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1929-2021

Who Was Christopher Plummer?

Award-winning actor Christopher Plummer was classically trained as a stage actor and headlined for Britain's National Theatre, making his film debut in 1958's Stage Struck.

Throughout his career, he has passed up blockbuster movies for smaller films. Nonetheless, he is probably best known as Captain Von Trapp in the 1965 musical movie The Sound of Music. Plummer has also won Tony Awards for his work in Cyrano (1973) and Barrymore (1997) and later won a supporting actor Oscar for the 2010 film Beginners.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
BORN: December 13, 1929
DIED: February 5, 2021
BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, Ontario
SPOUSES: Tammy Grimes, Patricia Lewis, and Elaine Taylor
CHILDREN: Amanda
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Sagittarius

Early Life and Career

Born Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer on December 13, 1929, in Toronto, Plummer grew up in Montreal as an only child and his mother exposed him to the