Maria Augusta von Trapp (née Kutschera; 26 January 190528 March 1987), also known as
Baroness von Trapp, was the stepmother and
matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Her story served as the inspiration for the 1956 West German film
The Trapp Family, which in turn inspired the Broadway musical
The Sound of Music (1959) and the 1965
film of the same name.