June Lockhart
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Born in New York City on June 25, 1925, the daughter of actors
Gene Lockhart and
Kathleen Lockhart, June Lockhart made
her professional debut at age eight in a Metropolitan Opera production
of "Peter Ibbetson", playing Mimsey in the dream sequence. In the
mid-1930s, the Lockharts relocated to California, where father Gene
enjoyed a long career as one of the screen's great character actors.
June made her screen debut in MGM's version of
A Christmas Carol (1938),
playing--appropriately enough the daughter of stars
Gene Lockhart and
Kathleen Lockhart. June appeared in a
dozen or more movies before 1947, when she made her Broadway bow
playing the ingénue in the comedy "For Love or Money" with
John Loder. She got a standing ovation on
opening night; one critic compared her debut to the first big hits of
Helen Hayes and
Margaret Sullavan. The overnight toast
of Broadway, she went on to win a Tony Award, the Donaldson Award, the
Theatre World Award and the Associated Press citation for Woman of the
Year for Drama for her work in that play. On television, she has
co-starred in popular series like
Lassie (1954) and
Lost in Space (1965).
Gene Lockhart and
Kathleen Lockhart, June Lockhart made
her professional debut at age eight in a Metropolitan Opera production
of "Peter Ibbetson", playing Mimsey in the dream sequence. In the
mid-1930s, the Lockharts relocated to California, where father Gene
enjoyed a long career as one of the screen's great character actors.
June made her screen debut in MGM's version of
A Christmas Carol (1938),
playing--appropriately enough the daughter of stars
Gene Lockhart and
Kathleen Lockhart. June appeared in a
dozen or more movies before 1947, when she made her Broadway bow
playing the ingénue in the comedy "For Love or Money" with
John Loder. She got a standing ovation on
opening night; one critic compared her debut to the first big hits of
Helen Hayes and
Margaret Sullavan. The overnight toast
of Broadway, she went on to win a Tony Award, the Donaldson Award, the
Theatre World Award and the Associated Press citation for Woman of the
Year for Drama for her work in that play. On television, she has
co-starred in popular series like
Lassie (1954) and
Lost in Space (1965).