Posted on 09/18/2016 2:46:02 PM PDT by Cecily
The Sound of Music's Charmian Carr has died.
The 73-year-old actress was best known for playing Liesl alongside Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in the iconic movie.
Carr died on Saturday of complications from a rare form of dementia, according to a message on her official website.
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Rest In Peace Charmian.
I was 12 when my family attended Sound of Music. My Mom bought the tickets months in advance because every day was a sell out. We saw this film at White City in Shrewsbury, Mass. Everyone dressed up to see this including the boys wore jackets and ties. As I recall, Sound of Music played White City for over one year. Our family had the same experience a year earlier when we attended Mary Poppins at White City. Mary Poppins played for one year only to be surpassed the following year by Sound of Music. I don’t think we boys were required to wear jackets and ties to Mary Poppins. Wow, things sure have changed.
My grandmother took me and my sister to a big downtown theater to see it. It was one of those old-fashioned, beautifully decorated old theaters that you don’t see any more. There was an intermission.
I was 12 and would have died to be one of the kids in the movie.
RIP, beautiful Liesel.
How could you not? That song is such a great metaphor for Life, plus you've got to have a YUGE set of lungs to sing it, which helps with your breathing when hiking. ;)
My brother had a crush on her.
I remember bringing my mother to join me and my new beau whom she’d never met at the theatre showing “The Sound of Music.” Nice, clean entertainment. And it did play in theatres for months because there was no dvd or televising movies in those days. It was also the first video tape movie we bought for my own kids when we got our first VCR.
Charmian/Lisle was beautiful in that movie. It’s great that she had a happy life well away from Hollywood, but so sad she’s died relatively young for these days after suffering dementia.
Very sorry to hear this. She was wonderful as Liesl. After that, she had a decent career in theatre.
It’s in my top five of all time. It makes me sad since it was part of my childhood and for kids for years afterward.
Just the name of the movie transports me back to 1965. Yes, the Sound of Music was in the theaters a very long time. I went to it with a very special young man—great date movie. We each had our favorite parts of the movie. I liked Liesl in I am Sixteen, Going on Seventeen. He liked Christopher Plummer and Julie in I Must Have Done Something Good. Edelweiss still brings tears.
The first time it was televised was “Must See.” I’ve seen it nearly every time it has aired since. My daughter has taught some of the songs to her five year old daughter.
The Sound of Music and Dr. Zhivago each earned ten Academy Award nominations and won five Oscars each. Sound of Music won Best Picture. I’m still stunned that neither film resulted in any acting awards. They are my two favorite films to this day. Thanks for triggering the memories.
Happy memories of Miss Charmain and Sound of Music—my wife and I had been married for two years, our oldest son, my third freshman college year, that one at Grand Canyon University.
I mailed a DVD of “Dr. Zhivago” to my Daughter and her family a few months ago.
I was talking to her on the phone recently and they still have not watched it.
Sort of disappointing to me that they are missing one of the greats.
I remember singing that song, the one you can’t spell and neither can I,in Elementary School.
Your not alone AR15, I doubt I can pronounce it while singing it also LOL
So long, farewell. auf wiedersehn, adieu.
Angela actually had an English accent. She covered it up very well. Most folks did not know it.
Just a shock because Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer (adults/parent) are still alive. Here is Charmian who played the oldest “daughter” dies.
RIP Charmain, we will not forget you as long the Hills Are Alive with The Sound of Music =)
Thanks for posting this, very sad.
“On my bucket list is to go to the Hollywood Bowl showing of it each summer when the orchestra plays while the movie is shown, and everyone sings along to all of the songs.”
Oh that sounds fantastic!
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