About

Known credits:
8
Birthday:
1921-02-21
Place of birth:
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Website:
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Jean Heather

Overview

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).

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

Acting
1949 Red Stallion In The Rockies Actor Cynthia 'Cindy' Smith N/A
N/A
1947 The Last Round-up Actor Carol Taylor 59
Average
1946 The Well Groomed Bride Actor Wickley 58
Average
1945 Murder, He Says Actor Elany Fleagle 59
Average
1944 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Actor Frances Smithers 59
Average
1944 The National Barn Dance Actor Betty N/A
N/A
1944 Double Indemnity Actor Lola Dietrichson 76
Good
1944 Going My Way Actor Carol James 61
Fair