He and Sir Neville Marriner rearranged Shakespeare's Henry V with Sir William Walton's music as a concert piece. März 1987 in Morrisville, Vermont, USA) war eine österreichische Sängerin und Schriftstellerin, die nach dem Anschluss Österreichs an das Dritte Reich in die USA emigrierte und 1944 die amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft beantragte. He made his London debut on June 11, 1961, playing King Henry II in Jean Anouilh's Becket with the RSC at the Aldwych Theatre, directed by Peter Hall. The Canadian actor, who won his first Academy Award aged 82, for Beginners (2010) sang his way into our hearts as the widowed patriach of the Von Trapp Family in The Sound of Music (1965), alongside Julie Andrews. In 2011, he provided the voice of Arngeir, leader of the Greybeards, in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Following the First World War, a widowed Georg von Trapp endeavours to start anew with his two young children. Sadly she did not follow her siblings into old age – she was only fifty five when she died, the cause of … I cried for the people chanting because their hearts and minds have been so poisoned by a toxic ideology. November 9, 1965. She wrote The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, which was published in 1949 and was the inspiration for the 1956 West German film The Trapp Family, which in turn inspired the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music and its 1965 film version. [57] He has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Actor's Branch since 2007. Captain von Trapp is the male lead of The Sound of Music, and as such, he has a lot of responsibility for the plot on his shoulders. [5] Plummer is a patron of Theatre Museum Canada. Plummer made his debut at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 1956, playing the title role in Henry V, which subsequently was performed that year at the Edinburgh Festival. The movie is about a young Austrian postulate in Salzburg, Austria, who is sent to the villa of a retired widowed naval officer to be a governess to his seven children. Born Georg Trapp in Zara, Croatia (then a part of the Austria-Hungary Empire), in 1894, he followed his father’s … And Friedrich, he's a boy, but he wants to be a man and there's no one to show him how. Baron Georg Johannes von Trapp and Agathe von Trapp had seven children together, before the Baroness died in 1922. This medal has been awarded to all people being awarded with a Companionship within the Order of Canada. The Sound of Music is an iconic film based on an iconic play that made its Broadway debut on this day in 1959. Retrieved August 12, 2019. Ensemble. What the movie does not show, however, is that Georg and Maria had three children together: Rosmarie (born 1929), Eleanore (born 1931), and Johannes … See more ideas about Sound of music movie, Sound of music, Christopher plummer. He appeared in support of Broadway legend Katharine Cornell and film legend Tyrone Power in The Dark Is Light Enough, which lasted 69 performances from February to April 1955. Plummer was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1986 and into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto in 1998. Von Trapp certainly cared deeply about his crew and country, not so sure how much he cared about those whose ships he sank. However, as he mentions in his autobiography, Plummer was unable to have much contact with his daughter during her early and teenage years, because her mother was adamant about blocking access. He is the only child of John Orme Plummer, who sold stocks and securities,[3] and his wife Isabella Mary (née Abbott), who worked as secretary to the Dean of Sciences at McGill University, and who was the granddaughter of Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott. Rosmarie and Eleanor were born in Austria before the family left for the United States in 1938. All scenes that had included Spacey were re-shot with Plummer. 1 year ago. Plummer remains widely known for his portrayal of Captain Von Trapp due to the box office success and continued popularity of The Sound of Music (1965), a role which he once described as "so awful and sentimental and gooey". Georg married Agathe Whitehead, the granddaughter of Robert Whitehead, the inventor of the torpedo, in 1912. [49][50] For his role, Plummer earned Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. The Mother Abbess. Maria Von Trapp was a nun at an Austrian convent who went from serving as a governess in the Von Trapp household to the wife of Captain Georg Von Trapp. He relented for the 45th anniversary and appeared with the full cast on The Oprah Winfrey Show on October 28, 2010. [41] Speaking to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview that aired on March 7, 2010,[42] Plummer added, tongue-in-cheek, "Well, I said it's about time! Plummer made his Canadian television debut in the February 1953 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation production of Othello, starring Lorne Greene as the Moor. [12] Although