Former child star Kym Karath is looking back on the time she spent in Austria while filming The Sound of Music.
The actress, now age 67, took to Instagram on Monday, Sept. 22 to share a throwback photo from Salzburg, Austria, where the beloved musical movie was filmed 60 years ago.
Known for playing Gretl, the youngest of the von Trapp children in the Julie Andrews-led film, Karath was just six years old when she starred in the iconic film, but she still seems to have some vivid memories of the experience.
In her new Instagram post, a young Karath could be seen posing with a bed of red tulips that happened to match the dress she was wearing. In her caption, Karath said the photo was taken at the Mirabell Garden in Salzburg.
“I was thrilled that my dress matched [the tulips],” she wrote next to the photo.
In her caption, Karath went on to give more context about the picture, which she said she only recently remembered after a conversation with her former Sound of Music co-stars AngelaCartwright and DebbieTurner, who played Brigittaand Marta von Trapp, respectively.
“Angela, Debbie and I were talking about the tulips in Mirabelle Gardens (Salzburg) during one of our recent interviews, and it made me remember this picture,” she wrote.
This Year Marks the 60th Anniversary of The Sound of Music
It’s been 60 years since The Sound of Music came out in March 1965. Starring Andrews in the leading role of Maria, the famous film also featured the late Christopher Plummer as the family patriarch Captain von Trapp, as well as late actress Eleanor Parker in the role of The Baroness.
The seven von Trapp children were played by Karath (Gretl), Turner (Marta), Cartwright (Brigitta), Duane Chase (Kurt), Heather Menzies (Louisa), Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich) and Charmain Carr (Liesl).
Find out where all the stars who played the von Trapp children are now
In honor of the film’s 60th anniversary, The Sound of Music was remastered for a theatrical re-release that kicked off earlier this month.
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