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    Heather O'Rourke

    American actress

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  1. Jul 18, 2017 · Compared to all that, then, rumors that have persisted for decades that producer Steven Spielberg, not credited director Tobe Hooper, actually directed the film are no big deal.

    • Katie Rife
  2. Sep 22, 2022 · Dominique Dunne, who was 22, was killed by her ex-boyfriend in the fall of 1982, just a few months after the film’s debut. And Heather ORourke, who was five during the making of Poltergeist...

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    • Anthony Breznican
  3. In a contemporary interview with American Premiere magazine, producer Steven Spielberg explained that he was looking for a "beatific four-year-old child...every mother's dream" for the lead in his horror film Poltergeist (1982). [9]

  4. Child actress Heather O'Rourke died in 1988. Photo / Supplied. A 1980s classic became known as Hollywood's most "cursed" film following the untimely death of a 12-year-old actress. Not only is...

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    • Bella Fowler
  5. Heather O’Rourke, a child star best known for the horror movie Poltergeist (and that spooky line “They’re heeere!”) whose life was tragically cut short at the age of 12, will be the focus...

  6. Jan 18, 2024 · Heather O'Rourke was a promising young actress who starred in the Poltergeist film series and other projects. She died at age 12 from a bowel obstruction that doctors misdiagnosed as Crohn's disease.

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  8. When her mother returned, the stranger introduced himself as Steven Spielberg. She failed her first audition when she laughed at a stuffed animal Spielberg presented her with.

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