June Lockhart
| June Lockhart | |
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Lockhart in 1947
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| Born |
June 25, 1925 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1938–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Dr. John F. Maloney (m. 1951–59) John Lindsay (m. 1959–70) |
| Children |
Anne Kathleen Lockhart (b. 1953) June Elizabeth Lockhart (b. 1955) |
| Parent(s) |
Gene Lockhart Kathleen Arthur Lockhart |
June Lockhart (born June 25, 1925) is an American actress, primarily in 1950s and 1960s television, also with performances on stage and in film. She played the mother in two TV series, Lassie and Lost in Space. She also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968–70). She is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner.
Born on June 25, 1925, in New York City, Lockhart is the daughter of Canadian-born actor Gene Lockhart, who came to prominence on Broadway in 1933 in Ah, Wilderness!, and English-born actress Kathleen Arthur Lockhart. Her grandfather was John Coates Lockhart, "a concert-singer."
She attended the Westlake School for Girls in Beverly Hills, California.
Lockhart made her film debut opposite her parents in a film version of A Christmas Carol, in 1938. She also played supporting parts in films including Meet Me in St. Louis, Sergeant York, All This, and Heaven Too and The Yearling. Lockhart played the title role in She-Wolf of London (1946).
Lockhart debuted on stage at the age of eight, playing Mimsey in Peter Ibbetson, presented by the Metropolitan Opera. In 1947, her acting in For Love or Money brought her out of her parents' shadow and gained her notice as "a promising movie actress in her own right." One newspaper article began, "June Lockhart has burst on Broadway with the suddenness of an unpredicted comet."
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