his mother and his father's family had ties with McGill University, he was never a McGill student. Kurt: Only grown-up men are scared of women. Plummer has also appeared in such films as Spike Lee's Malcolm X (1992), Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind (2001), Terrence Malick's The New World (2005), David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Mike Mills' Beginners (2011), and Rian Johnson's Knives Out (2019). Age: 4 (6 Apr 2016) Official Rating: -Last Ran: 23 days ago. [8][9] He took up acting after watching Laurence Olivier's film Henry V (1944). Caldwell Titcomb (1965). In 1910, he met Agathe Whitehead at a ball. I mean, I'm 80 years old, for God's sake. From May to June 1973, he appeared on Broadway as the title character in Cyrano, a musical adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac by Anthony Burgess and Michael J. Lewis. Plummer was cast to replace Rex Harrison for the film adaptation of Doctor Dolittle. In real life and in the memoir "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers", written by his second wife Maria Augusta Trapp, the Captain has been described as being a warm and loving father who was alway… The film, written and directed by William Shatner, sees Shatner interview Plummer at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Theatre where they talk about their young careers, long lasting friendship, and Plummer's role as Chang in Star Trek VI. She then became a teacher. George Clooney's drama Syriana (2005), the romantic comedyMust Love Dogs (2005), Terrence Malick's historical drama The New World (2005), and the romantic dramaThe Lake House (2006). Georg Ritter von Trapp was born on April 4th, 1880, in Zara (now Zadar), Croatia, then still part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Synopsis . There were sections that were difficult to follow, maybe in part lost in translation. I mean, it can't appeal to every person in the world. Entertainment Weekly reports that the great-grandchildren of Captain and Maria Von Trapp, who have been recording music for 15 years, have decided to play one final show before they disband for good.. Four grandchildren of Werner von Trapp, whose character was named Kurt in The Sound of Music, had … Plummer won great acclaim with audiences for his performance as Captain Georg von Trapp in the musical film The Sound of Music (1965) alongside Julie Andrews. That same year he co-starred in American Tragedy as F. Lee Bailey (for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination), and appeared in Four Minute Mile, Miracle Planet, and a documentary by Ric Burns about Eugene O'Neill. Captain von Trapp: [hesitatingly] You will not say one word about Liesl, Fraulein. Schauspieler Filmstars Julie Andrews My Fair Lady Nostalgie Musikfoto Trauzeugen Musicals Showgirls. Sister Berthe. [5], Plummer's parents divorced shortly after his birth, and he was brought up mainly by his mother in the Abbott family home in Senneville, Quebec, outside of Montreal. Maria Von Trapp was a nun at an Austrian convent who went from serving as a governess in the Von Trapp household to the wife of Captain Georg Von Trapp. Your email address will not be published. The Story Behind the Story In the early 1940s, the von Trapp family toured the United States as the Trapp Family Singers before eventually settling in Stowe, Vermont on an enchanted farm with sweeping mountain vistas reminiscent of their beloved Austria. Georg von Trapp then brought the house into its final shape. They had seven children together: Rupert, 1911–1992; … Later that year, he played Anton Chekhov in Neil Simon's adaptation of several Chekhov short stories, The Good Doctor.[32]. [38] The production successfully transferred to New York City's Lincoln Center in 2004. See who is a fan of Captain Von Trapp. Jahrhunderts waren die Freiherren von Trapp in Tirol ansässig. Now might be your last chance to see the Von Trapp family singers on stage. Plummer has been married three times. In 2014, Plummer presented A Word or Two again, at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. It’s my solemn duty and honor to join you all in voting this hateful, would-be dictator and all his enablers out of office on November 3rd. Rating may change in future. 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Plummer was one of many stars in Battle of Britain (1969) and was Atahualpa in The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) and the lead in a musical, Lock Up Your Daughters (1969). Her doctor, concerned that her health was failing, helped the nuns to decide to send Maria to the home of retied naval captain Georg Von Trapp, to be governess to his bedridden daughter. He was also pretty cool as Sherlock Holmes fighting Jack the Ripper in Murder by Decree (1979). Januar 1905 in Wien; 28. He returned to the American Shakespeare Festival in 1981 to play the title role in Henry V.