Julie Andrews uses walking stick as she makes rare public appearance following fan concerns

Dame Julie Andrewsfans were no doubt happy to see the star out and about today, as she delighted in a shopping journey in The Hamptons.

The famous theatre and movie starlet, whose best-known credits consist of Mary Poppins The Sound of Music and The Princess Diaries was photographed utilizing a strolling stay with assist her get about.

Julie, 88, was accompanied by a good friend who assisted her into her cars and truck, and seemed in great spirits

The multi-talented star used a white top and matching coat over black pants and fitness instructors, accessorising with gold and blue earrings and keeping her cropped hair in its signature brief design.

The Oscar-winner had not been seen in public for 7 months prior to her trip in New York state.

Back in September, she was spotted strolling in your area as she delighted in some fresh air. Her last public occasion was early in 2015, when she participated in the star-studded 90th birthday event of renowned starlet Carol Burnett.

A number of months, back, however, she had a significant upgrade for fans when she revealed the unfortunate news that she thinks another follow up to the Princess Diaries films, in which Julie starred opposite Anne Hathawayhas actually been “shelved”.

As part of an interview with Todaythe British-born starlet showed: “There was discussion about it [but] absolutely nothing had actually been understood. And I believe I might be incorrect, however I believe it’s been shelved now. I can’t make sure.”

When the kind-hearted star was provided the possibility to carry out a cameo in Mary Poppins Returnsthe follow up to her 1964 blockbuster, in which she starred with Dick Van Dyke, the Hollywood icon turned it down, to permit Emily Blunt to shine as the only Mary on screen.

In an interview with Vanity Fair in 2015, she discussed why she enjoyed the initial movie a lot, commenting that it was the Sherman Brothers’ dazzling tunes that drew her to the film– in big part due to the fact that they advised her of her origins.

“It was a brand name brand-new thing in my life that I ‘d never ever done in the past,” she stated. “It was for Walt Disney, obviously, and the tunes in Mary Poppins had a sort of Vaudeville quality to them.

“I believe it’s what attracted me to the function, since all that type of ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ and ‘Jolly Holiday’ music was quite like the example that you hear in English vaudeville.”

Born in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, the angel-voiced entertainer made her Broadway launching in The Boy Friend at the age of simply 19 in 1954, appearing with Bing Crosby in the tv movie High Tor the list below year.

She went on to play Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady on Broadway however the function was notoriously handled by Audrey Hepburn in the movie adjustment, leaving Julie totally free to act in Mary Poppins — for which she won rave evaluations and snagged the Oscar.

Married to director Blake Edwards from 1969 up until his death in 2010, the couple shared 2 children. Julie was likewise stepmother to Blake’s kids and has a child from her previous marital relationship, author, director, and starlet Emma Walton Hamilton, 61.