Heather Menzies

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Heather Menzies, Logan's Run, 1977

Heather Menzies (born December 3, 1949 in Toronto , Ontario , † December 24, 2017 in Frankford , Ontario), after her marriage to Heather Menzies-Urich , was a Canadian actress .

Life

Menzies moved at the age of eleven with her family of Canada first to Florida and later to California , arriving in Hollywood , the high school attended. She made her film debut at the age of 15 in the musical My Songs - My Dreams at the side of Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer . The following year she played a supporting role in George Roy Hills' drama Hawaii , in which Julie Andrews again starred . At 16, Menzies made her Broadway debut alongside Shirley Knight in the original production of We Have Always Lived in the Castle . However, this was only performed nine times in October 1966 and remained their only Broadway production. She had other smaller film roles in Hail, Hero! and mastermind in tennis shoes . In 1973 she played the leading female role in the horror film Sssnake Kobra ; she had another leading role in Joe Dante's 1978 horror film Piranhas .

Menzies played increasingly television roles in the 1970s and appeared in guest appearances in Bonanza , The Knallharten Five and The Six Million Dollar Man, among others . Between 1977 and 1978 she played the role of Jessica 6 in the science fiction film Escape into the 23rd Century based series Logan's Run , which was discontinued after 14 episodes. In the August 1973 issue of Playboy , nude photos of her were published. In the 1980s, the role offers for Menzies decreased, her last role she played in 1990 in the television series Man of Dreams .

Menzies married the actor Robert Urich in 1975 , with whom she was married until his death in 2002. During this marriage, the couple adopted three children. She died in December 2017 at the age of 68 from a brain tumor that had only recently been diagnosed.

Filmography (selection)

Movie

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Broadway

  • 1966: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Individual proof

  1. ↑ 'Sound of Music' actress Heather Menzies-Urich dies at 68 . ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AP message on ABC News , December 25, 2017, accessed December 26, 2017. Dave McNary: 'Sound of Music' Actress Heather Menzies-Urich Dies at 68 . Variety , December 25, 2017, accessed December 26, 2017.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / abcnews.go.com

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SURNAME Menzies, Heather
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Menzies-Urich, Heather
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 2017
Place of death Frankford , Ontario , Canada