Actor
Jean Heather
Born February 21, 1921 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Died October 29, 19958 films
Jean Heather (February 21, 1921 – October 29, 1995) was an American actress who appeared in eight feature films during the 1940s.
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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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First watchDouble Indemnity19448.1as Lola DietrichsonA major role in one of the best-rated films of their career.An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
8 films as actor- 1949Red Stallion In The RockiesCynthia 'Cindy' Smith
- 1947The Last Round-upCarol Taylor
- 1946The Well Groomed BrideWickley
- 1945Murder, He SaysElany Fleagle
- 1944Our Hearts Were Young and GayFrances Smithers
- 1944The National Barn DanceBetty
- 1944Double IndemnityLola Dietrichson
- 1944Going My WayCarol James