'The Sound of Music': How the Movie Compares to the Real von Trapps
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In the 1965 film, "The Sound of Music," actress Julie Andrews, left, was cast as Maria von Trapp, right, who first joined the von Trapp family as a nanny and a teacher, and then later she married the widowed captain.