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'Charmian Carr' (born Charmian Farnon December 27, 1942) is best known for her role as Liesl, the eldest Von Trapp daughter in ''The Sound of Music'' where she starred with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies, Angela Cartwright and Kym Karath.
Carr is the second child of vaudeville actress Rita Oehman and musician Brian Farnon who named her Charmian after a character from Shakespeare's play ''Antony and Cleopatra''. ^{[1] [2]} She has two sisters, one older and one younger. Her oldest sister is Sharon and her youngest sister is Darleen. While attending college part-time and working for a doctor, her mother got her an audition for a role in ''The Sound of Music''. Charmian's mother never even asked her if she wanted to try out for the part, but she grew up in a show business family and she knew that for her getting a part in a film would be a much bigger deal for her mother than earning a college diploma. Director Robert Wise thought Farnon too long a surname for her, and after handing her a list of single syllable surnames she chose Carr. While publicising the film after release, she met and married Jay Brent in May of 1967 and had two daughters, Jennifer and Emily. The marriage lasted until 1991. She now has two grandchildren, Emma and Derek. She started an interior decorating company whose clients include Michael Jackson.
She has written two books, ''Forever Liesl'' and ''Letters to Liesl''.

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1. Carr, Charmian. ''Forever Liesl: A Memoir of The Sound of Music''. 3 April 2001, pg. 205. ISBN 0-140-29840-1.
2. William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Antony and Cleopatra'' features Charmian, the servant to Cleopatra.

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