June Callwood
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| Born |
June Rose Callwood June 2, 1924 Chatham, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 14, 2007 (aged 82) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Author Journalist Activist |
| Notable credit(s) |
Order of Canada Order of Ontario Toronto Arts Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award Canadian News Hall of Fame inductee |
| Spouse(s) | Trent Frayne |
| Children | Jill Frayne Brant Frayne Jesse Frayne Casey Frayne |
June Rose Callwood, CC OOnt (June 2, 1924 – April 14, 2007) was a Canadian journalist, author and social activist. She was born in Chatham, Ontario and grew up in nearby Belle River.
June Callwood grew up in Belle River with her younger sister Jane Callwood.
Callwood began her journalism career at her high school, Brantford Collegiate Institute, where she was editor of the school paper. She later worked for the Brantford Expositor. In 1942, she was offered a job with The Globe and Mail and moved to Toronto. She married journalist Trent Frayne two years later, but continued to use her own surname because The Globe and Mail at that time did not employ married women.
She ultimately left the Globe and Mail to raise a family but later resumed her career by becoming a freelance journalist, writing books and magazine pieces, many for Maclean's. Callwood ghost-wrote close to ten autobiographies for such prominent Americans as broadcaster Barbara Walters, film director Otto Preminger and Dr. Charles William Mayo. Frayne and Callwood also hosted the CBC Television talk show The Fraynes in the 1954-55 television season.
Callwood later entered television journalism, hosting the series In Touch on CBC Television from 1975 to 1978. She also hosted two series, National Treasure and Caregiving with June Callwood, for Vision TV.
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