---
name: "Charmian Carr"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charmian-carr"
fi1m_id: "charmian-carr"
imdb_id: "nm0139642"
tmdb_id: 1041410
wikidata_id: "Q2312387"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 December 1942"
died: "17 September 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:28:28.818331+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charmian Carr

## Identity

Charmian Carr

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charmian-carr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charmian-carr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0139642
- **TMDB ID:** 1041410
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2312387
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmian_Carr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2312387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0139642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1041410

Actor. Born 27 December 1942 in Woodland Hills, California, USA. Died 17 September 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 December 1942, Woodland Hills, California, USA
- **Died:** 17 September 2016
- **Also known as:** Charmian Anne Farnon
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmian_Carr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2312387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0139642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1041410

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Sound of Music*](https://film.one/film/the-sound-of-music.md) (86)

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## Biography

Charmian Carr was an American actress best known for playing Liesl von Trapp in the 1965 film *The Sound of Music*. Born Charmian Anne Farnon on 27 December 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, she was studying speech therapy and philosophy at San Fernando Valley State College when she was cast in the role after a friend submitted her photograph for an audition.

Her only other screen credit was the 1966 television musical *Evening Primrose*. After the success of *The Sound of Music*, she left acting to pursue a career in interior design. She later wrote two books about her experiences on the film: *Forever Liesl* and *Letters to Liesl*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Sound of Music* (1965), Fi1m 86, as Liesl von Trapp — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sound-of-music.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Evening Primrose* (1966), as Ella Harkins
- *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, as Ella Harkins
- *The Sound of Music* (1965), as Liesl von Trapp — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sound-of-music.md)

## Gallery

- ![Publicity photograph of Evening Primrose, aired originally on Wednesday, November 16, 1966, 10-11pm EST/PST, as part of ABC Stage 67. Pictured cast were Anthony](https://film.one/media/person/105560/gallery-cd9ab9354e61.jpg) Publicity photograph of Evening Primrose, aired originally on Wednesday, November 16, 1966, 10-11pm EST/PST, as part of ABC Stage 67. Pictured cast were Anthony — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Evening_Primrose_Anthony_Perkins_Charmian_Carr_1966.jpg/1280px-Evening_Primrose_Anthony_Perkins_Charmian_Carr_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Publicity photograph of Evening Primrose, aired originally on Wednesday, November 16, 1966, 10-11pm EST/PST, as part of ABC Stage 67. Pictured cast were Anthony](https://film.one/media/person/105560/gallery-01f2a8e59fa3.png) Publicity photograph of Evening Primrose, aired originally on Wednesday, November 16, 1966, 10-11pm EST/PST, as part of ABC Stage 67. Pictured cast were Anthony — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Evening_Primrose_Anthony_Perkins_Charmian_Carr_1966.png/1280px-Evening_Primrose_Anthony_Perkins_Charmian_Carr_1966.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Charmian Carr](https://film.one/media/person/105560/gallery-620329155e18.jpg) Charmian Carr — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Evening_Primrose_Anthony_Perkins_Charmian_Carr_1966_redone.jpg/1280px-Evening_Primrose_Anthony_Perkins_Charmian_Carr_1966_redone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Schloss Hellbrunn, Salzburg. Drehort zu The Sound of Music-Pavillon. Im Gedenken an Charmian Carr. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/105560/gallery-a95582a6fd31.jpg) Schloss Hellbrunn, Salzburg. Drehort zu The Sound of Music-Pavillon. Im Gedenken an Charmian Carr. (2016) — © 1971markus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Schloss_Hellbrunn_-_The_Sound_of_Music_%28Pavillon%29.jpg/1280px-Schloss_Hellbrunn_-_The_Sound_of_Music_%28Pavillon%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Charmian Carr](https://film.one/media/person/105560/gallery-97545b192100.jpg) Charmian Carr — Image via TMDB
- ![Charmian Carr](https://film.one/media/person/105560/gallery-bd8dc0751192.jpg) Charmian Carr — Image via TMDB

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