Heather O'Rourke

She was only 12 years old.
See also:. In February of 1988, a few weeks before the scheduled final filming, Heather died of complications after emergency surgery for an acute bowel obstruction. Foujita said that with Kiki, they buried forever the glorious days of Montparnasse. O'Rourke began filming Poltergeist III in 1987, and the movie was set to be released in 1988. When she died, a huge crowd of artists and fans attended her funeral. Her success in these films led to television work, and she was briefly a regular on the sitcom Happy Days playing the daughter of Fonzie's girlfriend. Even during difficult times, she maintained her positive attitude saying, "All I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of red (wine); and I will always find somebody to offer me that.".

In 1986, Poltergeist II was released, and once again, O'Rourke coined another pop-culture phrase, when she said "They're ba-aaack!". Her drawings and paintings comprised portraits and dreamy landscapes composed in a light, slightly uneven expressionist style that was very much a reflection of her own easy-going manner and boundless optimism. Poltergeist was released in June 1982, and Heather's line: "They're he-eere!" entered American pop culture. A capable painter in her own right, a sold-out exhibition of Kiki's own paintings was held in Paris' Galerie au Sacre du Printemps in 1927. 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", cast her in the role. She has a Daylily named after her: Kiki De Montparnasse. Spielberg was looking for someone to play the part of 5 year old "Carol Anne" in his upcoming production of Poltergeist. Long after her time, Kiki remains the embodiment of the outspokenness, audacity, and creativity that marked this period of Montparnasse.

Heather O'Rourke was discovered in 1980 by Steven Spielberg while she was eating lunch at the MGM studios commissary. Finally, in 1996, her book was translated and published. Heather Michele O'Rourke (December 27, 1975 - February 1, 1988) was an American child actress who starred in the Poltergeist movie trilogy. Kiki's Memoirs remained barred in the United States as late as the 1970s when it was still held in the section for banned books in the New York Public Library. This book was published the following year in New York City by Black Manikin Press but it was banned by the United States government. Ernest Hemingway and Tsuguharu Foujita provided the introduction for her 1929 memoirs.

She was the mistress of Man Ray, and a friend of Chaim Soutine, Jean Cocteau, Max Ernst and other artists. She also had a role in nine different motion pictures, including Fernand Leger's famous Ballet mécanique. The symbol of bohemian and creative Paris, at age 28 she was declared "Queen of Montparnasse." Her music hall performances, in black hose and garters, included crowd-pleasing raunchy songs, which somehow were both uninhibited yet inoffensive. Her partnership with Man Ray produced some of Surrealism's most significant images.

Alice Prin became one of the most famous artists' models ever, the most notable of which is a colection of photographs by Man Ray and the portrait of her painted by Moise Kisling titled Nu assis. At age 12 she was sent to Paris to be educated and by age 14 she was posing nude for sculptors. An illegitimate child, she was raised in abject poverty by her grandmother. Born in Chatillon-sur-Seine, Côte d'Or, Burgundy, France on October 2, 1901.

Kiki, was the stage name for Alice Ernestine Prin (1901 - 1953), a nightclub singer, actress, model, and painter. Kiki: Reine de la Montparnasse - Lou Mollgaard (In French - 1988). Kiki's Memoirs (translation by Samuel Putnam) - Kiki (1996).