June Lockhart

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The Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard reveals five stars bearing the name Lockhart. Two are for June Lockhart, who, with an Emmy nomination, a Tony Award, and an Associated Press Woman of the Year in Drama citation, carries on the family tradition set by her father, actor Gene Lockhart and her mother, actress Kathleen. She has two daughters, Anne and June, and three grandchildren.

June is a third generation performer. Her grandfather, John Coates Lockhart, was a noted singer. June made her career debut at the age of eight on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in "Peter Ibbetson." At twelve she appeared as Belinda Cratchet in the motion picture version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", which also starred her parents. Now a film classic, it is revived annually on TV at Christmas time, much to her delight.

Before finishing school at Westlake School for Girls, June had appeared in significant roles in such now famous films as "All This and Heaven Too" with Bette Davis and Charles Boyer, "Sergeant York", with Gary Cooper, and "Adam Had Four Sons" with Ingrid Bergman. Following graduation, she was signed to a contract by MGM and continued her career in such favorite films as "The White Cliffs of Dover," "Meet Me in St. Louis," "The Yearling", and "Son of Lassie," the latter a harbinger of things to come.

Leaving MGM, June appeared in her first Broadway play, winning critical praise as the ingenue in F. Hugh Herbert's "For Love or Money." For this performance she won the Donaldson Award, the Theater World Award, was named Woman of the Year in Drama by the Associated Press, and received the first Tony Award for Best Debut Performance.

Since then, June has starred in many comedy and dramatic TV series, movies for television and specials. "Lassie," in which she starred for six years won her an Emmy nomination. It was followed by three years in "Lost in Space" and two in "Petticoat Junction."

Since 1984 June has appeared intermittently as Maria, Felicia's grandmother on "General Hospital." Seen throughout the world, these series have made her an international star greeted by enthusiastic fans on her travels to Europe, the Orient, India and South America, as well as several U.S. Theatrical tours.

Among the many reasons for June's lasting popularity are her enthusiasm for anything she undertakes, her sense of humor, and her professionalism. Articulate, literate, a concerned citizen, she has an intense interest in the events of our time. She is an avid student of medicine and political journalism. For fifteen years, June was a director of the First Federal Bank of California. She chairs the bank's Executive Committee on the Community Reinvestment Act. She is also a speaker for the Federal Reserve Bank.

June is warm, friendly, a great hostess, and a lively conversationalist. She often appears on interview and talk shows. She is an avid fan of both the Kings Hockey Team and the Los Angeles Lakers Basketball Team. June is a member of the Radio and Television News Directors Association and the National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts. She is often an observer at the White House Press Briefings, and is the Ambassador for the California State Parks System.

June has ridden a camel in New Delhi, an elephant in the circus, and cuddled gorillas, orangutans and tigers. she is a "zoo freak." She has owned and driven a 1923 Seagrave fire engine, flown a blimp, is an antique car buff, a member of the Teamsters Union, flown in a hot air balloon, driven the Army's largest tank - the M60A1 weighing in at 53 tons at Fort Knox. Recently, she sat at the throttle of the Canadian VIARAIL with two diesel engines on the night trip through the Rockies and went dog sledding in a snow storm in Canada. She has traveled the Amazon River and the Arctic Circle. June flew in "Lost in Space," one of the most difficult stunts in the film.

She is actively involved in International Hearing Dog, Inc., a program in which dogs are rescued from Animal Shelters and trained to be the ears for the deaf.

Thomas Edison introduced her parents, her ancestor is John Gibson Lockhart, author, publisher, son-in-law and biographer of Sir Walter Scott. Her father composed "The World is Waiting For the Sunrise." She was in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston when the song was played to awaken the astronauts on a recent Columbia shuttle flight. June is often a guest of NASA in Houston. She has been present for 2 shuttle launches.

On New Years Day 1997, June rode on the Edison float in the Rose Parade. June is invited yearly to the White House Correspondents Dinner, and she was also invited to the Clinton Presidential Inauguration and attended.

Thanks to June for faxing me her most recent biography!

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June Lockhart was born in New York City, the third generation of entertainers. Her grandfather was John Coates Lockhart, a concert singer; her father, the late Gene Lockhart, and her mother, Kathleen, were noted performers.

She made her professional debut when she was eight in the Metropolitan Opera's "Peter Ibbetson". At 12, she appeared in the movie version of Dicken's "A Christmas Carol", with her father and mother.

During her schooling at Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles, she appeared in films, including "All This and Heaven, Too" and "Sergeant York". After graduation, she was signed to an MGM contract and played top roles in such films as "Meet Me in St. Louis", "The Yearling" and "Son of Lassie".

In 1947-48, the ingenue role in the Broadway play "For Love or Money" brought her the Donaldson Award, The Antoinette Perry "Tony" Award, the Theater World Award and the Associated Press honor of Woman of the Year in Drama.

After 260 performances of "For Love or Money", she returned to Hollywood and soon was appearing on dramatic television shows.

Miss Lockhart joined the "Lassie" cast in September 1958 and remained with the series six years. Next, she joined the cast of "Lost in Space" for a three-year period. She is also a regular member of the panel show "Oh My Word", produced in San Francisco.

Miss Lockhart is married to architect-banker John Lindsay. They have two daughters, Ann Kathleen (born 9-6-53) and June Elizabeth (born 11-21-55).

CAPSULE CLOSE UP:

Born:	June 25, New York City
Education:	Westlake School for Girls, Los Angeles
Height, weight, coloring:	5'5", 120 lbs., blonde hair, blue eyes
Home:	Los Angeles
Private Life:	Married; two children

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Thanks to Viacom Publicity for this Biography

(please note that this biography is from the 1970's and is included for historical purposes)

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