• Name: Heather O'Rourke
  • Date of Birth: December 27, 1975
  • Place of Birth: San Diego, CA
Mini-bio: While eating lunch with her mother in the MGM commissary, five-year-old Heather O'Rourke was spotted by filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Within months, little Heather was cast in the Spielberg-produced sca... read morere piece Poltergeist, playing the little girl who becomes the conduit for the film's TV-dwelling spectres. Before she was seven, Heather had entered the collective pop-culture consciousness of America with her Poltergeist catchphrases "They're here!" and "They're baa-aack!" In the fall of 1982, Heather joined the cast of TV's Happy Days as regular Linda Purl's daughter; she went on to appear in several guest-star spots, as well as the two Poltergeist sequels. On the first day of February of 1988, Heather O'Rourke was rushed to the Children's Hospital of San Diego, complaining of chest pains (later revealed to be the result of septic shock); while undergoing surgery, the 12-year-old actress died of heart failure. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Replace this image with an actor photoHeather O'Rourke mini-bio: Her career began at the age of three doing commercial work, but she is best known for her role in the "Poltergeist" films. Before her tragic death at age 12 due to cardiopulmonary arrest, Heather was already a famous actress- but she claimed her proudest moment was being elected student body president by her fifth grade class.

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Eye color: Blue
Height: 4' 8" (1.42cm)
Nickname(s): Bernie, Heath
Notable feature(s): Her Long Blonde Hair
Education: Big Bear Elementary School, Tierra del Sol Middle School
Family: Kathleen (Mom), Mike (Dad) and Tammy (Older Sister)
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Personal interests/hobbies: Calligraphy, Singing, Dancing, Drawing and Baking.
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