Biography
Jane Galloway Heitz was an American actress and casting agent. Born in Minneapolis on 18 September 1941, she worked for many years in Chicago as a casting director, where she helped launch the careers of actors including Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Richard Kind and Eric Stonestreet. She sold her agency in 1997 to concentrate on acting.
Heitz made her feature-film debut as Dorothy in David Lynch's The Straight Story (1999). She later appeared in small roles in films such as Just Visiting (2001) and I Know Who Killed Me (2007), and in guest parts on television series including ER, Grey's Anatomy, Monk, The Big Bang Theory, Glee (as Lillian Adler) and Shameless. She died on 13 November 2019 in Highland Park, Illinois, aged 78.
