June Allyson
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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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/June+Allyson">
Key facts
- Born
- Eleanor Geisman , ( 1917-10-07 ) October 7, 1917, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- July 8, 2006 (2006-07-08) (aged 88), Ojai, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Other name
- June Allison
- Occupations
- Actress dancer singer
- Years active
- 1936–2001
- Known for
- Best Foot Forward Two Girls and a Sailor The Sailor Takes a Wife Two Sisters from Boston The Three Musketeers Words and Music Little Women The Stratton Story Too Young to Kiss The Glenn Miller Story Executive Suite
- Political party
- Republican
- Spouses
- Dick Powell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1945 ; died 1963 ) Alfred Glenn Maxwell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1965 ) ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1966 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1970 ) David Ashrow ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 )
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- www .juneallyson .com
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June Allyson (born Eleanor Geisman; October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actress.
Allyson began her career in 1937 as a dancer in short subject films and on Broadway in 1938. She signed with MGM in 1943 and rose to fame the following year in Two Girls and a Sailor. Allyson's "girl next door" image was solidified during the mid-1940s when she was paired with actor Van Johnson in six films. In 1951 she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Young to Kiss. From 1959 to 1961 she hosted and occasionally starred in her own anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, which aired on CBS.
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