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Today you`ll see how actors of the movie The Sound of Music have changed. You`ll
know their original names and age. I will show you how they looked then, in 1965,
and how they look now, in 2020. Don`t forget to like and subscribe to the channel. Let`s go!
Christopher Plummer remains widely known for his portrayal of Captain Von Trapp
due to the box office success and continued popularity of The Sound of Music,
a role which he once described as "so awful and sentimental and gooey". He found all aspects of
making the film unpleasant, except working with Andrews, and he avoids using its name.
Julie Andrews is one of the most famous actresses. She took on the role beloved
Maria in The Sound Of Music, but the actress had to make quick work on her musical skills.
She may have had the voice of an angel but she couldn't play the guitar.
This was an integral part of the story and so she had to learn how to play in no time at all.
Eleanor Parker's best-known screen role was playing Baroness Elsa Schraeder
in the 1965 Oscar-winning musical. The Baroness was unsuccessful in keeping the
affections of Captain Georg von Trapp after he falls in love with Maria. Eleanor Parker
died on December 9, 2013, at a medical facility of complications of pneumonia. She was 91.
Richard Haydn working as a music hall entertainer and overseer of a Jamaican banana plantation,
he joined a touring British theatre troupe, and then moved into television
and film. His most acclaimed role was in film musical The Sound of Music,
in which he played the Von Trapps' family friend Max Detweiler. He died on 25 April 1985.
Peggy Wood. Her final screen appearance was as the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music. She
was thrilled to be in the movie although she knew she could no longer sing "Climb Ev'ry Mountain".
She was dubbed (for singing) by Margery McKay. Wood died on March 18, 1978,
in Stamford, Connecticut, following a stroke. She was 86 years old.
American actress Charmian Carr best known for her role as Lisle, the eldest Von Trapp
daughter in the film version. She had never had a singing lesson and had never tried
to act before she was signed to be in The Sound of Music. Carr died on September 17,
2016, from complications related to frontotemporal dementia at the age of 73.
Heather Menzies-Urich was actress known for her roles as Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film. She
was cast in The Sound of Music as Louisa, the third-oldest of the von Trapp children,
at age 14, with no prior acting experience. Menzies-Urich was diagnosed with terminal
brain cancer in November 2017. She died on December 24, 2017.
Nicholas Hammond played what was to be his most visible screen role for many years as
Friedrich von Trapp (the elder of the two boys) in the film. He has remained close
friends with his Sound of Music siblings, several of whom joined a multitude of other
actors and co-stars for the 'Save the Rose Theatre' campaign's street event.
Duane Chase's first and only role in film was as Kurt von Trapp, the younger son,
the honest and inquisitive 11-year-old fourth child. After graduating high school,
Chase joined the U.S. His interest in nature led to a master's degree in geology. Currently
at the age of 64, Chase designs computer software for geologists and geophysicists.
Angela Margaret Cartwright is primarily known for her roles in movies and television.
Cartwright became known in movies as a child actress for her role as Brigitta von Trapp
in the film The Sound of Music (1965). The film won five Academy Awards including Best Picture,
the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Actress Debbie Turner grew up as the third daughter of Canadian parents.
Along with her three siblings, she was active in television and commercials. In 1964 she won
the role of Marta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music. Shortly after the film's debut,
she left the film industry and returned to school to complete her education.
Kym Karath started her career at the age of 3. Karath is best remembered
for her role in The Sound of Music, where she played the youngest child,
Gretl Von Trapp. Karath has said she still is not fond of water after nearly drowning
in the boat scene in The Sound of Music, as she could not swim. In the movie she was 7, now – 62.
Anna Lee had a small role as Sister Margaretta in The Sound of Music,
one of the two nuns who thwarted the Nazis by removing car engine parts,
allowing the Von Trapps to escape. In 1981, a car accident left her paralysed from the waist
down. Anna Lee died on May 14, 2004. In 1995, her star was installed on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Portia Nelson became an actress who specialized, inadvertently,
in roles of nuns. In The Sound of Music, Nelson played Sister Berthe, who saved the von Trapp
family in pre-World War II Austria by sabotaging a Nazi car. Nelson uttered the memorable line,
"Reverend Mother, I have sinned." The singer died in her apartment on March 6, 2001.
Ben Wright was radio and film actor. At the age of 16, he entered the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art. He achieved worldwide attention when he was seen as the Nazi Herr Zeller in The
Sound of Music. On 2 July 1989, Wright died in Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank,
California, after undergoing heart surgery. His body was cremated.
Daniel Lee Truhitte is a singer, actor, dancer, and performance teacher. Truhitte
best known for his portrayal of Rolfe Gruber, the young Austrian telegraph delivery boy
in the The Sound of Music. After filming The Sound of Music, he joined the Marine
Corps. Truhitte married his co-star Charmian Carr’s understudy, actress Gabrielle Hennig.
Actress Marni Nixon's first onscreen appearance was as Sister Sophia in the film The Sound of
Music. In the DVD commentary to the film, director Robert Wise comments
that audiences were finally able to see the woman whose voice they knew so well. Nixon
survived breast cancer in 1985 and 2000, but died from the disease on July 24, 2016.
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