2017-12-25T12:52:48-08:00'Sound of Music' Star Dies
Heather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa von Trapp in the original film version of The Sound of Music, died this weekend at age 68. She is also well known for her role in the 1970s science fiction TV series Logan's Run.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
Heather Menzies-Urich, best known for playing Louisa von Trapp in The Sound of Music, died on Sunday. She was 68.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein estate, representing Sound of Music musical creators Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, announced the news on Christmas Day, saying, "Heather was part of 'the family.'
We Mourn the Loss of Heather Menzies-Urich... https://t.co/dpuHJBoBWD pic.twitter.com/V3YqfNSCO3
— The Sound of Music (@SoundofMusic) December 25, 2017
"There is really no other way to describe the members of the cast of the movie of The Sound of Music," read the statement from president Ted Chapin.
Heather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa von Trapp in the original film version of The Sound of Music, died this weekend at age 68. She is also well known for her role in the 1970s science fiction TV series Logan's Run.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
Heather Menzies-Urich, best known for playing Louisa von Trapp in The Sound of Music, died on Sunday. She was 68.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein estate, representing Sound of Music musical creators Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, announced the news on Christmas Day, saying, "Heather was part of 'the family.'
We Mourn the Loss of Heather Menzies-Urich... https://t.co/dpuHJBoBWD pic.twitter.com/V3YqfNSCO3
— The Sound of Music (@SoundofMusic) December 25, 2017
"There is really no other way to describe the members of the cast of the movie of The Sound of Music," read the statement from president Ted Chapin.
- 12/25/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
Heather Menzies-Urich, the actress best known for playing the second-oldest Von Trapp daughter Louisa in the Oscar-winning musical film “The Sound of Music,” has died at age 68. Her son Ryan Urich told TMZ that she died on December 24 one month after receiving a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. “Of ‘the kids,’ Heather was a cheerful and positive member of the group, always hoping for the next gathering,” Ted Chapin, president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, said Monday announcing the death. “We are all lucky to have known her, and she will happily live on in that beautiful movie....
- 12/25/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Canadian actress Heather Menzies-Urich, best known for her roles as Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 Oscar-winning film The Sound of Music and Jessica in the TV series Logan’s Run, has died. The widow of Robert Urich, Menzies-Urich died Sunday night . She recently had been diagnosed with cancer, her son Ryan Urich told Deadline’s sister pub Variety. She was 68. The Toronto-born Menzies-Urich had her first screen credit in the 1964 TV series The Farmer’s Daughter, but it was…...
- 12/25/2017
- Deadline
Canadian actress Heather Menzies-Urich, best known for her roles as Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 Oscar-winning film The Sound of Music and Jessica in the TV series Logan’s Run, has died. The widow of Robert Urich, Menzies-Urich died Sunday night . She recently had been diagnosed with cancer, her son Ryan Urich told Deadline’s sister pub Variety. She was 68. The Toronto-born Menzies-Urich had her first screen credit in the 1964 TV series The Farmer’s Daughter, but it was…...
- 12/25/2017
- Deadline TV
Heather Menzies-Urich who played Louisa von Trapp in the iconic film, "The Sound of Music," is dead. Heather was 15-years-old when she was cast as Louisa von Trapp in the film which has become an all-time movie classic, which won 5 Oscars, including Best Picture. The actress died on Christmas Eve, surrounded by family. Her son, Ryan Urich, tells TMZ, "She was an actress, a ballerina and loved living her life to the fullest. She was not in any pain but,...
- 12/25/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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