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Kym Karath is an American former actress, best known for her role as Gretl, the youngest of the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music.

Kym Karath
Born	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1963-1981; 1988
Spouses	Philippe L'Equilbec ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 2005)​ Jeff Apple ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	1

Career

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Kym Karath was born in Los Angeles, California, and started her career at the age of 4, when she appeared in Spencer's Mountain (1963) with Henry Fonda and Veronica Cartwright (she subsequently worked with Veronica's younger sister, Angela Cartwright, in The Sound of Music). Also in 1963, Karath was seen in The Thrill of It All with Doris Day and James Garner. In 1964, she was seen in Good Neighbor Sam with Jack Lemmon.

Karath is best remembered for her role in The Sound of Music, where she played the youngest child, Gretl Von Trapp.

Personal life

Karath's family was Greek; her father changed her original surname, Karathanasis, to Karath.^{[citation needed]}

Karath graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in humanities, and shortly after that she moved to Paris, France, where she studied art history and modeled. At the age of 26, she married Philippe L'Equibec; their son was born in 1991. Thereafter she left acting for a while and lived in Greenwich, Connecticut, before resuming acting in 2005.[1][2]

Karath has said she still is not fond of water after nearly drowning in the boat scene in The Sound of Music, as she could not swim.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	Spencer's Mountain	Pattie-Cake Spencer	Uncredited
1963	The Thrill of It All	Maggie Boyer
1964	Good Neighbor Sam	Denise Bissell
1965	The Sound of Music	Gretl Von Trapp

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	Peyton Place	Susan	1 episode
1965	My Three Sons	Pammy	1 episode
1966	On The Run	the girls on the train	Un-sold pilot episode
1966	Dr. Kildare	Margaret Hanson	2 episodes
1966	Lassie	Kathy Vaughn	1 episode
1966	Lost in Space	Princess	1 episode
1966	Family Affair	Barbara	3 episodes
1970	Family Affair	Wynn Catter	Episode: "Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley"
1970	All My Children	Kristen	unknown episodes
1972	The Brady Bunch	Kerry Hathaway	1 episode
1973	The Waltons	Mabel	1 episode
1980	Archie Bunker's Place	Pretty Girl	1 episode
1981	Midnight Offerings	Monique	TV movie, (final film role)

References

External links

• Kym Karath at IMDb
• Kym Karath at the TCM Movie Database
• Karath @KymKarath - Twitter

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