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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Joey Nolfi / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Joey Nolfi / Entertainment Weekly Sep 19, 2016 5:42 AM UTC  Actress Charmain Carr attends The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' Last 70mm Film Festival Screening Of "The Sound Of Music" on July 30, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. Actress Charmain Carr attends The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' Last 70mm Film Festival Screening Of "The Sound Of Music" on July 30, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California.Valerie Macon—Getty Images by [Joey Nolfi / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Joey Nolfi / Entertainment Weekly Sep 19, 2016 5:42 AM UTC Charmian Carr, the actress who played the eldest von Trapp child, Liesl, in the classic 1965 Robert Wise musical _The Sound of Music_, died Saturday of complications resulting from a rare form of dementia, her family said in a statement. She was 73. The actress was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1942\. She moved to the San Fernando Valley with her mother, vaudeville actress Rita Oehmen, and father, musician and orchestra leader Brian Farnon, at the age of 13\. Carr was 21-years-old when she filmed _The Sound of Music,_ a film adaptation of the stage production. The film, which features Carr’s notable performance of “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 1966 Oscars. Following her supporting role in _The Sound of Music_, Carr starred opposite Anthony Perkins in the TV movie _Evening Primrose_ — her final credited screen role until her death 50 years later. Shortly after the release of _Evening Primrose_, Carr left Hollywood to focus on her family; she raised two daughters while running an interior design business, through which she worked with several high profile clients, including Michael Jackson. She later wrote two books: _Forever Liesl,_ published in 2000, chronicled her time on set filming _The Sound of Music,_ while 2001’s _Letters to Liesl_ focused on fan mail she’d received in the decades after the musical’s release. Carr is survived by several brothers and sisters, two children, a niece, and four grandchildren. Watch her performance of “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” below. 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