June Lang

Actor: June Lang

Born: May 05, 1915 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Occupation: Actor
Active: '30s-'40s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Wee Willie Winkie, The Road to Glory, The Country Doctor
First Major Screen Credit: Music in the Air (1934)

Biography

Onetime dancer June Lang became a blond movie starlet at Fox Studios at the age of 16. For the first two years of her career, she was billed under her given name of Vlasek; her most memorable role during that period was in the elaborate Fox fantasy Chandu the Magician (1932). After "becoming" June Lang in 1934, she appeared with Laurel and Hardy in Bonnie Scotland (1935) with Warner Baxter and Fredric March in The Road to Glory (1936), and as Shirley Temple's mother in Wee Willie Winkie (1937). She also co-starred with brunette Fox contractee Lynn Bari in Meet the Girls (1938), an abortive attempt to launch a series of "smart girl/dumb girl" comedies. After her marriage to convicted mobster John Rosselli, Lang's career spiraled downward. By 1943, she was playing unbilled bits in films like Flesh and Fantasy (1943) and Up in Arms (1944). June Lang's last film was the PRC quickie Lighthouse (1947). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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June Lang
in Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Born	Winifred June Vlasek May 5, 1917(1917-05-05) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	May 16, 2005 (aged 88) Valley Village, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1931—1961
Spouse(s)	Victor M. Orsatti (1937–1938) John Roselli (1939–1943) John Morgan (1946–1952)

June Lang (May 5, 1917 – May 16, 2005) was an American film actress.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 References
5 External links

Early life

Born Winifred June Vlasek in Minneapolis, Minnesota (parents: Edith and Clarence Vlasek), she originally trained as a dancer in "kiddie reviews" and went to Hollywood at the urging of her mother.

Career

She made her film debut in 1931 and caught the eye of Darryl F. Zanuck at 20th Century Fox, gradually securing second lead roles in mostly "B movies." Noted for her fragile and demure appearance, she was usually cast as the little sister or the heroine's best friend in light comedies and adventure films. She soon graduated to leading roles, most notably in Bonnie Scotland (with Laurel and Hardy, 1935), in The Road to Glory (with Fredric March and Lionel Barrymore—written in part by William Faulkner—1936), and in Wee Willie Winkie (directed by John Ford, with Shirley Temple, Cesar Romero, and Victor McLaglen, 1937).

Personal life

June Lang first married her agent, Victor Orsatti, in 1937 (divorced 1938), but her reputation as a wholesome leading lady was tarnished when she married Johnny Roselli, a reputed mobster, April 1, 1940 (divorced March 1943).^[1] Her studio released her from her contract the same year, and although she divorced Roselli, she found it difficult to secure film work. She married John Morgan in 1946 (divorced 1952), with whom she had a daughter.

She retired in 1947 after struggling to reestablish her film career for several years, although she occasionally appeared in minor roles on TV.

Lang died just 11 days past her 88th birthday in Valley Village, California. She is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

References

Quinlan, David. Quinlan's Film Stars. Batsford Books, 1996 edition. ISBN 0-7134-7751-2

^ FBI FOIAJohn Roselli FBI FOIA files

External links

June Lang at the Internet Movie Database
June Lang at Find a Grave
Photographs of June Lang

Persondata
NAME	Lang, June
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vlasek, Winifred June
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actress
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH	May 16, 2005
PLACE OF DEATH	Valley Village, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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