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Blake Edwards
Born	July 26, 1922 Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Blake Edwards (b. July 26, 1922) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

He was born William Blake McEdwards in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of a stage director. He was originally an actor and script-writer (seven Richard Quine film scripts).

His most popular films have been comedies, the alcoholism-themed melodrama Days of Wine and Roses being a notable exception. His most fruitful collaboration has been with Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movies. Efforts to revive the Panther franchise after the death of Sellers met with little critical or commercial success.

In 2004 he received an Academy Honorary Award for cumulative achievements over the course of his film career. He was also portrayed by John Lithgow in the film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, documenting comic actor Sellers' life and his friendship with Edwards.

His second wife (from 1969) is Julie Andrews, who has appeared in a number of his films including Darling Lili, 10, Victor/Victoria and the autobiographical satire S.O.B., in which Andrews played a character who was a caricature of herself.

[edit] Filmography

Bring Your Smile Along (1955)
He Laughed Last (1956)
Mister Cory (1957)
This Happy Feeling (1958)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
High Time (1960)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Experiment in Terror (1962)
The Grip of Fear (1962)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
The Pink Panther (1963)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
The Great Race (1965)
What Did you Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
Gunn (1967)
The Party (1968)
Darling Lili (1969)
Wild Rovers (1971)
The Carey Treatment (1972)
The Tamarind Seed (1974)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
10 (1979)
S.O.B. (1981)
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
Micki and Maude (1984)
A Fine Mess (1986),
That's Life (1986)
Blind Date (1987)
Sunset (1988)
Skin Deep (1989)
Switch (1991)
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

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Blake Edwards is married to Julie Andrews, and they have 2 daughters together (Joanna & Amy). He also has 2 children from a previous marriage, actress Jennifer Edwards, and music video director Geoffrey Edwards.

Blake Edwards
The Pink Panther	The Pink Panther (1963) \| A Shot in the Dark (1964) \| The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) \| The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) \| Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) \| Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) \| Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) \| Son of the Pink Panther (1993) \| The Pink Panther Show (1964)
1950s	Bring Your Smile Along \| He Laughed Last \| Mister Cory \| This Happy Feeling \| The Perfect Furlough \| Operation Petticoat
1960s	High Time \| Breakfast at Tiffany's \| Experiment in Terror \| Days of Wine and Roses \| The Great Race \| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? \| Gunn \| The Party
1970s	Darling Lili \| Wild Rovers \| The Carey Treatment \| The Tamarind Seed \| 10
1980s	S.O.B. \| Victor/Victoria \| The Man Who Loved Women \| Micki + Maude \| A Fine Mess \| That's Life! \| Blind Date \| Sunset \| Skin Deep
1990s	Switch
Productions	Panhandle (1948) \| Soldier in the Rain (1963)
Television	"Four Star Playhouse" (1952 - 1956) \| "Peter Gunn" (1958 - 1961) \| "Mr. Lucky" (1959 - 1960) \| "The Dick Powell Show" (1961-1963) \| Justin Case (1988) \| Peter Gunn (1989) \| "Julie" (1992) \| Victor/Victoria (1995)