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Jean Heather

Jean Heather

Born: 1921-02-21 • Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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.

Filmography
Red Stallion In The Rockies poster
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949 • Cynthia 'Cindy' Smith
The Last Round-up poster
The Last Round-up
1947 • Carol Taylor
The Well Groomed Bride poster
The Well Groomed Bride
1946 • Wickley
Murder, He Says poster
Murder, He Says
1945 • Elany Fleagle
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay poster
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944 • Frances Smithers
No Image
The National Barn Dance
1944 • Betty
Double Indemnity poster
Double Indemnity
1944 • Lola Dietrichson
Going My Way poster
Going My Way
1944 • Carol James