'The Sound of Music': Julie Andrews & Diane Sawyer Revisit Film Scenes on 50th Anniversary

The British actress discusses the famed musical and upcoming 50th anniversary special with Diane Sawyer.

[@leisurelyurs]

Isn;t julie andrew the most lovely woman ever in this whole so called hollywood scene. She is so real, so warm, so genuine, so sincere, so humble, so smart, so graceful.....everytime i see her i just wish i could give her a big warm hug! Despite all the songs and stories and all that which made the sound of music so good, she was the one who made it great.

[@SunsetSara]

It still blows me away that her first film ever was Mary Poppins in 1964, she wins Best Actress at Golden Globes and Academy Awards for Poppins, then in 1965 she makes Sound of Music - her performances in both films are unbelievable and timeless - she's a gift to every generation.

[@markdickson6830]

My mum taught me all these songs......brilliant ...I taught my kids to sing with these songs....now im teaching my 4 yr old granddaughter.......These songs will last forever..

[@magicdaisies5242]

I love that when I watch Julie Andrews being interviewed she always comes across well and genuine. it's ashame nowadays we have celebrities that will come and go but demand so much from shows for interviews whereas she looks like she's enjoying the tribute.

[@mlchc9004]

That ONE & only VOICE! Julie Andrews is pure beauty inside & out!

[@ghatonn78]

She is the real British Royalty.

[@TheWriterWalker]

George Hatton, amen!

[@Ali74]

She practically is royalty. Made a Dame by the Queen at Buckingham Palace and then was among a group of invited guests for the Queen's diamond jubilee party.

[@xalexflanaganx]

Julie Andrews is too iconic. Can she just live forever please?

[@raynawest9557]

Love Julie Andrews so much she's always postive and keeps smiling love her voice I love everything about her

[@Hezchannemo]

This movie came out when I was 1yr old and hasn't been outdone yet!! Still my all time favorite! Julie Andrews you where my first "girl-crush" and you are still as beautiful as ever! Thanks Robin, Diane and GMA Staff for a wonderful interview!

[@ngphuiling8497]

simply the best singer ever. voice of an angel

[@mlchc9004]

The SOM is timeless & a classic, thanks to the beautiful amazing Julie!!!

[@MrShinyboi1967]

Dame Julie Andrews she brings such happiness to me I cry almost every time i watch her on tv not to mention watching the movie she really is a WORLD TREASURE!!. Mrs Andrews thank you for the many years of enjoyment thru your music and acting . wess fr canada

[@evelinamanuel7931]

Love Ms Julie Andrew sing

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’m a millennial and yet Julie is the number one reason I come back to TSOM. Besides the music that is!

[@Bluejeans0701]

The greatest gift Julie Andrews gave me years ago is that I learned to speak English without any experience of getting out of the country where I live. She has also filled me with the joy of listening to musicals. Dame Julie will turn 80 this October; she still looks so amazing and adorable. Let me express my thanks to her from Japan. I would not be writing this comment in her language without her guidance through her music and films.

[@Bluejeans0701]

Of course Julie did not teach me English directly. I happened to see "The Sound of Music" on TV back in May 1986, when I found her just amazing and I wanted to speak English just like her. I kept seeing the film and listening to the album of "My Fair Lady" hundreds of times. I was able to expand my English vocabulary with her songs and films. This is how I have acquired the English language.

[@lynncai587]

My mother, who was raised in China, also had the pleasure of learning English from the Sound of Music. Even though she sometimes grew tired of the film because the teacher replayed the dialogue scenes over and over again until everybody understood what the actors were saying, she still loved the songs. Today, it's still one of her favorite films, and it's also one of my favorite things ;)

[@G6JPG]

And you could hardly have a better example; her diction is the best I know of. (And your English is fine, too. What country _are_ you in?) For French, try Mireille Mathieu; not sure who to say for German - Nana Mouskouri is probably a good bet (but then she'd do for French, Spanish, Italian, too - even Welsh, Malagasy, Taiwanese …)

[@davidrey28]

She still looks very pretty

[@JessaJay]

+davidrey28 and so proper too!

