Updated: August 12, 2024

Born in New York City, the daughter of actors Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, only child June made her professional debut at the age of eight in a Metropolitan Opera production of "Peter Ibbetson", playing Mimsey in the dream sequence. In the mid-1930s, the Lockharts relocated to California, where father Gene enjoyed a long career as one of the screen's great character actors.

June made her screen debut in MGM's 1938 version of "A Christmas Carol", playing appropriately enough, the daughter of stars Gene and Kathleen Lockhart. June appeared in a dozen or more movies before 1947, when she took her first bow on Broadway playing the ingenue in the comedy "For Love or Money" with John Loder. She got a standing ovation on opening night; one critic compared her debut to the first big hits of Helen Hayes and Margaret Sullivan. The overnight toast of Broadway, she went on to win a Tony, the Donaldson Award, the Theatre World Award and the Associated Press citation for Woman of the Year for Drama for her work in that play.

On TV, she has co-starred in long-running and popular series such as "Lassie", "Lost in Space" and "Petticoat Junction". She also made an appearance in an episode of Irwin Allen's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". Impressed by her performance, he invited her to audition for him and then to be one of his main stars in his next series on TV, "Lost in Space".

Filmography of June Lockhart from the Internet Movie Database www.imdb.com

Au Pair II (2001) (TV) .... Grandma Nell Thundering 8th, The (2000) Deterrence (1999) .... Secretary of State Clift Lost in Space (1998) .... Principal Cartwright ... aka LS (1998) (USA: promotional abbreviation) Out There (1995) (TV) .... Donna Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen, The (1995) .... Herself Colony, The (1995/I) (TV) .... Mrs. Billingsley Sleep with Me (1994) .... Caroline Danger Island (1992) (TV) .... Kate ... aka Presence, The (1992) (TV) Dead Women in Lingerie (1991) .... Ma C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud (1989) .... Gracie Big Picture, The (1989) .... Janet Kingsley Never Say Goodbye (1988) (TV) .... 'Mo' Donovan Rented Lips (1988) .... Archie's Mother Whisper Kills, A (1988) (TV) .... Winifred Rogers ... aka Whisperkill (1988) (TV) Perfect People (1988) (TV) .... Esther Troll (1986) .... Eunice St. Clair "Wildfire" (1986) TV Series (voice) .... Vesta All American Cowboy (1985) (TV) Gidget's Summer Reunion (1985) (TV) Night They Saved Christmas, The (1984) (TV) .... Mrs. Claus "General Hospital" (1963) TV Series .... Maria Ramirez (1984-1986, 1988, 1990-1992, 1998) Strange Invaders (1983) .... Mrs. Bigelow Deadly Games (1982) .... Marge Lawrence ... aka Who Fell Asleep (1982) Capture of Grizzly Adams, The (1982) (TV) .... Liz Hawkins Butterfly (1981/I) .... Mrs. Gillespie Peking Encounter (1981) (TV) .... Emily Just Tell Me You Love Me (1980) .... Mrs. Taylor Walking Through the Fire (1979) (TV) .... Ruth Moore Double Life, A (1978) (TV) .... Noreen Cole Gift of Love, The (1978) (TV) .... Constance Schuyler "Loose Change" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Irene Evans
