June Lockhart

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June Lockhart (born June 25, 1925 in New York City) is an American television and film actress best known for her roles as the mothers on Lassie and Lost in Space.

She also appeared as a regular in the soap opera General Hospital in several different years, and as Dr. Janet Craig on Petticoat Junction, replacing Bea Benaderet, who died of cancer during the show's run. Lockhart was the only actress or actor to have starred in three hit series during the 1960's.

She was the only child of two actors: Canadian-born Gene Lockhart, who came to fame on Broadway in 1933 in Ah, Wilderness!, and his UK-born wife, Kathleen Lockhart, who appeared with her husband in many of his stage plays and several movies, including A Christmas Carol, in which June, as a teen, appeared. June also played supporting parts in films as Meet Me in St. Louis, Sergeant York, and The Yearling.

June Lockhart won a 1948 Tony Award for Outstanding Performance by a Newcomer (a category that no longer exists) for her role on Broadway in For Love or Money.

June Lockhart married Dr. John Lindsay (a.k.a. John F. Maloney) at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City in 1951, and Lockhart bore two daughters, Junie (Lizbeth) and Anne (b. 1953), before eventually divorcing in 1959. June Lockhart has never remarried.

On the other hand, Lockhart is something of a free spirit, was known for driving around in a fire engine, and has been known to cohabit with boyfriends. One employer did not renew her contract when he found out about this.

One daughter, Junie Lockhart, also billed as Lizbeth Lockhart, had only a brief acting career, but the other, Anne Lockhart appeared in several films and television programs, most prominently Battlestar Galactica. (Anne Lockhart married Adam C. Taylor (1966-1994) the son of actor Buck Taylor, and grandson of the actor Dub Taylor (1907-1994)).

Adam and Anne presented June Lockhart, Buck Taylor, and Dr. Maloney with two grandchildren, Carly Taylor and Zane Taylor, but son-in-law Adam was killed in an accident in 1994.

[edit] Filmography

A Christmas Carol (1938)
All This and Heaven Too (1940)
Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
Forever and a Day (1943)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
Son of Lassie (1945)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Easy to Wed (1946)
The Yearling (1946)
It's a Joke, Son (1947)
Bury Me Dead (1947)
T-Men (1947)
Time Limit (1957)
Lassie: A Christmas Tail (1963)
Lassie's Great Adventure (1965)
Walk Safe, Young America (1975) (short subject)
Just Tell Me You Love Me (1980)
Deadly Games (1982)
Butterfly (1982)
Strange Invaders (1983)
Troll (1986)
Rented Lips (1988)
C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud (1989)
The Big Picture (1989)
Dead Women in Lingerie (1991)
Sleep with Me (1994)
Tis the Season (1994)
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995) (documentary) (narrator)
Lost In Space (1998)
Deterrence (1999)
The Thundering 8th (2000)
Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm (2006) (voice) (currently in pre-production)