[@rafaeljose7687]

The Sound of Music movie here => twitter.com/bbaf015fc5c8f1287/status/822753965959827456

[@DoncasterA1Music]

davidrey28 yes! Just a few wrinkles here and ther, but thats ok

[@philine319]

I just adore Julie Andrews

[@mlchc9004]

There is no other Star that is more loved than Julie Andrews! Such a brilliant beautiful classy lady!

[@timothyokott8887]

at 80 she is still beautiful...

[@angelsparkle555]

Find me one person who can find a flaw in this woman's manner. The epitome of good grace.

[@SophieMayLove]

She did not want to let go of Julie's hand at all haha Can't blame her

[@sarahmccoy7218]

Me and my mom happen to know Julie Andrews and she is such a sweet and such a down to earth young lady. God bless her:)

[@sarahbennett5376]

Young ?!

[@teresaclemmer3613]

Sarah McCoy...introduce me! I love Julie Andrews! She is the best..

[@ajaykustomer6639]

@@sarahbennett5376 , absolutely! As in genuine goodness never ages; natural born talent remains forever creative; the home of our heart is our eternal soul, and it contains the only set of eyes we have with everlasting 20/20 vision. There is more. Shall I continue?!!

[@lovejenie13]

I feel 8 years old everytime I see and/or hear her. My heart....(sigh).

[@jx9936]

Julie Andrews is not being called Queen for nothing. I mean, she's PERFECT, absolutely PERFECT!! Case closed!!

[@megscroggins1744]

Wow! She does not look like she is 80!

[@whoisj3ss]

Meg Scroggins I thought she was like 65

[@G6JPG]

@@whoisj3ss born 1935-10-1. (From the "SOM 50" mentioned, I presume this was made sometime in 2015 or soon after, as SOM was '65.) So yes, she would have been 80 (or 79) here. (And yes, she looks very well!)

[@jamesc.7990]

I could watch Julie Andrews just talk and enjoy it, as I do. But then she sings, and it's marvelous. Isn't it?

[@RisaGreen]

It's so sad that she can't sing anymore

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

She can sing the hell out of old man river she said it herself

[@ediekoller2636]

How wonderful..I am going to watch the special ..I loved the movie and I was in Austria in 1973 and I saw where it was filmed too.. I am a Abc so i love watching all the tv shows and specials from ABC.

[@mario9133]

I don't care what anyone has to say... Apart form Gone With The Wind, The Sound Of Music was, is, and most likely will ever be the best, most enchanting, well made movie Hollywood had ever come up with. One of the rare moments when Art really does inspire.

[@emmabalo1887]

Dreamed always can see Julie Andrews n person in my lifetime! I loved her since 1965 when i was in grade school... now am 3 scores & 8 already by GOD's grace.. trusting it is possible Wow!!!

[@SiMpLyLoVeLy98]

she does not age at all!!! such a legend!!!

[@shannonmoore4201]

Julie Andrews is so classy. A true lady

[@pamp.5590]

I grew up watching the Sound of Music more times than any Disney movie out there lol. It's my parents' favorite movie after all and I'm also passing it on to my future kids for sure.

[@mlchc9004]

My Queen & inspiration! Julie Andrews is perfect

[@Phelan666]

The secret is there's not an one iota of sex or violence in the film.

[@TheWriterWalker]

Yellow King, great point!

[@rushofblood994]

Yellow King don't the nazis invade

[@Madawg65]

79 years old incredible

[@chahanarathod3799]

She has a royal heart...we admire you:)

[@86Rcavalier]

Amazing:) Time has been very good to her:)

[@stephy7475]

Allen Richards Money also

[@kevinang2836]

Shes so pretty. Omg

[@sharonlenzi6125]

This is one of my favorite movies in which Julie.Andrews starred. She had.an.amazing singing.voice. I 10 when Sound of Music was first shown @ the movies!

[@AndySaenz]

Julie had the most pristine, sweetest, most beautiful singing voice! What a shame she cannot sing like that anymore.

