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Heather O'Rourke Biography

Date of Birth:
Dec 27, 1975Birth Place:
San Diego, California, USA

Biography

An ethereal blonde child star, Heather O'Rourke became an overnight star with her eerie delivery of the line, "They're heeeere" in "Poltergeist" (1982). Cast by Steven Spielberg himself, O'Rourke's Carol Anne was the youngest child of a family plagued by ghosts in the influential horror hit, and in many ways became the most important figure of the franchise. After recurring on "Happy Days" (ABC, 1974-1984), she returned for "Poltergeist II: The Other Side" (1986) and sparked a thrilling new catchphrase, They're baaaaack." Eerily self-possessed with platinum blonde hair and a precious intelligence, O'Rourke proved enormously effective as the supernaturally-attuned Carol Anne, but in real life was a sweet-natured, down-to-earth child unaffected by her stardom or her horror films. After filming "Poltergeist III" (1988), the 12-year-old actress, who had been misdiagnosed with Crohn's disease, died on Feb. 1, 1988 from complications surrounding an undiagnosed acute b

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In the early Spring of 1975, Kathleen O’Rourke’s doctor delivered the wonderful news that she and her husband Michael had waited for several weeks to hear: they were going to have their second child. Overjoyed, they announced their pregnancy to family and friends, and with all of the accompanying anxiety, excitement, and anticipation of the arrival of another O’Rourke, they started planning for the birth that was to be expected at the end of that year. But in the weeks that followed, Kathleen, who had already gone through a normal pregnancy with her first child, began to feel that something was not quite right about this one. She voiced her concerns to her doctor, who tried reassuring the young couple, but their happiness became heartbreak when Kathleen suddenly became ill and was rushed to the hospital, where an examination confirmed their worst fears; she had suffered a miscarriage. It was a terrible shock for their small household, especially for three-year-old Tammy O’Rourke, who couldn’t quite understand why she was not going to have a new baby brother or sister that year. Th

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Heather Michele O'Rourke was born on December 27th, 1975 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in La Mesa, California. She weighed 7lbs 6oz.

Her Discovery
Steven Spielberg discovered the beautiful child who was abducted by ghosts at the MGM comissary. Spielberg wanted a "beautiful four-year-old, every mother's dream."

Spielberg spotted exactly what he was looking for when he saw four-year-old Heather O'Rourke at a nearby table. The director walked over and asked, who's the proud mother or agent of this child?"

He claimed that two hands went up immediately--the mother's and the agent's.

He signed O'Rourke the next day.

Acting Life
As the angelic Carol Anne, who's kidnapped by demons residing in the family's T.V. set, Heather turned in a performance that, according to New York Times' Vincent Canby, "ranks with the best work ever done by children in Hollywood." And her eeire annoncement of the poltergeists' arrival, "They're here," ranks with the most chilling lines ever uttered in a horror movie.

"She's very professional," said her mother, Kathleen, though pro