---
name: "Jean Heather"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-heather"
fi1m_id: "jean-heather"
imdb_id: "nm0372742"
tmdb_id: 14977
wikidata_id: "Q276097"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 February 1921"
died: "29 October 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T01:06:52.007389+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jean Heather

## Identity

Jean Heather

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-heather
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-heather
- **IMDb ID:** nm0372742
- **TMDB ID:** 14977
- **Wikidata ID:** Q276097
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Heather, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372742/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14977

Actor. Born 21 February 1921 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Died 29 October 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 February 1921, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- **Died:** 29 October 1995
- **Also known as:** Jean Hetherington
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Heather, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372742/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14977

## Biography

Jean Heather (born Jean Heatherington) was an American actress. She appeared in eight feature films during the 1940s, including as Lola Dietrichson in *Double Indemnity* (1944) and as Carol James in *Going My Way* (1944).

Born on 21 February 1921 in Omaha, Nebraska, she graduated from Oakland High School after her family moved to California. She later attended the University of California at Berkeley, Oregon State University and the University of Washington before signing a contract with Paramount. Her other film credits include *Our Hearts Were Young and Gay* (1944), *The National Barn Dance* (1944), *Murder, He Says* (1945), *Duffy's Tavern* (1945), *The Well-Groomed Bride* (1946), *The Last Round-up* (1947) and *Red Stallion in the Rockies* (1949).

Heather married Arthur F. Meier in 1944. A serious automobile accident in December 1947 ended her acting career. She died on 29 October 1995 in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Double Indemnity* (1944), Fi1m 92, as Lola Dietrichson — [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md)
- *Going My Way* (1944), Fi1m 74, as Carol James — [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Red Stallion In The Rockies* (1949), as Cynthia 'Cindy' Smith
- *The Last Round-up* (1947), as Carol Taylor
- *The Well Groomed Bride* (1946), as Wickley
- *Murder, He Says* (1945), as Elany Fleagle
- *Our Hearts Were Young and Gay* (1944), as Frances Smithers
- *The National Barn Dance* (1944), as Betty
- *Double Indemnity* (1944), as Lola Dietrichson — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md)
- *Going My Way* (1944), as Carol James — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)

## Gallery

- ![Jean Heather](https://film.one/media/person/103480/gallery-1fcbd40ffa27.jpg) Jean Heather — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Jean_Heather.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jean Heather Publicity Photo Paramount Pictures, 1944 (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/103480/gallery-bb4706a313dc.jpg) Jean Heather Publicity Photo Paramount Pictures, 1944 (2021) — Jumpin Jiminy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Jean_Heather_1944.jpg/1280px-Jean_Heather_1944.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Publicity still of Jean Heather in 1945.](https://film.one/media/person/103480/gallery-4f5db85974d7.jpg) Publicity still of Jean Heather in 1945. — Paramount Pictures / Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Jean_Heather_1945.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jean Heather](https://film.one/media/person/103480/gallery-0cd085cc7263.jpg) Jean Heather — Image via TMDB

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