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The author of the article linked above wrote:Maria von Trapp was the last surviving member of the seven original Trapp Family Singers made famous in "The Sound of Music." Their story was turned into the film and Broadway musical.

She was the third child and second-oldest daughter of Austrian Naval Capt. Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. Their seven children were the basis for the singing family in the 1959 Broadway musical and 1965 film, which won the Oscar for best picture. Maria von Trapp was portrayed as Louisa in the film and musical.

jarnon wrote:I was surprised at the girl's age, so I looked it up. It turns out her father and stepmother were married in 1927, when she was 12, but the family fled Austria 10 years later. That gap had to be left out of The Sound of Music.