The cast of actors who played the beloved von Trapp children reunited this week to support their on-screen governess-turned stepmother Julie Andrews, who received the American Film Institute’s highest honour for a career in film at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Julie Andrews, 86, is a three-time Academy Award nominee, which included Best Actress for The Sound Of Music; winning once for her role in Mary Poppins (1964).
But her role in the sound of music is arguably the most famous. The musical drama went on to become a bonafide hit, earning the distinction of being the first film to gross over $100 million. Adjusted for inflation, The Sound Of Music earned about $2.366 billion at today’s prices—placing it among the top ten highest-grossing films of all time.
And while Julie Andrew’s and Christopher Plummer, who played Captain von Trapp, went on to become some of the most successful and acclaimed actor’s in Hollywood’s history the on-screen children had hugely varying careers.
The von Trapp children formed their own little family over the months of making the musical and became known as The SoM 7.
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SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal, Bridie Pearson-Jones
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