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June Allyson Biography (1917-)

Original name, Ella Geisman; born October 7, 1917, in the Bronx, New York, NY; father, a building superintendent; mother's name, Clara Geisman; married Dick Powell (an actor, director, and producer), August 19, 1945 (died, January2, 1963); married Glenn Maxwell (a barbershop owner), 1963 (divorced, 1965),remarried, 1966 (divorced); married David Ashrow (a dentist and actor), October, 1976; children: (first marriage) Richard Powell, Jr. (a location manager), Pamela Allyson Powell (in public service). Addresses: Contact: c/o P.O. Box 666, Ojai, CA 93024.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, singer, dancer

Birth Details

October 7, 1917

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Harriet, Dime a Dance (also known as Happyland), TwentiethCentury-Fox, 1937
• Wilma Brown, Dates and Nuts, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1937
• Hal LeRoy's Ups & Downs, Vitaphone, 1937
• Pixilated, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1937
• Swing for Sale, 1937
• June, The Knight Is Young, Vitaphone, 1938
• Princess, The Prisoner of Swing, Warner Bros., 1938
• Not Now, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938
• Sing for Sweetie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1938
• Mayor, All Girl Revue, Warner Bros., 1939
• Cameo role, Thousands Cheer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943
• Minerva, Best Foot Forward, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943
• Performer of specialty solo, Girl Crazy (also known as When theGirls Meet the Boys), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943
• Annie, Meet the People, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
• Barbara Ainsworth, Music for Millions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
• Patsy Deyo, Two Girls and a Sailor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
• Leslie Odell, Her Highness and the Bellboy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1945
• Mary Hill, The Sailor Takes a Wife, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1945
• (As June Allison; in archive footage) Birth of a Star, Astor Pictures, 1945
• Martha Canford Chandler, Two Sisters from Boston, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946
• Penny Addams, The Secret Heart, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946
• Connie Lane, Good News, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
• Jane, Till the Clouds Roll By, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
• Nancy Frazer, High Barbaree, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
• Constance Bonacieux, The Three Musketeers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
• Guest, Words and Music, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
• Martha Terryton, The Bride Goes Wild, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
• Ethel Stratton, The Stratton Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
• Josephine "Jo" March, Little Women, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
• Kathleen Maguire, The Reformer and the Redhead, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
• Pat O'Malley, Right Cross, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
• Cynthia Potter, Too Young to Kiss, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
• Dr. Emily Dunning, The Girl in White (also known as So Bright the Flame), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
• Helen Berger Miller, The Glenn Miller Story, Universal International, 1953
• Jody Revere, Remains to Be Seen, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
• Lieutenant Ruth McGara, Battle Circus, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
• Katie Baxter, Woman's World (also known as A Woman's World), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954
• Mary Blemond Walling, Executive Suite, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
• Ann Downs, The Shrike, Universal International, 1955
• Pearl "Butch" Brown, The McConnell Story (also known as Tiger in the Sky), Warner Bros., 1955
• Sally Holland, Strategic Air Command, Paramount, 1955
• Ellen "Ellie" Andrews, You Can't Run Away from It, Columbia, 1956
• Herself, Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars, Columbia, 1956
• Kay Hilliard, The Opposite Sex, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
• Helen Banning, Interlude, Universal International, 1957
• Irene Bullock, My Man Godfrey, Universal International, 1957
• Christina Beasley, A Stranger in My Arms (also known as And Ride a Tiger), Universal International, 1959
• Mrs. Watkins, They Only Kill Their Masters, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
• (In archive footage) That's Entertainment!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1974
• Mrs. Grant, Blackout (also known as New York Blackout, New York Escapees, Black-out a New York, Et la terreur commence, and New York ne repond plus), New World, 1978
• (In archive footage) That's Dancing!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1985
• Host, That's Entertainment! III, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1994
• Joey's grandma, The Solid Ones, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Host and performer, The DuPont Show Starring June Allyson (also known as The June Allyson Show), CBS, 1959-1961
• Episodic
• What's My Line?, CBS, 1954
• The Ed Sullivan Show (also known as Toast of the Town), CBS, 1956
