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Debbie Turner

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Debbie Turner
Born (1956-09-05) September 5, 1956 (age 68)
Arcadia, California
OccupationFloral designer
Years active1965–present
SpouseRichard Larson (1980-present)
Children4

Debbie Turner (born September 5, 1956[1]) is an American actress who played the role of Marta von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music.

Life and career

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Turner was born and raised in Arcadia, California.[2] In 1964 she won the role of Marta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music.[3] Shortly after the film's debut, she left the film industry and returned to school to complete her education.[4]

She appeared as a party guest in the 1979 film North Dallas Forty.[5]

By 1985, Turner had relocated to Chanhassen, Minnesota, where she raised three daughters with her husband Rick.[6][7] Though not active in the film industry, she regularly visits with her The Sound of Music cast mates and has made a number of television appearances, including The Oprah Winfrey Show where she discussed the film's 45th anniversary.[8][9] In addition, Turner was selected as one of three float judges for the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Celebrity Birthdays". St. Louis Post-Disparch. September 5, 2023. p. A2. ProQuest 2862905863. Actor Michael Keaton is 72. Drummer Jamie Oldaker of The Tractors is 72. Actor Debbie Turner ('The Sound of Music') is 67. See also:
    • Nowlin, Rick (September 5, 2008). "ON THIS DAY, SEPTEMBER 5: Today's Birthdays". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. A2. ProQuest 390672000. Actor Michael Keaton, 57. Actress Debbie Turner-Larson (Film: Marta in "The Sound of Music"), 52.
  2. ^ "Debbie Turner Biography". Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "The Sound of Music". Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Moppet of 'Music' Now a Lively Teen". The Hartford Courant. March 11, 1973. p. 13A. ProQuest 551488886. The little girl Marta of that long-run, high-profit movie has become a lively, friendly teenager, unimpressed by the fact that she was once in a movie, not interested in having a career in show business but going about the business of having fun as a high school junior. [...] A has-been at 16? A girl as spirited as Debbie couldn't be called a has-been. She's a high school girl who hasn't decided on a future yet but who does plan to go on to college.
  5. ^ Burk, Bill E. (August 23, 1979). "Good Evening: Ma Bell's Samaritan Lends Helping Hand". The Memphis Press-Scimitar. p. 5. Retrieved August 2, 2024. "It's a small part, but one of the girls hanging on Mac Davis’ arm in the party scene of North Dallas Forty is Michele Downen, wife of former Memphian Jerry Downen III, a White Station High School and Memphis State University graduate. Michele is the girl on the left of the screen (Davis' right arm). The other girl is her sister, actress Debbie Turner."
  6. ^ Johnson, Cheryl (December 24, 1989). "Minister psychs up for back-to-back holiday services". Minneapolis Star Tribune. p. 2B. ProQuest 418087990. When the credits roll for "The Sound of Music" Christmas night on KARE-TV (Channel 11), Debbie Turner's name will be there, but that doesn't mean she'll be watching. [...] 'The kids will be watching (the movie) and I'll be cheering on the Vikings (KSTP-TV Channel 5)," says Turner, now of Chanhassen. [...] Turner and husband Rick Larson moved to the metro area five years ago.
  7. ^ Eden, Jenny (March 24, 2001). "Minister psychs up for back-to-back holiday services". The London Mirror. p. 10. ProQuest 338542143. Debbie was seven when she played Marta but her screen career started as a six-month-old baby in TV commercials. She says the seven child actors had a great rapport. 'There was such a chemistry between us,' she remembers. 'Granted the scenery was stunning, but there was a magic about us and it's still there today.' Debbie became a championship skier before marrying and having four daughters.
  8. ^ "And We Don't Need a Governess". New York Daily News. March 21, 1996. p. 13C. ProQuest 2776550857. Below, from left, that's 'The Sound of Music's' Gretl (Kym Karath), Rolf (Dan Truhitte), Liesl (Charmian Carr, no longer 16 going on 17, apparently)—and Marta (Debbie Turner-Larsen)—at A&E's L.A. premiere of 'Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies,' to air April 17
  9. ^ Goldberg, Andy (September 27, 2010). "BRIEF: Oprah Winfrey to reunite Sound of Music cast". McClatchy-Tribune Business News. ProQuest 755044395. Winfrey announced Monday that she would be reuniting the cast of the legendary movie The Sound of Music for the first time in 45 years, on her October 29 show. Joining Winfrey in the studio will be Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer as well as the actors who played the von Trapp kids in the film: Charmian Carr (Liesl), Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich), Heather Menzies-Urich (Louisa), Duane Chase (Kurt), Angela Cartwright (Brigitta), Debbie Turner (Marta), and Kym Karath (Gretl).
  10. ^ "Metro on the go: Marion County; To Judge Rose Parade". Indianapolis Star. December 29, 2010. p. B2. ProQuest 822206125. Kirk Hendrix, president and CEO of Indianapolis' 500 Festival, will be one of three celebrity judges of the 122nd Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day in Pasadena, Calif. Hendrix will join famed floral designers Nancy Clarke and Debbie Turner.
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