Julie Andrews reunites with The Sound of Music cast nearly 60 years after iconic film

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The Sound of Music forged then and now after reuniting with Julie Andrews (Image: Getty / REX)

Julie Andrews has reunited with The Sound of Music forged nearly six a long time after the basic 1965 musical was launched.

The 86-year-old famous person was receiving the forty eighth American Movie Life Achievement Award at a star-studded gala in LA, which featured former co-stars paying tribute to the Hollywood icon and her legendary profession.

5 of the seven actors who performed the von Trapp youngsters – together with Duane Chase, Kym Karath, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, and Nicholas Hammond – posed with Andrews on the pink carpet as they supported her on the occasion.

Kym performed Gretl, Angela starred as Brigitta, Debbie performed Marta, Duane performed Kurt, and Nicholas performed Friedrich within the award-winning movie.

The musical follows Julie’s Maria as she is distributed to the house of retired naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp (performed by the late Christopher Plummer) to be governess to his seven youngsters; Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl. 

Charmian Carr (who performed Liesl) died in 2016 aged 73, and Heather Menzies (who performed Louisa) died in 2017 aged 68.

Debbie Turner, Angela Cartwright, Julie Andrews, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, and Duane Chase on the AFI Life Achievement Award gala honouring Julie (Image: Getty)

Julie Andrews as Maria with the von Trapp youngsters in The Sound of Music (Image: twentieth Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock)

The Hollywood icon is awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award on the forty eighth Annual AFI gala (Image: Getty)

On her prestigious accolade, Julie informed the LA Instances: ‘I’m enormously honoured that AFI selected me. It's a little bit gorgeous. It makes me massively conscious that there was a big quantity of labor.

‘Once you’re in it, you’re so busy doing the work that you simply don’t take inventory of what you’ve completed. And when another person does, you marvel: “Wow, that’s lots”.’

Kym Karath, Debbie Turner, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Heather Menzies, Nicholas Hammond, Charmian Carr and Christopher Plummer in
The Sound Of Music (Image: twentieth Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock)

Duane, Kym, Angela, Debbie and Nicholas on the AFI gala (Image: Billy Bennight/AdMedia/Newscom/Alamy Reside Information)

The enduring movie received a hoard of awards (Image: twentieth Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock)

The gala additionally featured Cynthia Erivo performing The Sound of Music’s Edelweiss, and Gwen Stefani taking to the stage to thank Julie for uplifting her to change into a musician.

Julie conquered Hollywood within the early ’60s when she starred in Mary Poppins, which received 5 Oscars together with for lead actress; and The Sound of Music, which additionally received 5, together with greatest image.

Julie reuinted with (L-R) Charmain, Debbie and Kym, Nicholas, Heather, Angela and Duane throughout the movie’s fortieth Anniversary in 2005 (Image: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Pictures)

Julie grew to become recognized for her position as Mary Poppins in 1964, right here with Dick Van Dyke as Bert, Karen Dotrice as Jane Banks and Matthew Garber as Michael Banks (Image: Silver Display Assortment/Hulton Archive/Getty Pictures)

Her profession has additionally included starring in beloved franchises corresponding to Shrek, The Princess Diaries, Despicable Me and DC’s Aquaman. Julie at present gives the voice for the enigmatic Girl Whistledown in Netflix’s Bridgerton.

Julie will even be a part of Bridgerton’s anticipated spin-off about Queen Charlotte (Golda Rousheuvel), which will even inform the tales of younger Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) and Girl Danbury (Adjoa Andoh).