Jean Heather
Actor
- Born
- February 21, 1921 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Died
- October 29, 1995 (age 74)
Jean Heather (February 21, 1921 – October 29, 1995) was an American actress who appeared in eight feature films during the 1940s.
She acted in two Oscar-nominated movies in 1944: the crime drama Double Indemnity, in which she played Lola Dietrichson, a young woman convinced that her stepmother Phyllis (Barbara Stanwyck) is responsible for the murder of Lola's father, and Going My Way, where she played a runaway teenager assisted by Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby).
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Heather's acting career was cut short by an automobile accident in December 1947, in which she was thrown from her car onto the pavement and suffered severe facial lacerations.
Known for
Acting8
- 1949Red Stallion In The Rockies as Cynthia 'Cindy' Smith
- 1947The Last Round-up as Carol Taylor
- 1946The Well Groomed Bride as Wickley
- 1945Murder, He Says as Elany Fleagle
- 1944Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Frances Smithers
- 1944The National Barn Dance as Betty
- 1944Double Indemnity as Lola Dietrichson
- 1944Going My Way as Carol James