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Charmian
Carr (Photo: Davidson & Choy Publicity)
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Charmian Carr, known for
her role as Liesl Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, died Saturday. She was
73.
The
Hollywood Reporter report continues:
Carr’s
family announced she died in Woodland Hills, Calif., of complications from a
rare form of dementia.
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The
Sound of Music lost a beloved member of the family with the passing of Charmian
Carr. She will be forever missed. Image source: 20th Century Fox on Twitter
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Carr
was born on Dec. 27, 1942, in Chicago. She was 21 when she sang the popular “I
Am Sixteen Going on Seventeen” as the oldest Von Trapp sister in the Academy Award-winning Sound
of Music (1965) starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
Carr
only starred in one other film, appearing opposite Anthony Perkins in Evening Primrose (1966).
After
Carr left the movie business, she started a design company called Charmian
Carr Design, which attracted Michael Jackson as a client.
Carr
co-authored two books: Forever Liesl (2000), which chronicled her
experience filming Sound of Music, and Letters to Liesl (2001), which was
inspired by the thousands of fan letters she received over the years.
Carr is survived by her
siblings Sharon, Darleen, Michael, and Brian; daughters Jennifer and Emily;
niece Julie; and grandchildren Emma, Derek, William, and Tucker.
Watch ‘I
Am Sixteen Going on Seventeen’ from ‘The Sound of Music’:
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