Heather Menzies

Heather Menzies
Born	December 3, 1949 (1949-12-03) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Years active	1964–1987
Spouse	John Cluett (1969–1973) Robert Urich (1975–2002) (his death)
Website
http://www.heathermenziesurich.com/

Heather Urich (née Menzies), born December 3, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian-born actress who moved to California via Florida at the age of 11. She enrolled at the Falcon Studio’s University of the Arts, in Hollywood. Her first professional role at the age of 13 was on My Three Sons. Directly after that, Urich auditioned for and won the role of Louisa Von Trapp in The Sound of Music.

Urich again worked with Julie Andrews in the film Hawaii and, at 16, traveled across the country to star in the Broadway play We Have Always Lived In The Castle with Shirley Knight. The production opened at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., and showed for a lengthy run at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York City.

Heather guest starred in several television series throughout the 1970s and '80s and did several television pilots and movies for television, including Tail Gunner Joe with Peter Boyle and The James Dean Story with Michael Brandon and Amy Irving. She starred in the popular cult favorite SSSSSSS with Strother Martin and Dirk Benedict, in the series Logan's Run with Gregory Harrison, and in the film Piranha with Bradford Dillman.

Heather met her husband, Robert Urich, while acting with him in a Libby’s Corned Beef Hash commercial. Heather guest starred with Urich in S.W.A.T., Vega$ and Spenser For Hire, as well as many other television shows and a theatrical film, Endangered Species. The couple also co-starred in theatrical productions, including The Hasty Heart, a production at the Burt Reynold's Playhouse, in Jupiter, Florida. The play achieved substantial acclaim, including a run at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, DC, with President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan in attendance. Menzies and Urich stayed married until Urich succumbed to synovial sarcoma, a type of cancer: he died in 2002.

Heather also appeared in the pictorial "Tender Trapp" in the August 1973 issue of Playboy, which featured her in full frontal nude poses. Heather is an ovarian cancer survivor and lives in Utah with her three adopted children, Ryan (30), Emily (28), and Allison (11). She also has two grandchildren, Michelle (born 2004) and Lana (born 2005).

She works with the Urich Fund for Sarcoma Research at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Filmography

• The Sound of Music (1965)
• Hawaii (1966)
• How Sweet It Is! (1968)
• Hail, Hero! (1969)
• The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
• Sssssss (1973)
• Red, White and Busted (1975)
• Piranha (1978)
• Endangered Species (1982)

Television

• "The Farmer's Daughter" (1964)
• "Dragnet" (1967) as Ann Flynn
• "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1969)
• "The High Chaparral" (1969)
• "To Rome With Love" (1970)
• "Bonanza" (1970)
• "The Smith Family" (1971)
• "Alias Smith and Jones" (1971)
• "Love, American Style" (1971) Segment: "Love and the Motel Mixup"
• "Man in the Middle" (1972)
• "The Bob Newhart Show" (1973)
• "Doctor Dan" (1974)
• "S.W.A.T." (1975)
• "James Dean" (1976)
• "Barnaby Jones" (1976)
• "Logan's Run" (1977–1978) as Jessica
• "The Love Boat" (1978)
• "Captain America" (1979)
• "Vega$" (1979–1981) as Charlotte Henderson
• "Gavilan" (1982)
• "T.J. Hooker" (1984)
• "Spenser: For Hire" (1987)

External links

• Official site
• Heather Menzies at the Internet Movie Database
• Heather Menzies at the Internet Broadway Database
• Sound Of Music Kids - Where are they now