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Jean Heather

Acting
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.
Known For 7 titles
Double Indemnity (1944) subtitle poster
Double Indemnity
1944 Movie
as Lola Dietrichson
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Going My Way (1944) subtitle poster
Going My Way
1944 Movie
as Carol James
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Murder, He Says (1945) subtitle poster
Murder, He Says
1945 Movie
as Elany Fleagle
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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944) subtitle poster
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944 Movie
as Frances Smithers
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The Last Round-up (1947) subtitle poster
The Last Round-up
1947 Movie
as Carol Taylor
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Red Stallion In The Rockies (1949) subtitle poster
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949 Movie
as Cynthia 'Cindy' Smith
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The Well Groomed Bride (1946) subtitle poster
The Well Groomed Bride
1946 Movie
as Wickley
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