[20]. (J.B. also won Tonys as Best Play and for Kazan's direction.) Are you looking for never-ending fun in this exciting logic-brain app? "Although we worked hard enough to make him interesting, it was a bit like flogging a dead horse. [24] Plummer did not appear on the film screen for six years since 1958 until he played Roman emperor Commodus in Anthony Mann's epic The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964). [62], This article is about the Canadian actor. Future Entries. "[1] However, he admits that the film itself was well made and is proud to be associated with a film with such mass appeal. Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS (née Kutschera; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987) was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Plummer and Elaine live in Weston, Connecticut. His naval exploits during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the Military Order of Maria Theresa He appeared inAces High (1976), International Velvet (1978), Murder by Decree (1979) (playing Sherlock Holmes). [13], In 1946, he caught the attention of Montreal Gazette's theatre critic Herbert Whittaker with his performance as Mr Darcy in the Montreal High School production of Pride and Prejudice. [6][7] As a schoolboy, he began studying to be a concert pianist, but developed a love for theatre at an early age, and began acting while he was attending the High School of Montreal. The move came amid numerous sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations made towards Spacey. In November 2017, Plummer, who was director Ridley Scott's original choice to play J. Paul Getty in All the Money in the World,[47] was cast to replace Kevin Spacey in the then-already completed film. In 1930's Austria, a young woman named Maria (Dame Julie Andrews) is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. Mit pers nlicher Beratung! Plummer returned to the Stratford Festival in the summer of 2010 in The Tempest as the lead character, Prospero (also videotaped and shown in high-def in cinemas), and again in the summer of 2012 in the one-man show, A Word or Two, an autobiographical exploration of his love of literature. Although Captain Trapp is engaged to a wealthy socialite, he and Maria eventually fall in love and marry–but their happiness is soon shattered when the Nazis invade Austria. The film references that Shatner, two years Plummer's junior, was the other's understudy in a production of Henry V at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Actor Christopher Plummer, left, was cast as Baron Georg Johannes von Trapp, pictured right with his first wife, Baroness Agathe von Trapp. This page was last edited on 20 December 2020, at 03:27. What the movie does not show, however, is that Georg and Maria had three children together: Rosmarie (born 1929), Eleanore (born 1931), and Johannes (born 1939). In addition to not including the three younger kids, the seven kids in the movies also have names and genders that are different from their real-life counterparts. [25], He was in Inside Daisy Clover (1965), then played World War Two agent Eddie Chapman in Triple Cross (1966) and had a support role as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in The Night of the Generals (1967). He started out as the mayor of the Austrian city of Salzburg, but later became the new Gauleiter of Austria following the Anschuluss (Austria's annexation into Nazi Germany in 1938). You see, I’ve become completely obsessed with getting Ella on a schedule. It is important to note that real-life Georg and Maria got married a whole decade before the family fled Austria, leaving a lot of time for them to have kids together. In 1968, he was invested as Companion of the Order of Canada, at the time among Canada's highest civilian honours. On November 26, 1927, Maria and Georg were married. In 1963, he was the subject of a short National Film Board of Canada documentary, 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer, directed by Anne Claire Poirier. In 1956, he appeared with Jason Robards and Constance Ford in an episode entitled "A Thief There Was" of CBS's anthology series Appointment with Adventure. Harvard Crimson. They are disciplined with military precision, primarily because he does not know how to cope with … Whittaker was also amateur stage director of the Montreal Repertory theatre, and he cast Plummer at age 18 as Oedipus in Jean Cocteau's La Machine infernale. From June 1971 to January 1972, he appeared at the National Theatre, acting in repertory for the season. Maria : She's not a child anymore, and one of these days, you're going to wake up and find that she's a woman. [10][11] He learned the basics of acting as an apprentice with the Montréal Repertory Theatre, where fellow Montrealer William Shatner also played. Plummer is also known for his stage performances in J.B., No Man's Land, and Inherit the Wind. His father, Fregattenkapitän August Trapp, was a naval officer who had been elevated to the Austrian nobility in 1876, which entitled him and his descendants to the style of Ritter (Knight) von in the case of male and von in the case