Charmian carr

Born on December 27, 1942, in Los Angeles (California), Charmian Farnon was the second daughter of actress Rita Oehman and musician Brian Farnon. Sister of the also actresses Shannon Farnon and Darleen Carr, when she was studying Speech Therapy at the University, her mother insisted a lot on her going to the casting of The Sound of Music , to the point that the girl was convinced that for her it was more It was important that he achieved the role to which he graduated.

After casting her as Colonel Von Trapp’s eldest daughter in the film, even though she competed with Geraldine Chaplin and Mia Farrow among others, director Robert Wise insisted that she use a shorter, one-syllable stage name. He provided her with a list from which she chose Carr.

He remembered the shoot as the happiest experience of his life. “Dancing and singing those songs was like therapy,” she commented. But when she filmed the gazebo sequence with Rolf, the boy her character had a crush on, she made the mistake of not putting non-slip pads on her shoes, so she suffered a fall.

Despite the success of the tape, he hardly had any experience in the cinema afterwards. She appeared opposite Anthony Perkins in the telefilm musical Evening Primrose . She but she later married dentist Jay Brent, and she decided to leave acting to take care of starting a family, having two daughters, Jennifer and Emily.

He also founded an interior design company, which among others had Michael Jackson as a client , who resorted to his services because he declared himself unconditional of the famous musical. She wrote two books where she talked about his work in Hollywood, “Forever Liesl” and “Letters to Liesl”.