Jean Heather

Born: 1921-02-21

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.


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Going My Way

as Carol James
Released: 1944-01-01

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining...

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Double Indemnity

as Lola Dietrichson
Released: 1944-07-06

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he...

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Murder, He Says

as Elany Fleagle
Released: 1945-06-23

Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public...

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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

as Frances Smithers
Released: 1944-11-02

In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and...

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The Well Groomed Bride

as Wickley
Released: 1946-05-17

A man and a woman fight over the last bottle of champagne left in San Francisco--she wants it...

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Red Stallion In The Rockies

as Cynthia 'Cindy' Smith
Released: 1949-05-02

Horse story with Dynamite, The Red Stallion...

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The Last Round-up

as Carol Taylor
Released: 1947-11-05

A rancher tries to convince an Indian tribe to relocate so their land can be used to provide...

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