Heather O'Rourke

American actress (1975–1988)
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Heather O'Rourke
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Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[11]
Date of birth
December 27, 1975
Date of death
February 1, 1988
Place of birth
San Diego
Place of death
San Diego
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Notable work
Poltergeist[10]
Cause of death
septic shock[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
End of work period
1988[19]
Family name
O'Rourke[13]
Given name
Heather[14]
Manner of death
natural causes[16]
Native language
English[9]
Start of work period
1981[18]
Writing language
English[21]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 51
VIAF cluster ID
59295451
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2006035902
AllMovie person ID
p53639
Allcinema person ID
62662
AlloCiné person ID
3243
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14212097z
CINE21 person ID
52853
CONOR.SI ID
203906659
CineMagia person ID
18947
Danish National Filmography person ID
7734
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Elonet person ID
229875
Famous Birthdays ID
people/heather-orourke
Fandango person ID
503557
Film.ru person ID
hezer-orurk
Filmweb.pl person ID
41592
Find a Grave memorial ID
1173
Freebase ID
/m/03d9vs
Geni profile ID
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IMDb ID
nm0001576
ISzDb person ID
26875
IdRef ID
291145582
Ivi person ID
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Kinobox person ID
26120
Kinopoisk person ID
139114
LdiF person ID
72452
MYmovies person ID
19653
NNDB people ID
539/000066341
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810579696205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1533889
PORT person ID
103703
Personality Database profile ID
1786569
Rotten Tomatoes ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Scope.dk person ID
19740
Sinemalar person ID
34100
Swedish Film Database person ID
92796
TCM Movie Database person ID (archived)
143731
TMDB person ID
10086
TV Maze person ID
161201
Trading Card Database name ID
184116
WikiTree person ID
O'Rourke-974
WorldCat Entities ID
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ČSFD person ID
25451

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Summary

Heather O'Rourke was born on December 27, 1975[1], in San Diego[2]. She died on February 1, 1988[3], in San Diego[4]. She worked as a film actor[5] and television actor[6].

FAQs

Where was Heather O'Rourke born?

Heather O'Rourke was born in San Diego[2].

Where did Heather O'Rourke die?

Heather O'Rourke passed away in San Diego[4].

What did Heather O'Rourke do for work?

Heather O'Rourke worked as a film actor[5] and television actor[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · 12u · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IdRef ID → 291145582
    "Changed claim: Image: Heather O'Rourke in Happy Days (1982 ABC Press photo).jpg"
  2. 9w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person ID → 62662
    "Created claim: Allcinema person ID: 62662, Matched to ヘザー・オルーク (#322016370) in Allcinema person #mix'n"
  3. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    TV Maze person ID → 161201
    "Created claim: TV Maze person ID: 161201, batch #270242"
  4. 10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 34100
    "Created claim: Sinemalar person ID: 34100, batch #270112"
  5. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 7AF6-E79A-CB4A-2E0D-682B
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46458: HAND ID (5)"
  6. 16w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → female
    Start of work period → 1981
    Official website → http://www.heatherorourke.net
    Occupation → film actor, television actor
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #42112"
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