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Julie Andrews in 1965's 'The Sound of Music' and Schloss Leopoldskron. ... starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Today, the Rococo-style palace overlooking a picturesque pond is open to ...
The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker.
Julie Andrews played Maria, a feisty nun who takes a job as a governess for the seven von Trapp children. Julie Andrews in "The Sound Of Music." Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
The film — available to stream on Disney+ — starred Julia Andrews as Maria, a free-spirited nun who falls in love with a widowed naval officer, played by the late Christopher Plummer, and his ...
Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. [1] She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards.
It was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The Sound of Music was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein , as Oscar Hammerstein died of stomach cancer nine months after the Broadway premiere.
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer [6] was born on December 13, 1929, [7] in Toronto, Ontario. [6] He was the only child of John Orme Plummer (1894–1977), who sold stocks and other securities, [8] and Isabella Mary Abbott, who worked as secretary to the Dean of Sciences at McGill University, and was the granddaughter of Canadian prime minister Sir John Abbott.
While my kids were enamored with the music and transformative power of Julie Andrews’ Maria, I watched Christopher Plummer’s Captain Von Trapp with a knot in my stomach.