Julie Andrews Voice Range Affected by Operation

The Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress, Julie Andrews, said in an interview that her high vocal range will not come back. The medical operation to remove non-cancerous throat nodules in 1997 has permanently affected her range and her ability to hold notes.

“The operation that I had left me without a voice and without a certain piece of my vocal chords,” said Andrews, who starred in such quintessential stage and film musicals as “The Sound of Music,” “My Fair Lady” and “Mary Poppins.”

The actress says she can still speak “pretty well” and can still hit a few bass notes, “So if you wanted a rendition of `Old Man River’ you might get it, but I’m not singing as much these days.”

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