Maria von Trapp
Singer, Author
1905 – 1987
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Who was Maria von Trapp?
Maria Augusta von Trapp, was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Her story served as the inspiration for a 1956 German film that in turn inspired the Broadway musical The Sound of Music and subsequently the 1965 blockbuster film The Sound of Music.
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- Born
- Jan 26, 1905
Vienna - Also known as
- Maria Augusta von Trapp
- Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp
- Maria Augusta Kutschera
- Maria Augusta Trapp
- Parents
- Spouses
- Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp
(1927/11/26 - 1947/05/30)
- Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Austrian American
- Nationality
- Austria
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Hyannis State Teachers College
- Employment
- Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp
- Lived in
- Stowe
- Vienna
- Died
- Mar 28, 1987
Morrisville
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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