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- Julie Andrews. The most iconic actress from "The Sound of Music," and the most beloved, Dame Julie Andrews is still out there making movies. Although her role as the singing nun-turned-nanny-turned-mother Maria and her role as "Mary Poppins" are her most famous, Andrews would go on to star in films directed by accomplished filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Garry Marshall, and Blake Edwards, who she would be married to for just over 40 years until his death.
- Nicholas Hammond. Before playing the eldest von Trapp brother, Friedrich, in "The Sound of Music," Nicholas Hammond's only other feature film credit was 1963's "Lord of the Flies."
- Duane Chase. Outside of "The Sound of Music," in which he played Kurt, the youngest of the von Trapp boys, Duane Chase only appeared in two other productions as an actor before quitting the game entirely.
- Angela Cartwright. Angela Cartwright may have played the young Brigitta von Trapp in the original "Sound of Music" feature, but that's not the role she's most famous for.
Dec 23, 2023 · Nicholas Hammond, the actor who played the second eldest von Trapp child, Friedrich, is now in his 70s and stayed in the acting business after the runaway success of The Sound of Music. Hammond starred in TV series The Amazing Spider-Man, played Bill Johnson in Dallas in 1982 and most recently starred in a mini-series on Gallipoli in 2015.
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- Julie Andrews (Maria) How do you solve a problem like Maria? Enter the unmatched Julie Andrews (one of our 50 Fabulous Stars of the 1970s). Fraulein Maria was a free-spirited young postulant with a deep love for music and the mountains, but her uniqueness often rendered her an outsider with the other nuns.
- Christopher Plummer (Captain Georg von Trapp) The handsome Captain seemed pretty intimidating at first as he whistled commands at his family like the sea captain he is, but in the end, he proved a heart of gold with a vivacious love for music and a true sense of right and wrong, highlighted with his defiance of Nazi orders.
- Charmian Carr (Liesl von Trapp) The eldest of the seven children is this 16-going on 17-year-old girl who is curious about love and life- and definitely doesn’t need a governess.
- Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich von Trapp) The second eldest child, Hammond was just 14. Since Hammond had brown hair, he had to undergo several painful hair bleachings before and during filming.
Sep 15, 2023 · Charmian Carr as Liesl von Trapp. Charmian's role as 16-year-old Liesl in The Sound of Music was one of the star's first and last film roles. In the late 1960s, the late star retired from acting to raise her two daughters and establish her own interior design business. The actress sadly died at age 73 in September 2016 due to complications from ...
- Kym Karath as Gretl von Trapp: Then. The adorable Gretl, who was the youngest of the von Trapp kids, was played by Kym Karath. She was only five at the time but was already an established actress, thanks to her starring role in Spencer's Mountain with Henry Fonda at the tender age of three.
- Kym Karath: Now. Despite her blossoming career – she starred in Dr. Kildare, Lassie, Lost in Space and The Brady Bunch – Karath, now 64, continued to focus on her studies and graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in humanities.
- Charmian Carr as Liesl von Trapp: Then. Charmian Carr was cast as Liesl von Trapp, the eldest child in the family. As her famous song in the film goes, Liesl was supposed to be 16 going on 17.
- Charmian Carr. Carr only starred in one TV movie after The Sound of Music, the Evening Primrose which premiered in 1966. "It was hard to have your first role as the high spot of your career," she would later tell The Telegraph.
2 days ago · UNIVERSAL PICTURES/ALPHAVILLE FILMS/Ronald Grant Archive/Mary Evans/Everett Collection; Dave Benett/Getty. Scottish actor John Hannah was Evelyn’s troublemaking brother Jonathan.
Oct 5, 2024 · SNL's 2024 is finally here, sporting a cast of both new and returning comedic players.. It is a big year for NBC's beloved sketch comedy show. Not only is the latest seasons headed into an election (which is always fun as the series pokes fun at America's ever-unfolding political drama), but it is also the show's fiftieth season on the air, having first debuted back in 1975.
