Hedwig von Trapp

Singer, Person Or Being In Fiction

1917 – 1972

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Who was Hedwig von Trapp?

Hedwig Maria Adolphine Gobertina von Trapp was the fifth child of Georg Ludwig von Trapp and his first wife Agathe Whitehead. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the play and movie The Sound of Music. She was portrayed as the character "Brigitta".

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Born
Jul 28, 1917
Zell am See
Also known as
  • Hedwig Maria Adolphine Gobertina von Trapp
Parents
Siblings
Ethnicity
  • Austrian American
Nationality
  • Austria
Profession
Lived in
  • Zell am See
  • Austria
Died
Sep 14, 1972
Zell am See

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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