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Happy 90th, Julie Andrews

01.10.2025 NewsUpdate, Awards, Editors Picks, Local News, Lifestyle, Profile, Gstaad Living, Traditions, Arts & Culture

In her acceptance speach Julie Andres said " I am so happy to be a citizen of Gstaad" .... in Swiss German

On 1 October, Dame Julie Andrews turns 90. Beloved worldwide as Mary Poppins and Maria von Trapp, she also found in Gstaad what she once called her ...

Julie Andrews during the honorary citizenship celebrations in 2014, where she addressed the crowd in local dialect. PHOTO: ARCHIVE GOTTFRIED VON SIEBENTHAL

Julie Andrews in Gstaad alongside her late husband Blake Edwards and their belowed dog | Getty Images

Julie Andrews during her first skiing lessons in the Saanenland, with instructor Walter Ludi, in 1968 and 1969. PHOTO: ARCHIVE OF GOTTFRIED VON SIEBENTHAL

Julie Andrews brought Hollywood to Gstaad: Caterina Valente (left) at CineMusic in 1998. PHOTO: KÄTHI VON SIEBENTHAL

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