June Lockhart

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June Lockhart
Lockhart in Son of Lassie
Born	June 25, 1925 (1925-06-25) (age 84) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1938–present
Spouse(s)	Dr. John F. Maloney (1951–1959) (divorced) 2 children John Lindsay (1959–1972) (divorced)
Official website

June Lockhart (born June 25, 1925) is an American television and film actress, primarily in 1950s and 1960s TV. She is remembered as the mother on two TV series, Lassie and Lost in Space. She was Dr. Janet Craig on the hit CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction from 1968-1970.

Career

Born in New York City, Lockhart is the daughter of Canadian-born Gene Lockhart, who came to fame on Broadway in 1933 in Ah, Wilderness!, and English-born Kathleen Arthur Lockhart. She made her acting debut opposite her parents in A Christmas Carol, in 1938. She also played supporting parts in films as Meet Me in St. Louis, Sergeant York, and The Yearling. In 1946, Lockhart played the title role in She-Wolf of London.

In 1948, Lockhart won a Tony Award for Outstanding Performance by a Newcomer (a category that no longer exists) for her role on Broadway in For Love or Money. And in 1951, she starred in Lawrence Riley's biographical play Kin Hubbard opposite Tom Ewell. In the late 1950s she appeared in several popular television Westerns including: Wagon Train and Cimarron City on NBC and Gunsmoke, Have Gun - Will Travel, and Rawhide on CBS.

Lockhart is best known for her roles as TV mothers, first as Ruth Martin, the wife of Paul Martin (portrayed by Hugh Reilly), and the mother of Timmy Martin (played by Jon Provost) in the 1954 hit CBS series, Lassie (a role that she played from 1958-64). She replaced actress Cloris Leachman. Lockhart then became Dr. Maureen Robinson, the wife of Professor John Robinson (portrayed by Zorro actor Guy Williams) in the 1965-68 hit series, Lost in Space. The sci-fi program on CBS was popular, noted for the design of the sleek silver spacesuits, which Lockhart wore in many publicity photos.

The handprints of June Lockhart in front of Hollywood Hills Amphitheater at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.

Lockhart appeared as a regular in the ABC soap opera General Hospital in several different years, and as Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS sitcom Petticoat Junction, replacing Bea Benaderet, who died during the run of the show. She provided the voice of Martha Day, the lead character in the Hanna-Barbara animated series These Are the Days. Lockhart was the only actor or actress to have starred in three hit series during the 1960s.

In 1986, she appeared in the fantasy film, Troll. The younger version of her character in that movie was played by her daughter, Anne Lockhart. They had previously played the same woman at two different ages in a 1981 episode of the television series Magnum, P.I.. In 1991, Lockhart appeared as Miss Wiltrout, Michelle Tanner's kindergarten teacher on the TV sitcom Full House. She also had a cameo in the 1998 film Lost in Space, based on the television series she had starred in thirty years earlier.

In 2004, she voiced the role of Grandma Emma Fowler in Focus on the Family's The Last Chance Detectives audio cases. Lockhart has since guest starred an episodes of Cold Case and appeared in the 2007 ABC Family television movie Holiday in Handcuffs.

Personal life

In 1951, Lockhart married Dr. John F. Maloney at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. They had two daughters, June Elizabeth Lockhart and Anne Kathleen Lockhart (b. 1953). The couple divorced in 1959. She almost immediately remarried to John Lindsay, but they too divorced, in 1972. June has not married again.

Both daughters have taken their mother's maiden name for their stage names. One daughter, Junie Lockhart, also billed as Lizbeth Lockhart, had a brief acting career, while Anne Lockhart has appeared in films and television programs.

Selected filmography

1946 She-Wolf of LondonPhyllis Allenby

External links

• Official website
• June Lockhart at the Internet Broadway Database
• June Lockhart at the Internet Movie Database
• June Lockhart at TV.com