Trivia

Met late husband Robert Urich when they appeared together in a Libby's Corned Beef Hash commercial.

Ovarian cancer survivor.

She married actor Robert Urich in 1975. After her husband's death in 2002, she founded the Robert Urich Foundation, which raises funds for cancer research.

Children: Ryan Urich (45), Emily (43), and Allison (26), as of March 2024.

She is survived by three children and eight grandchildren.

She was godmother to the son of Kym Karath, her co-star in La Mélodie du bonheur (1965). They had become close friends despite the fact that while filming that movie's rowboat scene, Kym swallowed too much water and threw up on Heather -- Julie Andrews was designated to catch her but Kym fell off the wrong side of the boat and, as a result, Heather had to get Kym.

Distant cousin of La Mélodie du bonheur (1965) co-star Angela Cartwright and Ewan McGregor.

Lives in California with her 3 children. (April 2002)

Has a production company with her La Mélodie du bonheur (1965) co-star Angela Cartwright.

Lives in Los Angeles with her youngest daughter Alison. (December 2005)

Her ashes were given to her son, Ryan Urich.

She is a distant cousin of her La Mélodie du bonheur (1965) co star Charmian Carr, who also just passed away a year earlier in 2016. Both are descendants of English Menzies through their fathers.

Passed away less than a month before Bradford Dillman, whom she starred opposite in Piranha (1978).

Has two grandchildren Michelle (born 2004) and Lana (born 2005). (2005)

Sister-in-law of Tom Urich.

Aunt of Justin Urich.

Attended Hollywood High School.

Appeared in Playboy.

Heather went to Erindale Secondary High School. Heather attended Burroughs High School in Burbank, CA during her 10th and 11th grades, from 1964-1966. She was a member of the Burroughs Speech Club and acted in various Drama Deptartment productions.