Barta Heiner

Barta Heiner

Barta Lee Heiner is an actress, director, and professor of acting. She has been head of the BFA acting program at Brigham Young University since 1993. In 1992 BYU honored her with the Maeser Teaching Award for her work and dedication to the school. She earned her bachelor’s degree in speech and drama from BYU. She completed her master’s degree in acting at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. She also studied at the Lee Strasberg Studio and with Estelle Harmon, both in Los Angeles, California. She has acted professionally with the Denver Centre Theatre and has taught and directed for the National Theatre Conservatory. Heiner has performed more than 100 roles and directed more than 40 productions She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has performed in films produced by the Church or created for members of the Church. She played Mary Whitmer in The Fourth Witness and played supporting roles in The Testaments: Of One Fold and One Shepherd, 17 Miracles, Brigham City, The Prodigal, and most recently, The Cokeville Miracle. Heiner directs at BYU, the Castle Amphitheater, the Covey Center, and other venues. She was both assistant director and associate director for the Hill Cumorah Pageant (1988–1990). Her services as an acting and dialogue coach and consultant are also in demand, and she has worked on the films The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd and Emma Smith, My Story. She has been involved with a student-mentored film project called Diantha’s Crossing, a project inspired by her great-great-aunt, Mormon pioneer Diantha Farr Clayton. Heiner has been an American College Theatre Festival Adjudicator. She is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actor’s Equity Association.

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Barta Heiner Movies

  • 1978
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    Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

    Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

    1 1978 HD

    A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach...

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  • 2024
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    Alien Country

    Alien Country

    5.3 2024 HD

    Reeling from the news of an unexpected pregnancy, Jimmy and Everly unknowingly release an alien invasion in their small town and learn to work...

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  • 2022
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    The Handbook

    The Handbook

    1 2022 HD

    Two Latter-day Saint Missionaries bring a Book of Mormon to a wicked lady.

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  • 2015
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    Just Let Go

    Just Let Go

    2.7 2015 HD

    After surviving a drunk driving accident that killed his pregnant wife and two kids, Chris Williams struggles to 'just let go' and forgive the young...

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  • 2018
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    Little Women

    Little Women

    6.4 2018 HD

    A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage...

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  • 2015
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    Once I Was a Beehive

    Once I Was a Beehive

    6.2 2015 HD

    After losing her father to cancer, a teenage girl reluctantly joins her new step-cousin at a summer camp for Mormon girls.

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  • 2011
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    Orcs!

    Orcs!

    3.8 2011 HD

    Faced with extinction, two park rangers are forced to defend the national park against hordes of rampaging orcs. Ancient and long forgotten, these...

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  • 2019
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    Check Inn to Christmas

    Check Inn to Christmas

    6.707 2019 HD

    Julia Crawley and Ryan Mason must unite their families during Crestridge's Centennial Christmas celebration in order to save their family inns from a...

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  • 2000
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    The Testaments

    The Testaments

    7.1 2000 HD

    This film depict events from the Life and ministry of Jesus Christ as recorded in the New Testament and the Book of Mormon. The story culminates with...

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  • 2001
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    Brigham City

    Brigham City

    6.4 2001 HD

    Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a woman from California is found murdered. Clayton...

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  • 2011
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    17 Miracles

    17 Miracles

    5.9 2011 HD

    As part of the Willie Handcart Company, Levi Savage (Jasen Wade) feared that leaving late in the season would lead to despair and death. What he came...

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  • 2021
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    Once I Was Engaged

    Once I Was Engaged

    4.2 2021 HD

    Sequel to the indie hit, "Once I Was a Beehive" and set about two years after that film took place. The young women and their leaders have grown up...

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  • 1996
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    Face of Evil

    Face of Evil

    6.3 1996 HD

    Using her girl-next-door looks to her advantage, Darcy Palmer is a calculating thief and murderer. After killing a young college student and taking...

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  • 1997
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    Divided by Hate

    Divided by Hate

    6.7 1997 HD

    When Carol Gibbs becomes involved with religious- and political-cult leader Steve Riordan's anti-government movement, she takes her children and...

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