Maria von Trapp
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| - | '''Julie Andrews'''is an English [[actress]], [[singer]]and [[gay icon]], particularly known for her starring roles in the musical films ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ([[1964]]) and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' ([[1965]]). | ||
| - | She was born in [[Surrey]] in [[1935]], and made her stage debut at an early age, appearing in [[London]]'s [[West End]] in [[1947]]. She graduated through radio and theatre to starring in stage productions of musicals such as ''[[The Boyfriend]]'', ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' and ''[[Camelot]]''. When she lost the starring role in the film of ''My Fair Lady'' to [[Audrey Hepburn]] (most of whose singing had to be dubbed), she received the consolation of the starring role in [[Walt Disney]]'s musical version of ''Mary Poppins'', winning an [[Academy Award]] as a result. She was nominated again, the following year, for her role as [[Maria von Trapp]] in ''The Sound of Music'', and thus became, briefly, one of the most sought-after stars in [[Hollywood]]. | + | '''Maria Augusta von Trapp''' [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre|DHS]] (née Kutschera; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987), also known as '''Baroness von Trapp''', was the stepmother and [[matriarch]] of the Trapp Family Singers. She wrote ''[[The Story of the Trapp Family Singers]]'' which was published in 1949. The story served as the inspiration for the 1956 West German film ''[[The Trapp Family]]'', which in turn inspired the Broadway musical ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' (1959) and the 1965 [[The Sound of Music (film)|film of the same name]]. |
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| - | The decline of the musical was damaging to Andrews' subsequent career, and, despite several starring roles in musical and non-musical films - including some directed by her husband, [[Blake Edwards]], she has been seen very rarely on screen since the early 1980s. | + | |
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Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS (née Kutschera; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987), also known as Baroness von Trapp, was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. She wrote The Story of the Trapp Family Singers which was published in 1949. The story served as the inspiration for the 1956 West German film The Trapp Family, which in turn inspired the Broadway musical The Sound of Music (1959) and the 1965 film of the same name.
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