June Fairchild
| June Fairchild | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June Edna Wilson September 3, 1946 Manhattan Beach, California, U.S. |
| Died | February 17, 2015 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | liver cancer |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1966-1978 |
June Edna Fairchild (September 3, 1946 – February 17, 2015) was an American actress and dancer. Fairchild starred or co-starred in more than a dozen major notable film roles before her addictions to drugs and alcohol effectively ended her professional acting career.
Fairchild was born June Edna Wilson on September 3, 1946, in Manhattan Beach, California. Her father was a musician who specialized in writing gospel songs and music. Fairchild was raised in Manhattan Beach and graduated from Aviation High School in Redondo Beach. She was hired as a member of the Gazzarri Dancers on the 1960s syndicated variety show, Hollywood A Go-Go, after graduating from high school.
During the 1960s, Fairchild lived with her then-boyfriend, Danny Hutton, the lead singer of Three Dog Night for several years. Fairchild conceived the band's name, Three Dog Night, after reading that indigenous Australian aborigines judged the coldness of a night by the number of dingos they had to curl up with to stay warm.
In the late 1960s and 1970s Fairchild had a successful acting career. She co-starred in Head, which was a vehicle for The Monkees, in 1968; Drive, He Said, which was directed by Jack Nicholson, in 1971; Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, which starred Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges, in 1974; and the 1978 Cheech & Chong film, Up in Smoke, in which she appeared as a drug addict who snorts Ajax soap powder.
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