Actor best known for playing Louisa von Trapp in The Sound of MusicThe heart-warming 1965 musical The Sound of Music is such a perennial favourite that anyone connected with it in any capacity has basked in reflected glory for the rest of their lives. Such was the case of Heather Menzies,who has died of brain cancer aged 68. The blond, blue-eyed 16-year-old played 13-year-old Louisa, and the third oldest of the seven cute Von Trapp children taught to sing catchy Rodgers and Hammerstein songs by Maria,the fresh-faced singing nun-turned-governess played by Julie Andrews. With Andrews and the other six children, Menzies sang execute-Re-Mi, or The Lonely Goatherd,So Long, Farewell, and My Favourite Things,Edelweiss and the title song against spectacular Tyrolean scenery.
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Source: guardian.co.uk