One night Walt Disney paid a visit backstage. He hired Walton to design the costumes and the main street, Cherry Hill Lane. His snub drew harsh criticism in the trade and much sympathy for Andrews. She went on to win the Oscar. Hepburn wasn't nominated.
Life gets in the way, and all sorts of things.
The main thing is that I was able to try different things. I tried television, I would travel . . . I went out on tour quite a bit, and the occasional movie. Her marriage to Walton ended amicably, and in 1969 she married Blake Edwards, the mercurial writer-director. She took two years off to help make a family of her daughter, Emma Kate, and his son and daughter.