[@allenjones3130]

Indeed it is saddening that Dame Julie can't sing like she used to, but even if she'd never had that botched throat surgery in the late 90s, she still might not be able to sing like she once did since she's now in her eighties.

[@xalexflanaganx]

My idol since I was 5 and still is. True inspiration

[@smolbluerose109]

I grew up on this movie and Marry Poppins love Julie Andrews

[@mwamwa3488]

I love her so much it's impossible to say HOW much!!!!

[@SaoChauDuong]

She is 80 years old ! (DOB: 1 Oct 1935)

[@WWEmegafan95]

79

[@香港心-y7t]

I love The Sound of Music! I first watched the movie when I was only 4 years old in Hong Kong. I've been watching it at least once every year since then. I think everybody in the world knows the song Do Re Mi....Nobody can play the role of Maria like Julie Andrew. I like Lady Gaga, but I much prefer Julie Andrew's version of The Sound of Music. Julie Andrew is such a beautiful woman who just had this incredibly beautiful voice. And if only my grandma were like Julie Andrew, I would too hold on to her hand and not let go, just like Dianne did...

[@G6JPG]

Andrews. (Her stage name, taken from her stepfather's surname.)

[@VladSicoe]

Julie Andrews defies time...she’s so beautiful, inside and out

[@imaginarilyinci393]

Still love her

[@HaleyLaub]

I wanted to become a nun my whole life and saw this movie twice the second time changed my mind about being one because I realized that my love for god can only go so far but the love of a person for the rest of ur life and family is what I wanted.

[@ΘΩΜΑΣΑΝΑΡΓΥΡΟΣΚΑΣΣΙΝΤΥ]

She is sweet, sweet, sweet...! Thank you, our dear lady! May God grab you in His hands.

[@tashmivyas]

My god I Love this woman....and i love how diane never leaves Julie's hand.....the sublime Dame Julie Andrews....✋ 🤚😍 😘

[@dddavid2]

Nice to see her.

[@violettaandonopoulou2730]

she is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!ADORABLE!! and FANTASTIC, as she was ,she is and she will!! isn't she?

[@fredcovers6484]

It's funny how much Diane Sawyer looks like Robin Roberts in this interview.

[@TheWriterWalker]

Fred Covers, lol!

[@docshadroc]

I love ❤️ sound of music 🎶 i want to see the sound of music 🎵 cast together but im so sad 😞 that some have died

[@19FizZ91]

she looks phenomenal!so healthy I hope she appears in the mary popping sequel!

[@mlchc9004]

Looking good Julie! ILY soooo! What a beautiful human, so divine!

[@maliawennaoj]

Happy 80th Birthday Dame Julie Andrews! :D

[@teresaclemmer3613]

Isn't Julie Andrews the best! There are no words I can put together to say how much this lady means to me! I just want to sit and have a cup of tea and conversation with her! Love you Dame Julie Andrews!

[@mlchc9004]

Loverly & simply perfect! Julieeeee

[@darkwater4167]

I love this movie

[@kawaiisenpai7]

Shes 80? She looks 50 to me.

[@AndySaenz]

Kawaii Senpai 7 [Hiatus] Julie has a young, invigorating spirit! That’s what keeps her looking great.

[@G6JPG]

Born 1935-10-1; this seems to have been made about 2015 (SOM '65 and seems to have been 50th anniversary), so yes, 79 or 80.

[@lucyelliott2425]

My favourite actress!

[@marinavargas1569]

love Julie Andrews ❤

[@deysefernandesdasilva1997]

Julie andrews....se is magic.wonderful

[@touchitbaeproductions2066]

I had a DVD pitch perfect 2 and lot of others and I found a film the sound of music and I loved that film

[@amyclarke41]

she was my fave as a kid

[@thomasfaucette1660]

she never lost the British accent I luv that how could u not love Julie Andrew's

[@G6JPG]

Yes, it's "would you like tea", isn't it 🙂. Though she _does_ use the American intrusive d sometimes, especially when singing. (Say a T as a D, especially when in the middle of a word or phrase.)

[@SiMpLyLoVeLy98]

julie andrews is my tv grandmother i loooooove her!!!