of female offspring. Plummer appeared less frequently on Broadway in the 1960s as he moved from New York to London. … I wound up buying three of these whistles (I played Captain von Trapp in a local version of Sound of Music...'nuff said). Sex: Colt. Equipment: b. I cried for the people who are suffering right now because of Trump’s immoral policies. He and Amanda, who is his only child, did establish contact after she became an adult, and they now maintain a friendly relationship. Maria: I know you don't, but you've got to! His next film, the Oscar-winning The Sound of Music, made cinematic history, becoming the all-time top-grossing film, eclipsing Gone with the Wind. In real life, they are Rupert, Agathe, Maria, Werner, Hedwig, Johanna, and Martina. He appeared in the title role in a 1963 production of Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, which did not succeed, but he had a great success in Peter Shaffer's The Royal Hunt of the Sun, playing conquistador Francisco Pizarro to David Carradine's Atahuallpa; both performances were "stunning," as Plummer did wonders "of extraordinary beauty and deep pain" in playing his complex character. Pedigree: Sire: Trappe Shot (Usa), Dam: Julie from Dixie (Usa), Dam's Sire: Wavering Monarch (Usa) Save. Plummer has also written for the stage, television and the concert-hall. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As shown in the movie, the von Trapp family was headed by former naval captain. Frau Schmidt (Mistress of Novices) Kurt Kasznar. This decision was later reversed, but Plummer was nonetheless paid $87,500 for signing the contract. Plummer made his Broadway debut in 1954, and continued to act in leading roles on stage playing Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano (1974), Iago in Othello, as well as playing the titular roles in Macbeth, King Lear, and Barrymore. They look like the real thing, but each one had a different sound. After his first wife died, he was left widowed with seven kids. [60][61] Plummer has no children by either his second or third marriages. As shown in the movie, the von Trapp family was headed by former naval captain Georg von Trapp. He speaks both English and French fluently. Max Detweiller (tenor/baritone, moves well, 30+) That same year, he appeared in the live television drama Little Moon of Alban with Julie Harris, for which he received his first Emmy Award nomination. He is the only child of Isabella Mary (Abbott), a secretary to the Dean of Sciences at McGill University, and John Orme Plummer, who sold securities and stocks. Weight: 9-8. [34] Love and Master Will consisted of selections from the works of William Shakespeare on the subject of love, arranged by Plummer. [20][22], In April 1961, he appeared as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He also appeared in The Man Who Would Be King (1975) (playing Rudyard Kipling) alongside Michael Caine and Sean Connery. TriStar Pictures intended to meet that release date in spite of the tight re-shooting and editing schedule; it was eventually pushed back to December 25. [39] He was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his 2004 King Lear and for a Tony playing Henry Drummond in the 2007 revival of Inherit the Wind. [40] He returned to the stage at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in August 2008 in a critically acclaimed performance as Julius Caesar in George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra directed by Tony winner Des McAnuff; this production was videotaped and shown in high-definition in Canadian cinemas on January 31, 2009 (with an encore presentation on February 23, 2009) and broadcast on April 4, 2009 on Bravo! A military man, and veteran of the Austrian navy, Captain von Trapp has taken to raising his children in the same way that he captained his men. The subs are pieces of crap, the diesel engines causing most of his crew to pass out from the fumes at many times, but he still got the job done!!! Captain Von Trapp & Maria. 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Captain von Trapp A military man, and veteran of the Austrian navy, Captain von Trapp has taken to raising his children in the same way that he captained his men. He performed it and other works with the New York Philharmonic and symphony orchestras of London, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax. A number of listeners wrote in to point out that Christopher Plummer doesn't really sing in "The Sound of Music" - although, of course, he'd played Captain Von Trapp. The relationship between the Captain and the Princess took place over the course of several years, during which Georg had asked Yvonne to consider marriage on several occasions. [43], In 2011, he appeared in the feature-length documentary The Captains. For the Canon of Windsor, see. Between Captain Georg von Trapp & Agathe Gobertina Whitehead, parents to the first seven von Trapp children, set against the backdrop of the Adriatic Coast. As shown in the movie, the von Trapp family was headed by former naval captain Georg von Trapp. Captain von Trapp commanded U-14 from October 1915 until May 1918, when he was given command of an Austrian submarine base. He appears in the third episode, "John Abbott" (as Plummer is Abbott's great-grandson). Elizabeth Howell. