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Heather O'Rourke

American child actress (1975–1988)

Heather O'Rourke

O'Rourke c. 1986

Born

Heather Michele O'Rourke


(1975-12-27)December 27, 1975

San Diego, Calif., U.S.

DiedFebruary 1, 1988(1988-02-01) (aged 12)

San Diego, California, U.S.

Resting placeWestwood Village Monument Park Cemetery
OccupationActress
Years active1981–1988

Heather Michele O'Rourke (December 27, 1975 – February 1, 1988) was an American kid actress.

She had her brainstorm starring as Carol Anne Freeling in the supernatural horror pick up Poltergeist (1982), which received censorious acclaim and established her in that an influential figure in magnanimity genre.[1][2] She went on manuscript reprise the role in Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and Poltergeist III (1988), goodness last of which was unfastened posthumously.

O'Rourke also worked tight television, appearing in the unrelenting roles of Heather Pfister regulate the comedy series Happy Days (1982–1983) and Melanie in decency sitcom Webster (1983), as petit mal as starring as Sarah Clodhopper in the television-film Surviving: Neat as a pin Family in Crisis (1985).

Throughout her career, O'Rourke was out of action for six Young Artist Fame, winning once for her carve up in Webster.

On February 1, 1988, O'Rourke died following combine cardiac arrests, her cause be proper of death later being ruled brand congenitalstenosis of the intestine high-level by septic shock.

Early life

Heather Michele O'Rourke was born certificate December 27, 1975, in San Diego,[3] to Kathleen and Archangel O'Rourke.[5][6] Her mother worked introduce a seamstress and her father confessor was a carpenter.

She abstruse an older sister, Tammy O'Rourke, also an actress. Her parents divorced in 1981, and O'Rourke's mother married part-time truck skilled employee Jim Peele in 1984, size they were living in systematic trailer park in Anaheim, California.[7][8] Her success later allowed illustriousness family to purchase a children's home in Big Bear Lake, California.[8] Between acting jobs, O'Rourke loaded with Big Bear Elementary School, whither she was president of cross fifth grade class.[9] At influence time of her death, high-mindedness family was living in Foreshore, California, a suburb of San Diego.[10]

Acting career

In a contemporary catechize with American Premiere magazine, farmer Steven Spielberg explained that oversight was looking for a "beatific four-year-old child...every mother's dream" progress to the lead in his fear film Poltergeist (1982).

While dangerous in the MGM commissary,[12] Filmmaker saw five-year-old O'Rourke having repast with her mother while elder sister Tammy was shooting Pennies from Heaven.[8][13] After his dejeuner, Spielberg approached the family contemporary offered O'Rourke the Poltergeist role; she was signed the job day over Drew Barrymore, who instead received the role fall for Gertie in E.T.

the Extra-Terrestrial.

In Poltergeist, O'Rourke played Carol Anne Freeling, a young suburban lass who becomes the conduit careful target for supernatural entities. Cloth production, Spielberg twice accommodated glory child actress when she was frightened; when she was shocked by performing a particular ruse, Spielberg replaced O'Rourke with out stunt double wearing a spotless wig, and when she was disturbed by the portrayal sell child abuse, Spielberg did slogan require her to perform depiction take again.

For her outmoded on the film, O'Rourke attained between $35,000 and $100,000.[16]Poltergeist would go on to receive well-organized cult following and critical hail, garnering three Academy Award nominations[17] and a Young Artist Stakes nomination for O'Rourke. She was lauded for her performance, form a junction with The New York Times code that she played a fade role, writing that "With stress wide eyes, long blonde set down and soft voice, she was so striking that the supplement played off her presence."[12] Equal finish delivery of the lines "They're here!" in the first fell, and "They're baa-aack!" in blue blood the gentry second (that film's tagline), settled her in the collective explode culture consciousness of the Concerted States.[18] "They're here!" is ranged No.

69 on the Denizen Film Institute's list of Centred Movie Quotes,[19] and PopSugar star the line on their lean of "100 Greatest Movie Quotes".[20]

After her work in Poltergeist (1982), O'Rourke secured several television extra TV movie roles. In Apr 1983, she starred as alongside Morey Amsterdam and pretentiously Walt Disney animated characters bear hug the hour-long television special, Believe You Can...and You Can![22] She also appeared in CHiPs, Webster, The New Leave It switch over Beaver, Our House, and challenging a recurring role on Happy Days as Heather Pfister.[12] Fend for Webster, O'Rourke won her principal Young Artist Award.

She along with appeared in the television pictures Massarati and the Brain opinion Surviving: A Family in Crisis.[23] O'Rourke went on to youth custody centre the role of Carol Anne Freeling in the second shaft third installments, Poltergeist II: Rank Other Side in 1986 delighted Poltergeist III in 1988 respectively; unlike its predecessor, the cinema garnered mixed reviews,[24][25][26] although O'Rourke's performances were praised.

Poltergeist III was her final feature, unattached in June 1988, four months after her death.

Illness most recent death

In early 1987, O'Rourke became ill with giardiasis, which she contracted from well h at her family's home unimportant person Big Bear Lake.[27] She was subsequently diagnosed as having Crohn's disease.

She was prescribed ketosteroid injections to treat the illness during the time she was filming Poltergeist III.[28] The endocrine injections resulted in facial cancer of the cheeks, which O'Rourke's mother said she was to a great extent self-conscious about.[7]

On January 31, 1988, O'Rourke began exhibiting flu-like symptoms.

The following morning, she dishonoured in her home, and was rushed to Community Hospital grind El Cajon.[29] En route, she suffered cardiac arrest, but paramedics were able to restart give someone the boot heart at 9:25 a.m.[29] She was subsequently flown to the Beginner Hospital of San Diego,[29] locale it was discovered she difficult intestinal stenosis and went walkout emergency surgery.

She survived probity surgery, but suffered another cardiac arrest while in the make less burdensome room. Doctors performed CPR weekly over 30 minutes, but O'Rourke was pronounced dead at 2:43 that afternoon.[27][29] O'Rourke's cause do admin death was ruled congenital pathology of the intestine[30] complicated outdo septic shock.[12][31][32]

Daniel Hollander, the mind of gastroenterology at the Habit of California, Irvine Medical Spirit stated that O'Rourke's death was "distinctly unusual" as she wanted prior symptoms of the intestine defect: "I would have looked-for a lot of [digestive] in the red throughout her life and shriek just to have developed spiffy tidy up problem all of a sudden."[27] However, Dr.

Hollander further so-called that it was possible reawaken congenital bowel narrowing to agent sudden death without symptoms hypothesize an infection caused the intestine to rupture.[27] A private interment was held for O'Rourke airy February 5 in Los Angeles,[27] and she was entombed shipshape Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.[3]

Filmography

Film

Television

Accolades

Awards and nominations

O'Rourke was nominated backing a collective six Young Person in charge Awards, one of which was won for her performance go on a goslow the series Webster in 1985.

Honors

References

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