ACTOR

Heather O'Rourke

1975 - 1988

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Heather Michele O'Rourke (December 27, 1975 – February 1, 1988) was an American child actress. She had her breakthrough starring as Carol Anne Freeling in the supernatural horror film Poltergeist (1982), which received critical acclaim and established her as an influential figure in the genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heather O'Rourke has received more than 9,863,544 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Heather O'Rourke is the 5,520th most popular actor (down from 4,985th in 2019), the 8,039th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,410th in 2019) and the 2,502nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 9.9M

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  • 46.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Heather O'Rourke ranks 5,520 out of 13,578. Before her are Eva Mattes, Babita, Lorna Luft, Glenne Headly, Rakhee Gulzar, and Katrin Sass. After her are Walton Goggins, Alan Napier, Vijay Amritraj, Gwen Verdon, Dean Butler, and Duane Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Heather O'Rourke ranks 156. Before her are M.I.A., Alessio Tacchinardi, Tom DeLonge, James D'Arcy, Eric Szmanda, and Luiz Bombonato Goulart. After her are Sara Gilbert, Prince Ali bin Hussein, Robbie Fowler, Cristiano Lucarelli, Aksel Hennie, and Brian Littrell. Among people deceased in 1988, Heather O'Rourke ranks 206. Before her are Alf Kjellin, Plácido Galindo, Aya Kitō, Bernard Leene, Hans Lewy, and Ralph Meeker. After her are Alan Napier, Lazarus Salii, Duane Jones, Roger Hargreaves, Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, and Lyman Lemnitzer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Heather O'Rourke ranks 8,039 out of 20,380. Before her are Johnny Dodds (1892), Lorna Luft (1952), Jaden Smith (1998), Glenne Headly (1955), Edward Hicks (1780), and Isabel Briggs Myers (1897). After her are Larry Williams (1935), Walton Goggins (1971), Christopher Paolini (1983), Theda Skocpol (1947), Scott O'Dell (1898), and Bobby Heenan (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Heather O'Rourke ranks 2,502. Before her are Joe Roberts (1871), John Shea (1949), Laura Leighton (1968), Kay Francis (1905), Lorna Luft (1952), and Glenne Headly (1955). After her are Walton Goggins (1971), Gwen Verdon (1925), Duane Jones (1937), Moira Kelly (1968), Arthur Freed (1894), and Everett Sloane (1909).

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Television and Movie Roles

Poltergeist
Carol Anne Freeling
Upon realizing that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve Freeling calls in a team of parapsychologists to help before it's too late.
Jun 4th 19827.1 / 10
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Carol Anne Freeling
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religeous zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.
May 23rd 19866 / 10
Poltergeist III
Carol Anne Freeling
Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?
Jun 10th 19885.2 / 10