June Lockhart Biography

June Lockhart (born June 25, 1925) is an American actress, primarily in 1950s and 1960s television, but with memorable performances on stage and in film too. She is remembered as the mother in two TV series, Lassie and Lost in Space. She also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968"70). She is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner.

Career

Born in New York City, Lockhart is the daughter of Canadian-born actor Gene Lockhart, who came to prominence on Broadway in 1933 in Ah, Wilderness!, and English-born actress Kathleen Arthur Lockhart. She made her acting debut opposite her parents in a film version of A Christmas Carol, in 1938. She also played supporting parts in films including Meet Me in St. Louis, Sergeant York, All This, and Heaven Too and The Yearling. Lockhart played the title role in She-Wolf of London (1946).

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 1955, she appeared in an episode of CBS's Appointment with Adventure. About this time, she also made several appearances on NBC's legal drama Justice, based on case files of the Legal Aid Society of New York. In the late 1950s, Lockhart guest starred in several popular television Westerns including: Wagon Train and Cimarron City (in the episode "Medicine Man" with Gary Merrill) on NBC and Gunsmoke, Have Gun " Will Travel, and Rawhide on CBS.

In 1958, she was the narrator for Playhouse 90 's telecast of the George Balanchine version of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, featuring Balanchine himself as Drosselmeyer, along with the New York City Ballet.

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 CBS series, Lassie (a role that she played from 1959"64). She replaced actress Cloris Leachman who had replaced Jan Clayton. Following her five-year run on Lassie Lockhart made a guest appearance on Perry Mason as defendant Mona Stanton Harvey in "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor." Lockhart then became Dr. Maureen Robinson, the wife of Professor John Robinson (portrayed by Zorro actor Guy Williams) in the Lost in Space (1965"68) series. The science fiction program on CBS was popular, remembered for the design of the sleek silver spacesuits, which Lockhart wore in many publicity photos. Lockhart appeared as Timmy's mom with other notable "TV Moms" in the 1995 Roseanne episode "The Clip Show: All about Rosey, part 2".

Lockhart appeared as Dr. Janet Craig on the final two seasons of the CBS sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968-70), her character brought in to fill the void created after Bea Benaderet died during the run of the show; she was a regular in the ABC soap opera General Hospital during the 1980s and 1990s. She provided the voice of Martha Day, the lead character in the Hanna-Barbera animated series These Are the Days. Lockhart was the only actor or actress to have starred in three hit series during the 1960s. Lockhart guest-starred in Quincy, M.E. numerous times.

In 1986, she appeared in the fantasy film, Troll. The younger version of her character in that film was played by her daughter, Anne Lockhart. They had previously played the same woman at two different ages in an episode of the television series Magnum, P.I. (1981). 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 2002, she appeared in two episodes of The Drew Carey Show as Lewis's mother, Misty Kiniski, alongside fellow TV mom Marion Ross, who played Drew's mother.

In 2004, she voiced the role of Grandma Emma Fowler in Focus on the Family's The Last Chance Detectives audio cases. Lockhart starred as James Caan's mother in an episode of Las Vegas in 2004. Lockhart has since guest starred on episodes of Cold Case and Grey's Anatomy, in the 2007 ABC Family television film Holiday in Handcuffs, and in the 2007 feature film Wesley.

In February 2013, Lockhart began filming for Tesla Effect, a video game that combines live-action footage with 3D graphics.

Personal life

In 1951, Lockhart married Dr. John F. Maloney. They had two daughters, Anne Kathleen Lockhart, born September 6, 1953 and June Elizabeth Lockhart, born two years later. The couple divorced in 1959. She married architect John Lindsay that same year. They divorced in October 1970. She has not married again.

Anne has taken her mother's maiden name for her stage name, and has appeared in films and television programs. June is marketing manager/art director for an international luxury furniture manufacturer headquartered in California, with showrooms around the world.

