| Variations of Name | Barbara Morris | Barbara Ward Wells |
| Biography | Barbara Andrews known as Julie Andrews' mother, was a pianst. She toured Britian as a music-hall act with her second husband as 'Ted and Barbara Andrews'
In 1939, Barbara got a job as an accompanist at a music hall in Bognor Regis where she joined up with a tenor named Ted Andrews and the two became a vaudeville team. During the war, the children were evacuated to a riding school in Kent, and Barbara and Ted Andrews toured Britain together, entertaining the troopsthrough the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA).
When Julie was four, Barbara divorced Ted Wells and married Andrews, who began giving singing lessons to Julie. Gradually Julie was incorporated into the couple's music hall act, and eventually the family changed her last name to Andrews to make billing for the act easier. |