[@Lydia__Rose]

I love Julie Andrews

[@timothyokott8887]

the best in all... i love it

[@elliottjang1887]

I got to sing on the stairs 2 years ago :)

[@MyGoddessCondoleezza]

... also lovely Robin again looks very good.

[@CF5247]

THE ORIGINAL QUEEN

[@dianesullivan5521]

Classy, beautiful, talented lady!

[@bellam5958]

Your so beautiful Julie Andrews!

[@quincydmares8782]

when lady Gaga sang the song I was like no no no no one can sing it good only Juli andrews can not even I can sing better than that and I've been in choir for 7 years of my 14 year life

[@clarebrown2629]

julie andrews was is from the princess diaries 1&2

[@campfirenihoshi42]

after this pandemic imma fly to salzburg and also recreate the scenes

[@stevieforalifetime]

Julie Andrews is a goddess

[@emiliaguerra2534]

she's so amazing I think im in love with her lol

[@nathaneaton7324]

R.I.P. Charmain Carr

[@justmeish1997]

Will someone record the special and pop it on KZbin... I don't know if it will be aired in the UK xx

[@G6JPG]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5SbZqegarR5fsk (not by me)

[@anairenemartinez165]

Sometimes it plays on TV, and I am like No, I have seen it too many times, but then nothing else to watch and...I get sacked in all over again!!!

[@anairenemartinez165]

Who DOES NOT like this movie?

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’ve seen it 11 times

[@mlchc9004]

God I love Julie Andrews!

[@mlchc9004]

Queen of the World

[@arka141189]

abc does not broadcast in the country i am living ,please air the show on youtube too,

[@sarahyergeau8287]

Is there a way we can see the special video on youtube or any other site?? I missed it when it aired and I still can't find in on the internet. Please help it's the best movie i have ever seen and I am so grateful to know this wonderful movie please help me :) thanks

[@jasminesirs2521]

Yes, all parts except one I believe (at least the last time I looked) is available on youtube! X

[@CityThatCannotBeCaptured]

Wow look at those shoes.

[@WhiskerWhippers]

Every 7 years there's a new generation...??? I believe 20 is the standard....

[@chrisnorton4382]

She often uses that answer in interviews. It is a bit of a clumsy analogy but I think she means parents or grandparents would introduce kids to Mary Poppins and later the Sound of Music around the age of 7. Maybe it doesn't happen so much now but there are still lots of parents (and grandparents) that have childhood memories of these classics and like to pass the love on.

[@anairenemartinez165]

When was this? I missed it

[@SumayaParuk]

Does anyone know the name of shoes the presenter is wearing?

[@mallinhaesam5509]

그 아름다운 목소리가 사고로...ㅜㅜ

[@note2owns]

wow it is hard to believe she is 79 here. Typically the MILF title only endures into the late 40s maybe early 50s for some women but I think Julie has rewrote the definition.

[@u235u235u235]

let her talk!! why are the hosts talking most of the time??? geezz

[@strangerthings._.7455]

who else came here from Liv And Maddie Cali Style

[@terzelrasmus-williams2530]

Did anyone say lip job? I am not against plastic surgery or anything - just noted that her lips look vastly different now than it did 50 years ago. Or is that signs of ageing??

[@phd2007]

What happens to tooth show as we age? Julie Andrews's teeth were huge and clearly visible in the early clips. Now, though, they look like they just don't show. Cosmetic dentistry should address this. Julie has CLEARLY had very good work but it hasn't addressed this.

[@liladisario3201]

Sería bueno saber porqué no podemos, como con todos los músicos famosos, escuchar las grabaciones de la señora Andrews, cual es la razón? solo es poniendo dinero después del dinero que ella recibió con cada éxito?.-

[@samualiam9981]

Is "Manish" still a word?

[@chrisnorton4382]

Do you mean mannish? I don't think she is, although playing Victor/Victoria didn't help. Julie always seemed to be a bit of a tomboy but she was pretty in her 20s, gorgeous in her 30s and classy always.

[@scoetube3dshadezent679]

she got a sleepy face on the right lol