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Currently, Lauri Peters is 81 years, 4 months and 19 days old. Lauri Peters will celebrate 82rd birthday on a Wednesday 2nd of July 2025. Below we countdown to Lauri Peters upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Lauri Peters |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Age | 79 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | July 02, 1943 ( Detroit, Michigan, United States) |
| Birthday | July 02 |
| Town/City | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Nationality | United States |
Lauri Peters’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Lauri Peters was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
Peters created the role of Liesl Von Trapp in the original 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music. She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical, which she shared with her sibling castmates. She was married to actor Jon Voight (1962–67), whom she met when he joined the cast as Nazi messenger boy Rolfe, with whom Liesl has a song ("Sixteen Going on Seventeen") and a mutual attraction. She can be heard on the show's cast album, which has sold more than three million copies in the US.
She also appeared as Moll in the revival of Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock directed by Howard Da Silva. She appeared on popular television shows of the 1960s and '70s, including Gunsmoke, but worked primarily in the theater, on and off Broadway, and in touring companies.
In Britain, she is probably best known as Cliff Richard's romantic lead in the 1963 film Summer Holiday. On film, she also acted alongside Fabian, James Stewart and Sidney Poitier.
With acting Teacher Sanford Meisner, Peters founded the Meisner Extension at NYU in 1993, where she was Artistic Director and Master Teacher. Teaching the technique away from Manhattan, she has written a book on Meisner.
