June Allyson



First NameJune
Last NameAllyson
Full Name at BirthEleanor Geisman
Other NamesJunie
Age88 (age at death)
Date of BirthOctober 7, 1917
BirthplaceBronx, New York
Date of DeathJuly 8, 2006
Location of DeathOjai, California
Cause of DeathPulmonary Respiratory Failure & Acute Bronchitis
Height5' 1" (155 cm)
BuildSlim
Eye ColorBlue
Hair ColorBlonde
Distinctive FeaturesVoice sounding like always has a cold
Star SignLibra
ReligionRoman Catholic
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
High SchoolTheodore Roosevelt
Occupation CategoryActress
Claim to FameLittle girl with the big voice in Best Foot Forward
Official Websitejuneallyson.com
FatherRobert Geisman
Arthur Peters (step father)
MotherClara Geisman
Brother(s)Henry Geisman
Other Family MembersHarry Geisman (grandfather)
Anna Hafner (grandmother)
Pamela Allyson Powell (Adopted daughter in 1948)
Richard Powell
Jr (Son)
FriendsEsther Williams, Van Johnson, Edgar Bergan, Claudette Colbert, Francis Bergan, Kathryn Grayson, Judy Garland, Jane Wyman, Nancy Davis, Gloria DeHaven, Ann Rutherford, Ronald Reagan

June Allyson (October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. She was a major MGM contract star. Allyson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Young to Kiss (1951). From 1959–1961, she hosted and occasionally starred in her own CBS anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. A later generation knew her as a spokesperson for Depend undergarments.


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Filmography

Selected June Allyson film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2001
A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun
Joey's Grandma

2001
These Old Broads
Lady in Hotel

1994
Shelly Knox

1991
Pros and Cons
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1989
Wilfrid's Special Christmas
Miss Nancy

1987
Commentator

1985
Misfits of Science
Bessie

1984
Martha Stewart

1984
Neva

1984
Katie Simmons

1982
The Kid with the Broken Halo
Dorothea Powell

1981
Margaret Wells

1979
Elizabeth Tisdale

1979
Florence Alexander

1978
Mrs. Grant

1978
Dr. Kate Lowell

1978
Loretta Ochs

1978
Three on a Date
Marge Emery

1977
Curse of the Black Widow
Olga

1977
Audrey Wilder, Shirley Walsh

1975
Dr. Trampler

1973
Letters from Three Lovers
Monica

1972
Mrs. Watkins

1972
The Sixth Sense
Mrs. Ruth Desmond

1971
See the Man Run
Helene Spencer

1968
Joanne Robins

1963
Jean Samson

1961
Jeri Brenr, Julie Stevens, Rosalind Cramer

1959
Christina Beasley

1959
Amy Lawrence, Ann Larson, Betty Allen, Betty Allen

1957
Helen Banning

1957
Irene Bullock

1956
Kay

1956
Ellen 'Ellie' Andrews

1956
Stella

1955
Sally Holland

1955
Pearl 'Butch' Brown

1955
Ann Downs

1954
Katie Baxter

1954
Mary Blemond Walling

1953
Lt. Ruth McGara

1953
Jody Revere

1953
Helen Berger Miller

1952
Dr. Emily Dunning

1951
Cynthia Potter

1950
Pat O'Malley

1950
Kathleen 'Kathy' Maguire

1949
Ethel

1948
Martha Terryton

1948
Alisande La Carteloise

1947
Connie Lane

1947
High Barbaree
Nancy Frazer

1946
Penny Addams

1946
Jane Witherspoon /Lou Ellen Carter

1946
Martha Canford Chandler

1945
Leslie Odell

1945
Mary Hill

1944
Annie

1944
Barbara Ainsworth

1944
Patsy Deyo

1943
Ethel

1943
Specialty Singer

1940
All Girl Revue
Mayor

1939
Rollin' in Rhythm
-

1938
The Knight Is Young
June

1938
The Prisoner of Swing
Princess

1938
Sing for Sweetie
Sally Newton

1937
Dime a Dance
Harriet

1937
Ups and Downs
June Daily

1937
Dates and Nuts
Wilma Brown, Herman's girl

1937
Pixilated
-

1937
Swing for Sale
-

Soundtrack Credits

1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars
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1949
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1947
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1943
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1940
All Girl Revue
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1938
The Knight Is Young
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1938
The Prisoner of Swing
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1937
Ups and Downs
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1950–1960)
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