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person_profile-Heather Menzies

Heather Menzies Died at age: 68

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Heather Menzies

Date of Birth:

Dec 03, 1949

Country of birth:

Canada

Died:

Dec 24, 2017

Biography of

Heather Menzies

    Beautiful, sunny, and engaging blonde actress Heather Menzies was born on December 3, 1949 in Toronto, Canada. Her family moved to the United States when Heather was eleven. She graduated from Hollywood High School and subsequently attended the Falcon Studio's University of the Arts in Hollywood. Heather made a strong and promising film debut as Louisa von Trapp in the delightful classic musical The Sound of Music (1965). Menzies also appeared with The Sound of Music (1965) star Julie Andrews in the epic drama Hawaii (1966). After initially establishing herself as an innocent ingénue in the 1960s, Heather reinvented herself with a much sexier image in the 1970s. She did a nude pictorial for the August 1973 issue of "Playboy." Heather gave an extremely sweet and appealing performance as mad scientist Strother Martin's lovely and loyal daughter in the enjoyably oddball horror feature Sssssss (1973). Menzies was likewise quite spirited and personable as a feisty skip tracer in the terrific fright film cult favorite Piranha (1978).

    On television, Heather achieved her greatest fame as scantily clad fugitive Jessica in the short-lived, but still popular Logan's Run (1977) science fiction TV series. Among the numerous TV shows Menzies did guest spots on are The Farmer's Daughter (1963), Dragnet 1967 (1967), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), The Love Boat (1977), T.J. Hooker (1982), Bonanza (1959), S.W.A.T. (1975), and Love, American Style (1969). Heather appeared with her late actor husband Robert Urich on several occasions: She acted in three episodes of Vega$ (1978) and one episode of Spenser: For Hire (1985), plus had a small role in the offbeat science fiction mystery thriller Endangered Species (1982). Moreover, Menzies first met Urich on the set of a TV commercial they acted in together. An ovarian cancer survivor, Heather resided in Los Angeles with her three children and worked for the Urich Fund for Sarcoma Research at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Menzies died from brain cancer at age 68 on December 24, 2017.

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Heather Menzies

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Filmography of

Heather Menzies

Found 14 Movies in total

Endangered Species

Susan ( Actor )

... 1982

Captain America

Dr. Wendy Day ( Actor )

... 1979

Piranha

Maggie McKeown ( Actor )

... 1978

Tail Gunner Joe

Logan ( Actor )

... 1977

The Keegans

Brandy Keegan ( Actor )

... 1976

James Dean

Jan ( Actor )

... 1976

Sssssss

Kristina Stoner ( Actor )

... 1973

Outside In

Chris ( Actor )

... 1972

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

Hail, Hero!

Molly Adams ( Actor )

... 1969

How Sweet It Is!

Tour Girl ( Actor )

... 1968

Hawaii

Mercy Bromley ( Actor )

... 1966

The Sound of Music

Louisa von Trapp ( Actor )

... 1965