Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on September 4, 1900, Hoyningen-Huene was the only son of Baron Barthold Theodor Hermann (Theodorevitch) von Hoyningen-Huene (1859-1942), a Baltic nobleman, military officer, and lord of Navesti manor (near Võhma), and his wife, Emily Anne "Nan" ...
Profession:Nobleman and Military Leader Known as “Alan the Red,” he was the nephew of William the Conqueror. Like William de Warenne, he fought alongside William at the Battle of Hastings. For his service and loyalty and quelling Saxon uprisings in the northern territories, he was rewarded ...
(made in 1964 and ’65), and her character in the latter film — a nun-turned-governess who looks after the seven Von Trapp children, teaches them to sing and brings them to life, all under the watchful gaze of their stern military father (Christopher Plummer) — is such a goody-two...