Celebrity Nooz: June Lockhart

June Lockhart (Actress) - Lost in Space

Updated: 10/23/19

Name: June Lockhart

Birth Name: June Lockhart

Born: June 25, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA

Nickname: Mrs. Robinson

Claim To Fame: June Lockhart is an American actress, best known for two television series where she played mother roles, 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.

Family Life: In 1951, Lockhart married John F. Maloney. They had two daughters, Anne Kathleen Lockhart (born 1953) and June Elizabeth Maloney (born 1956). The couple divorced in 1959. She married architect John Lindsay that same year, but they divorced in October 1970 and she has not remarried since.

Info: 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 Lockhart.

Her grandfather was John Coates Lockhart, "a concert-singer".

She attended the Westlake School for Girls in Beverly Hills, California.

Ambassador of the California State Parks system.

She was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War.

Good friends co-stars Guy Williams and Jonathan Harris.

Replaced Cloris Leachman as Ruth Martin on Lassie (1954), at the beginning of the series' fifth season, because Leachman was unhappy with her role.

Trivia: Lockhart made her film debut opposite her parents in a film version of A Christmas Carol in 1938.

Lockhart debuted on stage at the age of eight, playing Mimsey in Peter Ibbetson, presented by the Metropolitan Opera.

In the 1950s, she was a panelist, along with White House correspondents, on the quiz show Who Said That? (1948). Ever since then, she has had an open invitation to attend White House press briefings.

She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures (6323 Hollywood Boulevard) and one for television (6362 Hollywood Boulevard). Both were dedicated on February 8, 1960.

Lockhart appeared as a hostess on the "Miss USA Pageant" on CBS for six years, the "Miss Universe Pageant" on CBS for six years, the "Tournament of Roses Parade" on CBS for eight years and the "Thanksgiving Parade" on CBS for five years.

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.

Acting mentor and friend of Jon Provost.

In 2013, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded her the Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for inspiring the public about space exploration.

Where Are They Now: Lockhart latest outing is providing the voice for Mindy the Owl in the animated feature Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm.

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