June Lockhart
ActingJune Lockhart (June 25, 1925 – October 23, 2025) was an American actress, beginning a film career in the 1930s and 1940s in films such as A Christmas Carol and Meet Me in St. Louis. She appeared primarily in 1950s and 1960s television and with performances on stage and in film. On two television series, Lassie and Lost in Space, she played mother roles. Lockhart also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968–70). She was a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner. With a career spanning nearly 90 years, Lockhart was one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood. In 1951, Lockhart married John F. Maloney. They had two daughters, Anne Kathleen and June Elizabeth. The couple divorced in 1959. She married architect John Lindsay that same year, but they divorced in October 1970 and she never remarried. A Roman Catholic, Lockhart and her daughter Anne and actress Kay Lenz met Pope John Paul II in 1985. Lockhart had a lifelong fascination with American presidential candidates and the media's coverage of them. Her friend reporter Merriman Smith arranged for her to travel with both major-party candidates Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson during the 1956 presidential election and again with both campaigns in the 1960 election. Between 1957 and 2004, Lockhart attended many presidential briefings. Although a child of the Greatest Generation, Lockhart embraced rock music and listened to emerging rock bands. In an interview, her Lost in Space co-star Bill Mumy stated that she took Angela Cartwright and him to the Whisky a Go Go nightclub in Hollywood "to hang out with The Allman Brothers Band". Appearing on The Virginia Graham Show in 1970 with Art Metrano and LGBT cleric Troy Perry, Lockhart confronted Graham about her moralizing tone toward gay people. Lockhart turned 100 on June 25, 2025. She died of natural causes at her home in Santa Monica, California, on October 23, 2025. CLR [biography, excerpted, from Wikipedia]
Known For
Lost in Space
Principal Cartwright
Troll
Eunice St. Clair
Meet Me in St. Louis
Lucille Ballard
The Big Picture
Janet Kingsley
Sergeant York
Rosie York
The Remake
Irene O'Connor
T-Men
Mary Genaro
A Christmas Carol
Belinda Cratchit (uncredited)
The Yearling
Twink Weatherby
She-Wolf of London
Phyllis Allenby
Filmography — Acting
Lost in Space
Principal Cartwright
Troll
Eunice St. Clair
Meet Me in St. Louis
Lucille Ballard
The Big Picture
Janet Kingsley
Sergeant York
Rosie York
The Remake
Irene O'Connor
T-Men
Mary Genaro
A Christmas Carol
Belinda Cratchit (uncredited)
The Yearling
Twink Weatherby
She-Wolf of London
Phyllis Allenby
Out There
Donna
Curse of the Black Widow
Mrs. Lockwood
All This, and Heaven Too
Isabelle
Deadly Games
Marge Lawrence
Holiday in Handcuffs
Grandma
Butterfly
Mrs. Gillespie
Time Limit
Mrs. Cargill
Lost In Space Forever
Self (also archive footage)
The White Cliffs of Dover
Betsy Kenney at Age 18 (uncredited)
Sleep with Me
Caroline
The Colony
Mrs. Billingsley
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Gracie
Deterrence
Secretary of State Clift
Zombie Hamlet
Hester Beauchamps
The Gift of Love
Constance Schuyler
The Bait
Nora
Forever and a Day
Girl in Air Raid Shelter
The Night They Saved Christmas
Mrs. Claus
Strange Invaders
Mrs. Bigelow
The Presence
Kate
Super Capers
Mother
Son of Lassie
Priscilla
Dead Women in Lingerie
Dorothy 'Ma' Field
Disneyland '59
Self
Bury Me Dead
Barbara Carlin
Adam Had Four Sons
Vance
The Story of Lassie
Self
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Mrs. Fowler
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
A Double Life
Miss Annie Rooney
Stella Bainbridge
Rented Lips
Mrs. Powell
Keep Your Powder Dry
Sarah Swanson
The Thundering 8th
Margaret Howard
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Hope
Whisper Kill
Winifred 'Winnie' Rogers
It's a Joke, Son!
Mary Lou Claghorn
Confession
Amy Matthewson
Easy to Wed
Barbara Norvell
Perfect People
Esther
Lassie's Great Adventure
Ruth Martin
Walking Through the Fire
Ruth Moore
The Capture of Grizzly Adams
Liz Hawkins
Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm
Mindy the Owl (voice)
Lost in Space - No Place to Hide
Dr. Maureen Robinson
Just Tell Me You Love Me
Mrs. Taylor
The Nutcracker
Self - Host
Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka
Ruth Martin
Peking Encounter
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
Sergeant York: Of God and Country
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
Self - Host
Walk Safe! Young America
Hostess