Jean Heather

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

Died: 1995-10-29

Known For: Acting

Biography

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

1949

Red Stallion In The Rockies as Cynthia 'Cindy' Smith

1947

The Last Round-up as Carol Taylor

1946

The Well Groomed Bride as Wickley

1945

Murder, He Says as Elany Fleagle

1944

Going My Way as Carol James
Double Indemnity as Lola Dietrichson
The National Barn Dance as Betty
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Frances Smithers