Jo Heims

Joyce "Jo" Heims (January 15, 1930 – April 22, 1978) was an American screenwriter best known for her collaborations with actor-director Clint Eastwood. Born in Philadelphia, Heims moved out to the US west coast in early adulthood. She worked various jobs before starting a career writing for film and television during the 1960s. In addition to co-writing the story for Eastwood's role in Dirty Harry, Heims drafted the screenplay for Play Misty for Me, which served as Eastwood's own directorial debut in 1971. Heims continued to screenwrite throughout the decade before dying of breast cancer in 1978. 2Life and career Jo Heims was born in Philadelphia on January 15, 1930. She worked as a model, dancer, and fashion illustrator and moved out to California in the 1950s to become a writer in show business. Heims was first credited as a production secretary on the science fiction movie Missile to the Moon in 1958. She worked primarily as a secretary throughout the next decade while writing and selling screenplays on the side. Heims received writing credits in television and motion pictures in a wide range of genres for both independent and major film studio