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Angela Cartwright recently experienced a moment few actors ever get to have. Six decades after portraying Brigitta von Trapp in The Sound of Music, she watched her granddaughter bring the beloved character to life on stage.
"This weekend, I watched my granddaughter, Addie, perform as Brigitta in her theater production of 'The Sound of Music.' It was an emotional moment, thinking back 60 years to when I played Brigitta in the film," Cartwright captioned an Instagram post on July 21.
"To sit in the audience and watch a new generation bring this beautiful story to life was truly special. And for my grand daughter to play Brigitta, well some moments remind you just how timeless a story—and the memories it creates—can be," she added.
Many fans were delighted to see the full circle moment and took to the comments section to react.
"What an incredibly special blessing for you. Warms my heart just reading about it," one fan wrote.
"Oh how fabulous is that. How proud you must be and how nostalgic for you," someone else said.
Cartwright got her start in the 1956 film Somebody Up There Likes Me. She went on to star in shows like Whirlybirds and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour before landing a recurring role in The Danny Thomas Show from 1957 to 1964. Less than a year later, she appeared in The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews. She continued acting in the '70s, '80s and '90s. Her most recent credits include the voice of Edna Platt in Adventures in Odyssey in 2022 and a role in Ralph's Perfekt Christmas.
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