Heather Menzies-Urich, The Sound of Music's Louisa von Trapp, dies from Brain Cancer aged 68
Heather
Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, has died aged
68.
Her death was announced by
the estate of the musical's creators, Rodgers & Hammerstein, on Monday.
She was diagnosed with
brain cancer four weeks ago and died on Christmas Eve, news site TMZ quoted her
son Ryan as saying.
"She was an actress, a
ballerina and loved living her life to the fullest," he told TMZ.
Born Heather Menzies in
Toronto, she was 15 when the musical film was released in 1965. It went on to
win 10 Oscars, including best picture.
She played the mischievous
third Von Trapp child Louisa, but her later television and film appearances did
not hit the same heights.
At 23, she posed nude for
Playboy magazine under the headline The Tender Trapp, a decision she said
horrified her Presbyterian parents, who were originally from Scotland.
She married film producer
Robert Urich in 1975, but he died in 2002.
Among those to pay tribute
were Kym Karath, who played Gretl in the film.
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| From L to R: Heather Menzies-Urich (Louisa von Trapp), Debbie Turner (Marta) and Kym Karath (Gretl) at the 50th anniversary of the film in 2015 |
