The family did not secretly escape over the Alps to freedom in Switzerland, carrying their suitcases and musical instruments. And we did not climb over mountains with all our heavy suitcases and instruments. We left by train, pretending nothing.” The von Trapps traveled to Italy, not Switzerland.

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Christopher Plummer singing Edelweiss with his own voice, since the official version was dubbed.

Christopher Plummer

Elaine Taylorm. 1970–2021

He married Tammy Grimes in 1956 Before embarking on a film career, Plummer married American actor Tammy Grimes. Plummer and Grimes tied the knot in 1956. Their daughter, Amanda Plummer, was born in 1957.

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Christopher Plummer, whose career in film, on television, and in the theater spanned more than half a century and earned him an Academy Award, two Emmys, and two Tonys, has died at age 91.

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91 years (1929–2021)

77 years (October 17, 1943)

Working so closely together on a film can bring actors together or tear them apart. Happily, for Plummer and Andrews, the former was true. Andrews once told The Hollywood Reporter, “He’s such a sweet patsy — we’re great friends.” A Vanity Fair article commemorating the 50th anniversary of the movie confirms that.

The Sound of Music is an iconic film based on an iconic play that made its Broadway debut on this day in 1959. It chronicles the life of Maria von Trapp,whose aspiration to become a nun gets derailed when she becomes a governess to the von Trapp children. Both were based on the true story of Maria von Trapp’s life.

The Trapp Family (also known as the von Trapp Family) was an Austrian singing family of the former naval commander Georg von Trapp. The family achieved fame in their original singing career in their native Austria during the interwar period.

After a renovation in 1992, the Order moved into a nearby building, and rented the Villa to a company, which converted the villa in a hotel in 2008. For the first time in history, exactly 70 years after the Trapps left, the public is allowed to the grounds. Today, the Villa Trapp has regained its old glory.

Georg Ritter von Trapp

Following Austria-Hungary’s collapse after the war, Trapp returned to his family, but lost his wife, Agathe Whitehead, to scarlet fever in 1922. Five years later, he married Maria Augusta Kutschera, the tutor for one of his daughters. Most of the family’s wealth was wiped out during the Great Depression.