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Jean Heather

Jean Heather

Birthday: 1921-02-21 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies

as    Cynthia 'Cindy' Smith

1946
The Well Groomed Bride

as    Wickley

1945
Murder, He Says

as    Elany Fleagle

1944
The National Barn Dance

as    Betty

1944
Going My Way

as    Carol James

1944
Double Indemnity

as    Lola Dietrichson