Ariel Heath

{{Short description|American actress (1922–1973)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Ariel Heath

| image = Ariel Heath in Career Girl (1944).jpg

| caption = Heath in Career Girl (1944)

| birth_name = Ariel Heath Dean{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12016049/the-daily-news-leader/|title=Ariel Heath Dean Becomes Bride Of Charles J. Fix|work=The Daily News Leader|location=Staunton, Virginia|date=October 25, 1964|access-date=January 18, 2022|page=17|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|01|01|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|07|21|1922|01|01|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1942–1945

| spouse = Shipley Bayliss

}}

Ariel Heath Dean (January 1, 1922 – July 21, 1973) was an American actress.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/615716170/|title=Ariel Heath, 'Whistle Blonde,' Is Pinup Girl for the Week|first=Edith|last=Lindeman|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|location=Richmond, Virginia|date=October 17, 1942|access-date=January 18, 2022|page=15|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19405779/alton-evening-telegraph/|title=Meet the Stars|first=Tedwell|last=Chapman|work=Alton Evening Telegraph|location=Alton, Illinois|date=November 14, 1942|access-date=January 18, 2022|page=13|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19405661/the-evening-sun/|title=Starlet Ariel Heath Termed Replica Of Late Jean Harlow|work=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|date=September 25, 1942|access-date=January 18, 2022|page=30|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} She is best known for appearing in The Leopard Man (1943), The Black Hills Express (1943) and Career Girl (1944).

Heath was born in Lexington, Kentucky. She was married to Shipley Bayliss. She died in July 1973 in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 51.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspxActorID=65101|title=Ariel Heath|work=aveleyman.com|access-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105131700/https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=65101|archive-date=November 5, 2018|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}