Kym Karath Overview:

Actress, Kym Karath, was born Kimberly Karath on Aug 4, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. As of December 2024, Kym Karath was 66 years old.

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Child Actress Kym Karath is probably best known for her role as Gretl, the youngest Von Trapp, in The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. She also played Doris Day's daughter in The Thrill of It All and Jack Lemmon's daughter in Good Neighbor Sam.

(Source: article by Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub).

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Mini Tribute Child Actress: Kym Karath

By Annmarie Gatti on Aug 4, 2012 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Born August 4, 1958, Child Actress Kym Karath! Kym Karath is probably best known for her role as the youngest Von Trapp, Gretl, in The Sound of Music… Why am I always last? -Kym Karath as Gretl in The Sound of Music ….. BUT I also remember her well as Maggie Boyer (Doris Day and James Ga... Read full article


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Kym Karath Quotes:

Max: Friedrich, Gretl, why don't you sing?
Gretl: I can't, I've got a sore finger.


Maggie: It smells like the cracks in the schoolyard! Time to use the new soap you bought!


Gretl: It'll be my first party, father.


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Heather Menzies-Urich, her co-star in The Sound of Music (1965), eventually was godmother to her son. They had become close friends despite the fact that while filming that movie's rowboat scene, Kym swallowed too much water and threw up on Heather.

Has twice portrayed a younger sister of a character played by a Cartwright sister, both movies which featured large families. She played Pattie-Cake Spencer to Veronica Cartwright's Becky Spencer, two of nine siblings, in Spencer's Mountain (1963). And she played Gretl Von Trapp to Angela Cartwright's Brigitta Von Trapp, two of seven siblings, in The Sound of Music (1965).

Graduated from USC with a degree in Humanities

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