Kim Walker (actress)

Kim Walker
Born Kimberly Anne Walker
(1968-06-19)June 19, 1968
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died March 6, 2001(2001-03-06) (aged 32)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death Brain cancer
Resting place Pinelawn Memorial Park
Occupation Actress
Years active 1986–2000

Kimberly Anne "Kim" Walker (June 19, 1968 – March 6, 2001) was an American film and television actress. One of her best known roles was that of Heather Chandler in the 1988 black comedy Heathers.[1]

A graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York City,[2] in 1999, Walker was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She died at her Los Angeles home on March 6, 2001 at the age of 32.[3] She is interred in Pinelawn Memorial Park in Farmingdale, New York.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Crime Story Episode: "Old Friends, Dead Ends"
1987 Student Exchange Kit Television movie
1988 Heathers Heather Chandler
1989 TV 101 Becky Episode: "Clicks"
1989 Say Anything... Sheila
1989 Highway to Heaven Ellen Kayhill Episode: "The Source"
1989 Deadly Weapon Traci
1989 The Preppie Murder Candace Television movie
1990 The Outsiders Cherry Valance 13 episodes
1990 Hunter Allison Janowitz Episode: "Where Echoes End"
1991 The Julie Show Kiki Television movie
1992 Nervous Ticks Janice
1992 Picket Fences Debbie Caton Episode: Pilot
1993 Matlock Becky Smith Episode: "The Competition"
1993 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Caitlin Ward Episode: "Mail Order Brides"
1994 The Favor Jill Topical Alternative title: The Indecent Favour
1994 Gambler V: Playing for Keeps Louisa Television movie
1995 A Reason to Believe Judith
1998 Somewhere in the City Molly, Texas Acting Student
2000 Killing Cinderella Laurel

References

  1. ↑ Maslin, Janet (March 31, 1989). "When a Not-So-Bad Girl Turns Very, Very Bad". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Jennifer Aniston's double heartbreak as BOTH her 'lost love' and best friend, who starred in cult classic Heathers, died of brain cancer", The Daily Mail, January 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kim Walker". People (Time, Inc.) 72: 46. 2001.

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