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Heather Michele O'Rourke (December 27, 1975 -
February 1, 1988) was an United States|American
child actress who starred in the Poltergeist movie
series|Poltergeist movie trilogy.

Heather O'Rourke was discovered in 1980 by Steven
Spielberg while eating lunch at the MGM Studios
Commissary.  Spielberg was looking for someone to
play the part of 5-year-old "Carol-Anne Freeling"
in his upcoming production of Poltergeist. He
originally thought that she was too young for the
part (she was four at the time) but after an
interview and a "scream test", he cast her in the
role.

Poltergeist was released in June 1982, and
Heather's line: "They're he-eere!" entered
American pop culture.

Her success in Poltergeist immediately led to
television work, and in 1982-3 she was briefly a
regular on the sitcom Happy Days, playing the
daughter of Fonzie's girlfriend. 

In 1986, Poltergeist II was released, and once
again, Heather coined another pop-culture phrase,
when she said "They're ba-aaack!"

Heather began filming Poltergeist III in 1987, and
the movie was set to be released in 1988.

On February 1, 1988, a few weeks before some
scheduled additional filming of Poltergeist III,
Heather became ill suddenly and was rushed to the
hospital where it was discovered that she had
developed an acute bowel obstruction.  Despite
emergency surgery, Heather died from septic shock
and infection, complications of the obstruction. 
She was 12 years old.

==External links==
* http://www.heatherorourke.co.uk/
www.heatherorourke.co.uk
*
http://www.geocities.com/heatherorourke_alittleang
el/ Heather O'Rourke~ A Little Angel
* http://www.heatherorourke.net/ The Heather
O'Rourke Memorial Site
* imdb name|id=0001576|name=Heather O'Rourke