Jean Heather
Biography
Jean Heather was an American actress whose screen work consisted of eight feature films in the 1940s. Born in Omaha and raised in Oakland, California, she graduated from Oakland High School and then studied at the University of California at Berkeley, Oregon State University from 1940 to 1941, and the University of Washington in 1942. After finishing college she signed a contract with Paramount. In 1944 she took roles in two Oscar-nominated films: the crime drama Double Indemnity, playing Lola Dietrichson, a young woman convinced her stepmother Phyllis was behind her father's murder, and Going My Way, as a runaway teenager helped by Father O'Malley. Her acting career was cut short.
74years old at death
- Born Omaha
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Jean Hetherington (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 1 year1944 to 1945
Every film, newest first
- 1945Murder, He SaysIMDb rating 6.9
- 1944Double IndemnityIMDb rating 8.3
- 1944Going My WayIMDb rating 7.0
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