A British actress who was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for her work in cinema. She was married and had one child. Her most important works include Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937), Peter Pan (1953),...Read more and Suspicion (1941). She was the youngest of two daughters to a father working as a chemistry lecturer at the University of Oxford. He was killed in an explosion in 1917. Her mother moved to London, where Heather studied theater and began her artistic career working with a touring theater company in 1926. Her first movie, City of Song (1931), was a British-German joint production. After making several films, she headed in 1932 to California, USA, to try her luck in Hollywood and made the movie Pilgrimage (1933). Her cinematic works continued in abundance during the 30s until the mid-40s. She worked on Broadway for the first time in 1937 and appeared in the Oscar-winning film Kitty Foyle (1940). She stopped for theatrical work until the beginning of the 50s when she participated in television work and Walt Disney movies. She appeared in her last work in 1979. She died in Santa Barbara, California, USA on December 13, 1986 of cancer.
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A British actress who was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for her work in cinema. She was married...Read more and had one child. Her most important works include Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937), Peter Pan (1953), and Suspicion (1941). She was the youngest of two daughters to a father working as a chemistry lecturer at the University of Oxford. He was killed in an explosion in 1917. Her mother moved to London, where Heather studied theater and began her artistic career working with a touring theater company in 1926. Her first movie, City of Song (1931), was a British-German joint production. After making several films, she headed in 1932 to California, USA, to try her luck in Hollywood and made the movie Pilgrimage (1933). Her cinematic works continued in abundance during the 30s until the mid-40s. She worked on Broadway for the first time in 1937 and appeared in the Oscar-winning film Kitty Foyle (1940). She stopped for theatrical work until the beginning of the 50s when she participated in television work and Walt Disney movies. She appeared in her last work in 1979. She died in Santa Barbara, California, USA on December 13, 1986 of cancer.