Julie Andrews, 91, Spotted in Rare Hamptons Outing After Months Away
Julie Andrews made a rare public appearance last Friday, her first sighting in months. The 91-year-old Sound of Music star was photographed being helped out of a vehicle in the Hamptons, according to photos obtained by Page Six, just days after turning 91 earlier this month.
A low-key legend
Andrews dressed casually for the outing, wearing a lilac-coloured jacket and a white baseball cap, paired with pink-shaded sunglasses, the outlet reported. She was seen getting assisted out of the vehicle on a rainy Hamptons day — a quiet, unguarded moment for one of Hollywood's most beloved stars.
It is the first time the Oscar winner has been seen since announcing that she would be doing fewer on-camera jobs after nearly eight decades of acting. "I'm not completely retired, but it's a different kind of work that I do these days — [writing] books, and I do a lot of recording of podcasts and voiceovers," she told the Hollywood Reporter in August.
Stepping back, on her own terms
In the same interview, Andrews confirmed she would not be returning for the third instalment of The Princess Diaries, in which she played Queen Clarisse Renaldi opposite Anne Hathaway. "I think the absolute truth is that I think I'm really past all that now," she said. "It isn't that I'm not enthusiastic for it. It's just that I really don't feel I should be part of it now," the outlet reported.
The Hamptons sighting offered fans a reassuring glimpse of a star who shaped generations of childhoods — still out and about, still gracious, and stepping through life at her own pace.
A career in seven decades of song
Few careers have crossed generations the way Andrews' has. Page Six described her as the "Sound of Music" star, but she is equally remembered as Mary Poppins, the chimney-sweep-dancing nanny who made her a screen icon. After nearly eight decades in show business, her decision to step back from on-camera work is less a retirement than a change of stage — books, podcasts and voiceovers, as she told the Hollywood Reporter in August. The Hamptons photograph, taken in the rain with a lilac jacket and a white cap, is a quiet footnote to a very loud legacy.
Sources: Page Six; The Hollywood Reporter.