Curse of the Black Widow (1977) (TV) .... Mrs. Lockwood ... aka Love Trap (1977/II) (TV) (USA: reissue title) Walk Safe, Young America (1975) .... Self/Host Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975) (TV) .... Mrs. Fowler Bait, The (1973) (TV) .... Nora But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970) (TV) .... Hope Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka (1968) (TV) "Petticoat Junction" (1963) TV Series .... Dr. Janet Craig (1968-70) "Oh My Word" (1965) TV Series .... Herself "Lost in Space" (1965) TV Series .... Dr. Maureen Robinson Lassie's Great Adventure (1963) .... Ruth Martin ... aka Lassie's Greatest Adventure (1963) (UK) "Lassie" (1954) TV Series .... Ruth Martin (1958-64) Time Limit (1957) .... Mrs. Cargill "Who Said That?" (1948) TV Series .... Panelist (1952-1955) T-Men (1947) .... Mary Genaro Bury Me Dead (1947) .... Barbara Carlin ... aka Back Home From the Dead (1947) It's a Joke, Son (1947) .... Mary Lou Claghorn Yearling, The (1946) (uncredited) .... Twink Weatherby Easy to Wed (1946) .... Babs Norvell She-Wolf of London (1946) .... Phyllis Allenby ... aka Curse of the Allenbys, The (1946) (UK) Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) .... Sarah Swanson Son of Lassie (1945) .... Priscilla Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) .... Lucille Ballard White Cliffs of Dover, The (1944) (uncredited) .... Betsy (age 18) Forever and a Day (1943) .... Girl in Air Raid Shelter Miss Annie Rooney (1942) .... Stella Bainbridge Adam Had Four Sons (1941) .... Vance ... aka Legacy (1941) (USA) Sergeant York (1941) .... Rosie York All This, and Heaven Too (1940) .... Isabelle de Praslin Christmas Carol, A (1938) (uncredited) .... Cratchit's Daughter Lassie: A Christmas Tail (????) .... Ruth Martin Notable TV guest appearances "Drew Carey Show, The" (1995) playing "Misty Kiniski" in episode: "Look Mom, One Hand!" (episode # 7.25) 5/8/2002 "Drew Carey Show, The" (1995) playing "Misty Kiniski" in episode: "What Women Don't Want" (episode # 7.24) 5/1/2002 "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) playing "Celia Martin" in episode: "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (episode # 8.19) 2/4/1998 "Fired Up" (1997) playing "Herself" in episode: "Under Pressure" (episode # 1.8) 6/23/1997 "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) playing "Celia Martin" in episode: "Graduation Day: Part 1" (episode # 7.31) 5/21/1997 "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) playing "Celia Martin" in episode: "Graduation Day: Part 2" (episode # 7.32) 5/21/1997 "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) playing "Celia Martin" in episode: "Ripe Young Age, A" (episode # 7.22) 3/5/1997 "Step by Step" (1991) playing "Helen" in episode: "Torn Between Two Mothers" (episode # 5.14) 1/26/1996 "Roseanne" (1988) playing "Leon's mother" in episode: "December Bride" (episode # 8.11) 12/12/1995 "Critic, The" (1994) playing "Herself" (voice) in episode: "All the Duke's Men" (episode # 2.6) 4/23/1995 "Duckman" (1994) (voice) in episode: "America the Beautiful" (episode # 2.5) 4/10/1995 "Roseanne" (1988) playing "TV Mom #2" in episode: "All about Rosey" (episode # 7.19) 3/1/1995 "Babylon 5" (1994) playing "Dr. Laura Rosen" in episode: "Quality of Mercy, The" (episode # 1.21) 8/17/1994 "John Larroquette Show, The" (1993) playing "John's Mother" in episode: "This is Not a Step" (episode # 1.4) 9/21/1993 "Full House" (1987/I) playing "Miss Wiltrout" in episode: "Matchmaker Michelle" (episode # 5.2) 9/24/1991 "Full House" (1987/I) playing "Miss Wiltrout" in episode: "Double Trouble" (episode # 5.1) 9/17/1991 "It's Garry