• Mystery guest, What's My Line?, CBS, 1959
• I've Got a Secret, CBS, 1959
• Mystery guest, What's My Line?, CBS, 1960
• Stella, "Cry Hope! Cry Hate!," Zane Grey Theater, CBS, 1960
• Mystery guest, What's My Line?, CBS, 1961
• "Special Assignment," The Dick Powell Show (also known as Hollywood Showcase), NBC, 1962
• "A Time to Die," The Dick Powell Show (also known as HollywoodShowcase), NBC, 1962
• Guest host, "Project X," The Dick Powell Show (also known as Hollywood Showcase), NBC, 1963
• Jean Sampson, "Who Killed Beau Sparrow?," Burke's Law, ABC, 1963
• "The Old Man and the City," The Dick Powell Show (also known as Hollywood Showcase), NBC, 1963
• "Third Side of a Coin," The Dick Powell Show (also known as Hollywood Showcase), NBC, 1963
• The Judy Garland Show, CBS, 1963
• "High on a Rainbow," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1968
• The Ed Sullivan Show (also known as Toast of the Town), CBS, 1970
• Guest panelist, The Hollywood Squares, NBC, 1972
• Guest panelist, The Hollywood Squares, NBC, 1973
• The Dean Martin Show (multiple episodes), NBC, 1973
• "Eden's Gate," Switch, CBS, 1977
• Audrey, "Tony's Family/The Minister and the Stripper/Her Own Two Feet," The Love Boat, ABC, 1978
• Guest panelist, The Hollywood Squares, NBC, 1978
• Dr. Kate Lowell, "Brain Child," The Incredible Hulk, CBS, 1979
• House Calls, CBS, 1980
• Margaret Wells, "The Last Time I Saw Michael," Simon & Simon,CBS, 1982
• Elizabeth Tisdale, "Always, Elizabeth," Hart to Hart, ABC, 1984
• Kate Simmons, "Hit, Run, Homicide," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1984
• Bessie, "Steer Crazy," Misfits of Science, NBC, 1985
• "Hearing Is Believing," Crazy Like a Fox, CBS, 1986
• "Little Wolf," Airwolf, CBS, 1986
• "Stranger in My House," True Confessions, syndicated, 1986
• Pros & Cons, ABC, c. 1992
• Reflections on the Silver Screen with Professor Richard Brown, AMC, 1994
• Shelly Knox, "Who Killed the Toy Maker?," Burke's Law, CBS, 1995
• "Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1996
• "Jimmy Stewart: Hometown Hero," Biography, Arts and Entertainment,1997
• "June Allyson," Private Screenings, TCM, 1998
• Commentator, "Ann Miller: I'm Still Here," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
• Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2001
• Appeared as a celebrity judge, The Gong Show, NBC and syndicated,1970s; in Night Gallery, NBC, 1970s; and in Lifestyles of the Richand Famous, syndicated and ABC, 1980s. Also in the 1980s, appeared in Good Morning America (also known as GMA), ABC; Hour Magazine, syndicated; The Merv Griffin Show, NBC, syndicated, and CBS; and Today (also known as The Today Show), NBC.
• Movies
• Helene Spencer, See the Man Run (also known as The Second Face), 1971
• Monica, "Dear Monica," Letters from Three Lovers, 1972
• Olga, Curse of the Black Widow (also known as Love Trap), 1977
• Marge Emery, Three on a Date, 1978
• Dorothea Powell, The Kid with the Broken Halo, NBC, 1982
• Wilfred's Special Christmas, 1989
• Addie's mother, These Old Broads, ABC, 2001
• Specials
• General Motors Fiftieth Anniversary Show, 1957
• The Perry Como Special, NBC, 1963
• Twentieth Century Follies, ABC, 1970
• Celebrity judge, The 1976 Miss USA Pageant, 1976
• An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, 1977
• Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Man of the Hour--Jimmy Stewart, 1978
• The Great Mysteries of Hollywood, syndicated, 1981
• Night of 100 Stars (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), ABC, 1982
• Performer, The 58th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, 1986
• Performer, A Tribute to American Music: Cole Porter, PBS, 1987
• Happy Birthday, Hollywood!, ABC, 1987
• Burt Reynolds' Conversations with ... , 1991
• MGM: When the Lion Roars, 1992
• Pilots
• Loretta Ochs, Vega$ (also known as High Roller), ABC, 1978
• Stage Appearances
• Member of the chorus, Sing Out the News (musical), Broadway production, 1938
• Very Warm for May (musical), Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1939
• Title role and understudy, Panama Hattie (musical), Fourth StreetTheatre, New York City, 1940
• Higher and Higher (musical), Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1940
• Best Foot Forward (musical), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1941
• 40 Carats, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1970
• Night of 100 Stars (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1982
• Major Tours
• No, No Nanette, U.S. cities, 1971
• My Daughter, Your Son, c. 1970-1980
• Radio Appearances
• Episodic
• Mail Call, c. 1944
• "Presenting Lily Mars," Lux Radio Theatre, 1946
• "Kitty Foyle," Hallmark Playhouse, 1949
• "Little Women," Screen Guild Theatre, 1949
• "Music for Millions," Screen Directors Playhouse, 1949
• "Little Women," Lux Radio Theatre, 1950
• "Mrs. X," Richard Diamond, 1950
• "The Stratton Story," Lux Radio Theatre, 1950
• "Because of You," Lux Radio Theatre, 1953
• "The Girl in White," Lux Radio Theatre, 1953
• The Charlie McCarthy Show, 1954
• Other
• The Bride Goes Wild, 1950
• The Reformer and the Redhead, 1951
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Herself, That's Entertainment! III Behind the Screen, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 1994
• WRITINGS
• Nonfiction
• (With Frances Spatz Leighton) June Allyson by June Allyson (autobiography), G. P. Putnam's Sons (New York City), 1982

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

• June Allyson, http://www.juneallyson.com, September 26, 2002