About In Spite of Myself. A rollicking, rich portrait of a life. And what a life! By one of our greatest actors. Plummer tells how “this young bilingual wastrel, incurably romantic, spoiled rotten, tore himself away from the ski slopes to break into the big bad world of theatre, not from the streets up but from an Edwardian living room down,” and writes of his early acting days as an. Christopher Plummer In Spite of Myself: A Memoir (Hardcover) Average Rating: (4.0) stars out of 5 stars 3 ratings, based on 3 reviews. Christopher Plummer. In his 2008 memoir titled In Spite of Myself, Plummer wrote: 'Elaine had now completed her role in the movie and was on her way back to London for yet another engagement - a busy and popular lady. Christopher Plummer - In Spite of Myself. He's one of our greatest living actors - Christopher Plummer. For more than half a century, he has thrilled audiences with countless memorable roles. Yet to many, he'll forever be known as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music. At one point, Christopher Plummer describes a blissful evening with Dame Edith Evans, when she ‘rattled on a mile a minute telling me wonderful stories of the theatre and the extraordinary people.