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1938	A Christmas Carol	Belinda Cratchit
1940	All This, and Heaven Too	Isabelle
1941	Adam Had Four Sons	Vance
1941	Sergeant York	Rosie York
1942	Miss Annie Rooney	Stella Bainbridge
1943	Forever and a Day	Girl in Air Raid Shelter	Alternate title: The Changing World
1944	Meet Me in St. Louis	Lucille Ballard
1944	The White Cliffs of Dover	Betsy Kenney at Age 18
1945	Keep Your Powder Dry	Sarah Swanson
1945	Son of Lassie	Priscilla
1946	She-Wolf of London	Phyllis Allenby
1947	T-Men	Mary Genaro
1982	Butterfly	Mrs. Helen Gillespie
1983	Strange Invaders	Mrs. Bigelow
1986	Troll	Eunice St. Clair
1988	Rented Lips	Archie's Mother
1989	C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.	Gracie
1994	Sleep with Me	Caroline
1998	Lost in Space	Principal Cartwright
2007	Wesley	Susanna Wesley
2009	Super Capers	Mother
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1949	The Ford Theatre Hour	Amy March	1 episode
1956	Science Fiction Theatre	Eve Patrick	1 episode
1957	The Joseph Cotten Show	Julie Baggs	1 episode
	The Kaiser Aluminum Hour	Verna	1 episode
1957"1958	Have Gun " Will Travel	Dr. Phyllis Thackeray	2 episodes
1958	Shirley Temple's Storybook	Beauty's Sister	1 episode
	Matinee Theater	Connie	1 episode
	Gunsmoke	Beulah	1 episode
	Playhouse 90	Narrator	1 episode
1959"1964	Lassie	Ruth Martin	200 episodes
1959	Rawhide	Rainy Dawson	1 episode
	General Electric Theater	Vera	1 episode
1964	Perry Mason	Mona Stanton Harvey	1 episode
	Bewitched	Mrs. Burns	1 episode
	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Dr. Ellen Bryce	1 episode
	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Sarah Taub	1 episode
1965	Branded	Mrs. Sue Pritchett	1 episode
	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Martha Hunter	1 episode
	Mr. Novak	Mrs. Nelby	1 episode, "Once a Clown"
1965"1968	Lost in Space	Maureen Robinson	84 episodes
1968"1969	Family Affair	Miss Evans	3 episodes
1968"1970	Petticoat Junction	Dr. Janet Craig	45 episodes
1971	The Man and the City	Ellen Lewis	1 episode
1974	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Lila	1 episode
	Adam-12	Mrs. Whitney	2 episodes
1975	Ellery Queen	Claudia Wentworth	1 episode
1976	Happy Days	Judge MacBride	1 episode
1976	Quincy, M.E.	Clara Rhoades	1 episode
1978	The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Mrs. Migley	1 episode
1981	Vega$	Dr. Michaels	1 episode
	Magnum, P.I.	Diane Westmore Pauley	1 episode
	Darkroom	Margo Haskell	1 episode
1982	Knots Landing	Hilda Grant	1 episode
1981"1983	The Greatest American Hero	Alice Davidson	2 episodes
1984	Whiz Kids	Mrs. Butterfield	1 episode
	The Night They Saved Christmas	Mrs. Claus	1 episode
1985	Murder, She Wrote	Beryl Hayward	1 episode
1986	The Colbys	Dr. Sylvia Heywood	2 episodes
	Hotel	Betty Archer	1 episode
	Amazing Stories	Mildred	1 episode
1987	Pound Puppies	Aunt Millie	1 episode
1989	The New Lassie	Mrs. Chadwick	1 episode
1991	Full House	Miss Wiltrout	2 episodes
1992	Danger Island	Kate	TV movie
1993	The John Larroquette Show	John's mother	1 episode
1994	The Mommies	Bev " Barb's Mom	1 episode
	Babylon 5	Dr. Laura Rosen	1 episode
1995	Roseanne	Leon's mother	1 episode
1995	Out There	Donna	Television film
1996	Step by Step	Helen Lambert	3 episodes
1997	7th Heaven	Veterinarian	1 episode
1997"1998	Beverly Hills, 90210	Celia Martin	4 episodes
2001	Au Pair II	Grandma Nell Grayson	Television film
2002	The Drew Carey Show	Misty Kiniski	2 episodes
2003	Andy Richter Controls the Universe	Grandma Evelyn	1 episode
2004"2005	Complete Savages	Grammy Na-Na	2 episodes
2006	Grey's Anatomy	Agnes	1 episode
2007	Holiday in Handcuffs	Grandma	Television film