On the seventeenth of September 2016, the acting world lost a gem. Charmian Carr, most known for her role as Liesel von Trapp in The Sound of Music passed away from dementia. Her character in the film quickly became my favorite, as I found her (and still do) to be the most relatable of all the von Trapp children.
Her most memorable song Sixteeen Going on Seventeen is my favorite number in the whole film, and I find myself singing the words and humming along to the music as if I were still sixteen going on seventeen and not twenty-one going on twenty-two! Coincidentally, Carr was was twenty-one when she portrayed the fiesty, rebellious brunette, and not sixteen as the song suggested!
Carr portrayed the role with such poise and grace that, at the time, I truly believed that she was the real Liesel from the actual von Trapp family.
The number Sixteen Going on Seventeen made me believe that there was nothing more romantic than dancing in a gazebo during a thunderstorm! I wanted to find my own "Rolfe" to share that experience with (I still haven't found him!). Even though she may be gone, in my eyes, Charmian Carr will always be Liesel, "sixteen going on seventeen..."
