can’t do that journey if someone else is singing for you. 2008 Emma Thompson is asked about the My Fair Lady remake she’s writing. she tells the Hollywood Reporter. I was thrilled to be asked to do it because having looked at it, I thought that there needs to be a new version. She’s coming to Julie’s defense decades later. She’s a fellow Brit.

 She knows what Julie endured. But Audrey Heppern has passed away in 1993. She can’t defend herself. And Emma Thompson’s [music] comments come across as petty and small. speaking ill of the dead, criticizing [music] a performance Audrey couldn’t control. It’s unnecessary. Both Audrey and Julie were victims. Neither deserves [music] blame.

 The ultimate irony. If Julie had been cast in My Fair Lady, she never would have done Mary Poppins. Walt Disney wouldn’t have waited forever. The role would have gone to someone else. Julie would have had her film debut in the role she created. She would have been brilliant. She might have won the Oscar anyway, but she wouldn’t have Mary Poppins.

 She wouldn’t have The Sound of Music. She wouldn’t have become the actress she became. Jack Warner’s [music] betrayal forced Julie onto a different path, a better path, a path that made her a legend. So, in the end, Jack Warner did Julie a favor. He just didn’t mean to. Audrey Hepburn died in 1993. She never [music] escaped the My Fair Lady controversy.

Even her obituaries mentioned it. Even in death, the dubbing scandal followed her. It’s unfair. She was an extraordinary actress. She had a remarkable career. She deserved better. But Hollywood’s betrayal of Julie Andrews became Audrey’s burden. And that’s the crulest part of this story.

 Two talented actresses, both betrayed. One by being rejected, one by being used, both damaged by a studio head who thought he knew best. Jack Warner [music] died in 1978. His autobiography defends the My Fair Lady casting. He never admitted he was wrong. He never apologized to Julie Andrews. He never acknowledged that Audrey deserved her Oscar nomination.

He went to his grave believing he made the right choice, believing box office numbers justified everything, believing star power mattered more than talent. He was wrong. History proved him wrong. Julie Andrews proved him wrong. But he never admitted it. My Fair Lady remains controversial 60 years later. In 2024, articles still debate the casting.

Film scholars still argue about the decision. Audiences still wish Julie had played Eliza. The dubbing is still mentioned. Marne Nixon is still acknowledged. The betrayal is still remembered. Because this wasn’t just a casting choice. This was Hollywood telling artists, [music] “Your work doesn’t matter.

 Your years of perfecting a role don’t matter. Your talent [music] doesn’t matter. What matters is name recognition. What matters is box office [music] guarantees. What matters is the studio’s bottom line. And Julie [music] Andrews stood on that Golden Globe stage and said, “No, talent matters. Art matters. Betrayal has consequences.

And I won tonight.” [music] The final score. Julie Andrews, three Academy Award nominations, one win for Mary Poppins, six Golden Globe wins, three Grammy wins, two Emmy wins, Kennedy Center honors, Screen Actors Guild, Lifetime Achievement Award, Dame Commander of the British Empire. She’s a legend.

 Audrey Hepburn, five Academy Award nominations, one win for Roman Holiday, seven Golden Globe nominations. She’s also a legend. Both women were extraordinary. Both women were betrayed by My Fair Lady. Both women survived. But only Julie got her revenge. Only Julie thanked Jack Warner for making the worst decision of his career.

 Only Julie turned betrayal into triumph. And that’s why when people remember My Fair Lady, they [clears throat] remember the controversy. They remember Julie Andrews should have been Eliza. They remember Audrey Hepburn’s voice was dubbed. They remember Jack Warner made a $5 million mistake. They remember the betrayal. And they remember Julie’s revenge.

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