Marty, what year did that musical come out? I think you probably know where
I’m headed with this, lol. I’m trying to get this weekend’s show ready early,
because I have a Guide Dog Users of Canada conference to go to, and I want to
get things together as soon as I can. I’m outgoing president, so they’re about
to put me out to pasture, lol. Thanks. Devon.
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Aw'w'w Marty how sad. Thank you for sharing that with us. I love that musical.
Connie
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On Sep 19, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Rosemarie Chavarria <knitqueen2007@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:knitqueen2007@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Hi, Marty,
Sound of Music is one of my favorite musicals. That's really sad that the
actress had a rare form of dimentia.
Rosie
On 9/19/2016 5:48 AM, Marty Rimpau wrote:
Charmian Carr, 73; portrayed Liesl in 'The Sound of Music' . By Derrik J. Lang
Associated Press . LOS ANGELES - Charmian Carr, the actress best known for
sweetly portraying the eldest von Trapp daughter in Rodgers & Hammerstein's
"The Sound of Music," died Saturday. She was 73. Ms. Carr died of complications
from a rare form of dementia in Los Angeles, her spokesman, Harlan Boll, said.
At age 21, the actress portrayed Liesl von Trapp in the 1965 film musical "The
Sound of Music. She famously performed the song "Sixteen Going on Seventeen.
After "The Sound of Music," Ms. Carr's only other major Hollywood role was
starring with Anthony Perkins in the 1966 Stephen Sondheim television musical
"Evening Primrose. She played a mysterious young woman who lived in a
department store. "It's always sad when a member of the family passes away -
and in the case of the 'family' of the movie 'The Sound of Music,' it's
especial ly sad when it is the first of the group to go," said Ted Chapin,
president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein organization, in a statement. "Charmian
Carr played the oldest von Trapp child, and in some ways she maintained that
role in real life - guiding, cheering, supporting and generally being there for
the rest of her 'sisters' and 'brothers . ' "We're second family," Kym Karath,
who played Gretl von Trapp, said in an AP interview last year to commemorate
the film's 50th anniversary. "As adults, we were deeply bonded, so our lives
have really interwoven with each other. Ms. Carr wrote a pair of books about
her "Sound of Music" experiences: "Forever Liesl" and "Letters to Liesl. She
fully embraced audiences' reverence for the musical, frequently appearing at
sing-a-long performances at the Hollywood Bowl. "I tell people that they should
consider sing-a-long 'Sound Of Music' like going to a therapist," she said
before a 2005 appearance. "It's just a kind of therapy. They can move around .
They can dance and talk back to the screen. They can skip their appointment
with the shrink that week. She appeared at a sing-a-long performance at the
Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Mass., in 2001, before which she was
asked if she still wore Liesl's dress. "I'd like to," she said. "But Fox
auctioned it off on the Internet. The von Trapps were a musical family whose
escape from Nazi-oc'cup'ied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music. The
children's names were changed for the musical. The oldest von Trapp daughter,
Agathe, died in 2010. Agathe was far more reserved than the outgoing Liesl,
according to a longtime friend. Ms. Carr went on to become an interior designer
in Southern California. Her clients included Michael Jackson and "Sound of
Music" screenwriter Ernest Lehman. She was born in Chicago in 1942. Her mother
was a vaudeville actress, and her father was a musician and orchestra leader.
Her family moved to the San Fernando Valley when she was a child. Ms. Car r
leaves four siblings, two children, and four grandchildren.
