If your life feels like a chaotic musical, you probably need a dose of Julie Andrews to put the hills and the children in their proper, harmonious places.

She has successfully maintained a reputation of pristine elegance for nine decades, which makes the rest of us look like we've been running through the mud in a rainstorm.

One does not simply walk into a Broadway audition without silently asking oneself, 'What would Julie Andrews do?' before likely deciding to do exactly the opposite.