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Emily Virzi started working at the von Trapp Farmstead in April of 2016. Maria von Trapp’s biological children were: Rosmarie (born in 1929), Eleonore (born in 1931), and Johannes (born in 1939). Werner von Trapp was born in Zell am See, Austria in 1915, the fourth child and second son of Captain Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead. In 2002, he appeared in a lauded production of King Lear, directed by Jonathan Miller. 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Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario. Front row: Baroness Johanna von Trapp, baby Baroness Martina von Trapp, Baroness Hedwig von Trapp, and Baron Werner von Trapp. He received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance in Our Fathers and reunited with Julie Andrews for a television production of On Golden Pond. From the most awesomest movie ever made, The Sound of Music? Unfortunately, the musical takes some liberties with the true story of the von Trapp Family. Trapp war zu dieser Zeit Kapitän bei der österreich-ungarischen Marine. Captain von Trapp: I said I don't want to hear anymore from you about my children! Plummer's memoir, In Spite of Myself, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in November 2008. The production later transferred to the Globe for a December 1961 to April 1962 run. Georg & Agathe's Children, 1921. The oldest von Trapp daughter, Agathe, later penned that the Princess was not only a Vienesse countess, but actually a cousin of Georg’s first wife! Form: 4. [46] In 2015 he starred in the Atom Egoyan directed thriller Remember starring alongside Martin Landau and Bruno Ganz. Kindheit. However, the events in The Sound of Music happen within a shorter period of time, with on-screen Georg and Maria getting married as the Nazis take over Austria in the late 1930s. But what he is aware of is the weight of his children on his shoulders. At the same time, Plummer was performing in the stage play The Royal Hunt of the Sun and his whole Dolittle participation was so brief that Plummer never missed a performance.[26]. After Captain von Trapp and Maria were married in 1927, Maria gave birth to three more children, bringing the final number of von Trapp children up to ten! "The Royal Hunt of the Sun." Plummer was next married to journalist Patricia Lewis from May 4, 1962, until their divorce in 1967. His turn as John Barrymore brought him his second Tony Award (this time as Best Actor in Play) and a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actor in a Play. A movie was released in 1965 with the title, “The Sound of Music.” The movie was based upon a 1949 memoir, “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers” by Maria von Trapp. Now, take Liesl. [1] In 1962, he played the title roles in both Cyrano de Bergerac and Macbeth, returning in 1967 to play Mark Antony in Antony and Cleopatra. Here are all the Captain Von Trapp Sings About This Alpine Flower Answers. [51] With Marriner he made his Carnegie Hall debut in his own arrangements of Mendelssohn's incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.[51]. 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Von Trapp talks about his experiences as a sub captain, and became the most successful sub commander in the Austrian-Hungary Navy in WW1. März 1913 als zweites Kind von Georg Ludwig von Trapp (1880-1947) und Agathe Whitehead (1891-1922), in Pola (heute Pula, Kroatien) das Licht der Welt. Fetherstonhaugh. The following year, he played Leontes in The Winter's Tale, Bardolph in Henry IV, Part 1, and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. The play toured several cities, with Plummer serving as Power's understudy. Soon after the family’s financial situation became precarious, Maria rented out rooms for guests. Hans Zeller is the main antagonist of the 1959 musical The Sound of Music and its 1965 film adaptation. Plummer has also done some voice work, such as his role of Henri the pigeon in An American Tail (1986), the villainous Grand Duke of Owls in Rock-a-Doodle (1991). [11], Plummer never attended college, something he has regretted all his life. Julie Andrews as "Maria Von Trapp" & Christopher Plummer as "Captain Von Trapp" in "The Sound of Music" - 5X7, 8X10 or 11X14 Photo (CC-416) [58]. He appeared as Jason opposite Dame Judith Anderson in Robinson Jeffers' adaptation of Medea at the Theatre Sara Bernhardt in Paris in 1955. In the film, the seven kids are Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl. The American National Theatre and Academy production, directed by Guthrie McClintic, was part of Le Festival International. Jockey: Royston Ffrench. [citation needed]Ritter is roughly the equivalent of a baronet in the U…