Vale – Heather Menzies
American actress Heather Menzies-Urich, best known for her role as Louisa Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music, as well as an ongoing role in Logan’s Run, has passed away.
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Beginning her career as Heather Menzies, the actress was cast as young Louisa in the 1965 Academy Award-winning musical directed by Robert Wise and co-starring Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews at just 15 years of age. Following Music’s success, Menzies would appear in a number of films including Hawaii (1966), Hail Hero and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (both 1969), and Joe Dante’s satirical B-movie Piranha, in 1978. Her television work included an ongoing role as Jessica 6 in Logan’s Run, as well as guest roles in series such as Dragnet, SWAT, and The Love Boat, while Marvel completists would also know she appeared in the made-for-television film of Captain America, as Dr Wendy Day, in 1979.
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Heather Menzies married fellow actor Robert Urich in 1975, before his passing in 2002, and was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour in November 2017. Ms Menzies-Urich passed on December 24th, aged 68.
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