June Lockhart
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 25, 1925
- Died
- October 23, 2025
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
June 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]
Filmography
Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm 2019
as Mindy the Owl (voice)
The Remake 2016
as Irene O'Connor
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words 2016
as Self (archive footage)
Zombie Hamlet 2012
as Hester Beauchamps
Super Capers 2009
as Mother
Wesley 2009
Actor
Holiday in Handcuffs 2007
as Grandma
Sergeant York: Of God and Country 2006
Actor
Deterrence 2000
as Secretary of State Clift
The Thundering 8th 2000
as Margaret Howard
Lost in Space 1998
as Principal Cartwright
Lost in Space Forever 1998
as Self (also archive footage)
Out There 1995
as Donna
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen 1995
as Self - Host
The Colony 1995
as Mrs. Billingsley
Sleep with Me 1994
as Caroline
The Story of Lassie 1994
as Self
The Presence 1992
as Kate
Dead Women in Lingerie 1991
as Dorothy 'Ma' Field
The Big Picture 1989
as Janet Kingsley
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud 1989
as Gracie
Rented Lips 1988
as Mrs. Powell
Whisper Kill 1988
as Winifred 'Winnie' Rogers
Perfect People 1988
as Esther
Howie from Maui 1987
as Pig / Herself
Troll 1986
as Eunice St. Clair
The Night They Saved Christmas 1984
as Mrs. Claus
Strange Invaders 1983
as Mrs. Bigelow
Deadly Games 1982
as Marge Lawrence
- Peking Encounter
Peking Encounter 1982
Actor
The Capture of Grizzly Adams 1982
as Liz Hawkins
Butterfly 1982
as Mrs. Gillespie
Walking Through the Fire 1979
as Ruth Moore
The Gift of Love 1978
as Constance Schuyler
A Double Life 1978
Actor
- Just Tell Me You Love Me
Just Tell Me You Love Me 1978
as Mrs. Taylor
Curse of the Black Widow 1977
as Mrs. Lockwood
Who Is the Black Dahlia? 1975
as Mrs. Fowler
The Bait 1973
as Nora
But I Don't Want to Get Married! 1970
as Hope
Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka 1969
as Ruth Martin
Lost in Space - No Place to Hide 1965
as Dr. Maureen Robinson
Lassie: Disappearance 1964
as Ruth Martin
Lassie's Greatest Adventure 1963
Actor
Lassie's Great Adventure 1963
as Ruth Martin
Disneyland '59 1959
as Self
The Nutcracker 1958
as Self - Host
Time Limit 1957
as Mrs. Cargill
Confession 1956
as Amy Matthewson
T-Men 1947
as Mary Genaro
Bury Me Dead 1947
as Barbara Carlin
It's a Joke, Son! 1947
as Mary Lou Claghorn
The Yearling 1946
as Twink Weatherby
Easy to Wed 1946
as Babs Norvell
She-Wolf of London 1946
as Phyllis Allenby
Son of Lassie 1945
as Priscilla
Keep Your Powder Dry 1945
as Sarah Swanson
Meet Me in St. Louis 1944
as Lucille Ballard
The White Cliffs of Dover 1944
as Betsy Kenney at Age 18 (uncredited)
Forever and a Day 1943
as Girl in Air Raid Shelter
Miss Annie Rooney 1942
as Stella Bainbridge
Sergeant York 1941
as Rosie York
Adam Had Four Sons 1941
as Vance
All This, and Heaven Too 1940
as Isabelle
A Christmas Carol 1938
as Belinda Cratchit (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.