Shandling's Show" (1986) playing "Herself" in episode: "Laffie" (episode # 1.13) 3/13/1987 "Amazing Stories" (1985) playing "Mildred" in episode: "Pumpkin Competition, The" (episode # 2.10) 12/1/1986 "Hotel" (1983) in episode: "Lovelines" (episode # 3.16) 2/19/1986 "Colbys, The" (1985) playing "Dr. Sylvia Heywood" in episode: "Thursday's Child" (episode # 1.11) 1/30/1986 "Colbys, The" (1985) playing "Dr. Sylvia Heywood" in episode: "Turning Point, The" (episode # 1.10) 1/16/1986 "Wildfire" (1986) playing "Vesta"(voice) in episode: "Wildfire, King of the Horses" "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) playing "Beryl Hayward" in episode: "school for scandal" (episode # 2.4) 10/25/1985 "Whiz Kids" (1983) playing "Mrs. Butterfield" in episode: "Maid in the USA" (episode # 1.13) 2/4/1984
"Quincy" (1976) playing "Mrs. Hanover" in episode: "Quincy's Wedding (Part 2)" (episode # 7.18) 2/23/1983 "Greatest American Hero, The" (1981) playing "Alice Davidson" in episode: "Newlywed Game, The" (episode # 3.4) 11/19/1982 "Knots Landing" (1979) playing "Hilda Grant" in episode: "Encounters" (episode # 4.3) 10/14/1982 "Falcon Crest" (1981) playing "Mara Wingate" in episode: "Dark Journey" (episode # 1.9) 1/29/1982 "Knots Landing" (1979) playing "Hilda Grant" in episode: "Encounters" 1982 "Darkroom" (1981) playing "Margo Haskell" in episode: "Uncle George" (episode # 1.4) 12/4/1981 "Greatest American Hero, The" (1981) playing "Alice Davidson" in episode: "Here's Looking At You, Kid" (episode # 1.3) 4/1/1981 "Magnum, P.I." (1980) playing "Diane Westmore Pauley" in episode: "Lest We Forget" (episode # 1.9) 2/12/1981 "Vega$" (1978) playing "Dr Michaels" in episode: "Andreas Addiction, The" (episode # 3.8) 1/7/1981 "Quincy" (1976) playing "Chief of Surgury" in episode: "Physician, Heal Thyself" (episode # 3.18) 2/22/1979 "Hardy Boys Mysteries, The" (1977) playing "Mrs. Migley" in episode: "Dangerous Waters" (episode # 3.5) 10/29/1978 "Sword of Justice" (1978) playing "Noreen Cole" in episode: "Double Life, A" (episode # 0.1) 9/10/1978 "Quincy" (1976) playing "Mrs. Clara Rhodes" in episode: "Star is Dead, A" (episode # 1.3) 11/28/1976 "Happy Days" (1974) playing "Judge MacBride" in episode: "Two Angry Men" (episode # 3.20) 2/3/1976 "Ellery Queen" (1975) playing "Claudia Wentworth" in episode: "Adventure of the Pharoah's Curse, The" (episode # 1.10) 12/11/1975 "Police Story" (1973) playing "Mrs Bowman" in episode: "Little Boy Lost" (episode # 3.9) 11/28/1975 "Adam-12" (1968) playing "Mrs. Whitney" in episode: "Camp: Part 2" (episode # 7.2) 10/1/1974 "Adam-12" (1968) playing "Mrs. Whitney" in episode: "Camp: Part 1" (episode # 7.1) 9/24/1974 "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1969) in episode: "Last Flight to Babylon" (episode # 6.3) 9/24/1974 "Password" (1961) playing "Panelist/Herself" in episode: "June Lockhart vs. Darren McGavin" 3/12/1973 "Beverly Hillbillies, The" (1962) playing "Doctor Janet Craig" in episode: "Thanksgiving Story, The" (episode # 7.10) 11/27/1968 "Family Affair" (1966) playing "Miss Evans" in episode: "Substitute Teacher, The" (episode # 3.5) 10/21/1968 "Hollywood Squares, The" (1966) playing "Guest Panelist" "Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The" (1962) playing "Martha Hunter" in episode: "Second Wife, The" (episode # 3.27) 4/26/1965 "Branded" (1965) in episode: "Vindicator, The" (episode # 1.2) 1/31/1965 "Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964) playing "Sarah Taub" in episode: "Dove Affair, The" (episode # 1.12) 12/15/1964 "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964) playing "Ellen Bryce" in episode: "Ghost of Moby Dick, The" (episode # 1.14) 12/14/1964 "Bewitched" (1964) playing "Mrs. Burns" in episode: "Little Pitchers Have Big Fears" (episode # 1.6) 10/22/1964 "Perry Mason" (1957) playing "Mona Stanton Harvey" in episode: "Case of the Scandalous Sculptor, The" (episode # 8.3) 10/8/1964 "Wagon Train" (1957) playing "Laura Bell" in episode: "Ricky and Laura Bell Story, The" (episode # 3.20) 2/24/1960 "United States Steel Hour, The" (1953) in episode: "Square Egghead, The" 3/11/1959 "Rawhide" (1959) playing "Rainy Dawson" in episode: "Incident at Barker Springs" (episode # 1.7) 2/20/1959 "United States Steel Hour, The" (1953) in episode: "Goodbye . . . But It Doesn't Go Away" 12/31/1958 "Cimarron City" (1958) in episode: "Medicine Man" (episode # 1.5) 11/8/1958 "Have Gun Will Travel" (1957) in episode: "Twenty-Four Hours to North Fork" (episode # 1.35) 5/17/1958 "Zane Grey Theater" (1956) in episode: "Handful of Ashes, A" (episode # 2.27) 5/2/1958 "Wagon Train" (1957) playing "Sarah Drummond" in episode: "Sarah Drummond Story, The" (episode # 1.27) 4/2/1958 "Gunsmoke" (1955) playing "Beulah" in episode: "Dirt" (episode # 3.25) 3/1/1958 "Studio One" (1948) in episode: "Balance of Terror" (episode # 10.17) 1/27/1958 "United States Steel Hour, The" (1953) in episode: "Little Charlie Don't Want a Saddle" 12/18/1957 "Have Gun Will Travel" (1957) playing "Dr. Phyllis Thackeray" in episode: "No Visitors" (episode # 1.12) 11/30/1957 "United States Steel Hour, The" (1953) in episode: "Locked Door, The" 11/6/1957 "United States Steel Hour, The" (1953) in episode: "Loud Laugh, A" 8/14/1957 "Studio One" (1948) in episode: "Matter of Guilt, A" (episode # 9.39) 7/8/1957 "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Grand Prize, The" (episode # 8.5) 2/11/1957 "Alcoa Hour, The" (1955) in episode: "Morning's at Seven" (episode # 2.4) 11/4/1956 "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Jack Be Nimble" (episode # 7.18) 5/7/1956 "Star Tonight" (1955) in episode: "Boy Crazy" (episode # 2.31) 3/29/1956 "Philco Television Playhouse, The" (1948) in episode: "Rise Up and Walk" (episode # 8.9) 1/1/1956 "Studio One" (1948) in episode: "Deserter, The" (episode # 7.11) 11/29/1954 "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Steady Man, The" (episode # 5.1) 1/4/1954 "Studio One" (1948) in episode: "At Midnight on the Thirty-first of March" (episode # 5.27) 3/30/1953 "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Burtons, The" (episode # 4.6) 2/16/1953 "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Biarritz Scandal, The" (episode # 3.33) 11/10/1952 "Studio One" (1948) in episode: "Doctor's Wife, The" (episode # 5.3) 10/6/1952 "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Operation Hitchhike" (episode # 3.12) 4/14/1952 "Your Show of Shows" (1950) 2/9/1952 "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Cashel Byron's Profession" (episode # 3.2) 1/14/1952 "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "For Love or Money" (episode # 2.11) 6/4/1951 "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "House of Seven Gables, The" (episode # 2.10) 5/21/1951 "Ford Theatre Hour, The" (1948) in episode: "Little Women" (episode # 2.3) 12/16/1949