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June Lockhart Turns 100: A Celebration Of The Beloved Actress
Forbes ^ | 06/25/2025 | Marc Berman

Posted on 06/25/2025 6:11:40 AM PDT by DFG

Today we wish June Lockhart, the veteran actress and television icon a Happy 100th Birthday!

Naturally, we immediately think of June Lockhart for her roles as TV mothers. First there was Ruth Martin in Lassie, young Timmy’s (Jon Provost) Mom from 1958 to 1964. Ms. Lockhart replaced Cloris Leachman (who in turn replaced Jan Clayton). Then there was Maureen Robinson in Lost in Space, mother to Judy (Marta Kristen), Penny (Angela Cartwright) and Will (Bill Mumy) from 1965 to 1968. And, finally, Janet Craig, the surrogate Mom of sorts to Billie Jo (Meredith MacRae), Bobbie Jo (Lori Saunders) and Betty Jo (Linda Kaye Henning) following the passing of Bea Benaderet in rural-themed sitcom Petticoat Junction from 1968 to 1970.

But let’s go back to the beginning when June Lockhart made her film debut at age 13 opposite her parents - Gene and Kathleen Lockhart - in a film version of A Christmas Carol in 1938. Numerous other films followed in her teen years, including All This, and Heaven Too (1940), Adam Had Four Sons (1941), Sergeant York (1941), Miss Annie Rooney (1942) and the Judy Garland musical Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). And a glimpse into her future, perhaps, came in 1945 in The Son of Lassie.

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Here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson! And a very Happy 100th Birthday!

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; lassie; lockhart
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1 posted on 06/25/2025 6:11:40 AM PDT by DFG
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Wow, hope she is doing well.


2 posted on 06/25/2025 6:16:07 AM PDT by DarrellZero
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To: DFG

Wow, I had no idea she is still alive. Like every kid with a tv back then, I grew up watching Lassie. When we got a color tv, it was even more fun.


3 posted on 06/25/2025 6:17:26 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: DFG
I had a huge crush on her!.................
4 posted on 06/25/2025 6:18:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: DFG

I saw someone walking a collie the other day and coommented what beautiful dogs they are. She repied “They didn’t tell me they bark so much.” I replied “Lassie did; “ she laughed, old enough to remember


5 posted on 06/25/2025 6:21:38 AM PDT by sopo
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To: DFG

Wow. Maybe space does slow time?


6 posted on 06/25/2025 6:22:05 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: DarrellZero
I remember in Lassie, and every Christmas season I watch A Christmas Carol with her and her parents in it. I watch 2 or 3 different versions, and that’s one of my favorites. A classy lady.

Happy birthday, Ms Lockheart!

7 posted on 06/25/2025 6:22:34 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Red Badger

She was very pretty.


8 posted on 06/25/2025 6:23:38 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: DFG

Just a beautiful woman, deeply spiritual, and never with a taint of scandal. Couldn’t find a recent picture in which she looks a day over 70. Amazing.


9 posted on 06/25/2025 6:25:25 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: sopo

Yes, they bark a lot but all they say is “Timmy fell down the well!”....................


10 posted on 06/25/2025 6:27:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: DFG

lassie’s mom


11 posted on 06/25/2025 6:28:56 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: Red Badger

Me, too.

Happy birthday to her.

(I guess we’re showing our age).


12 posted on 06/25/2025 6:30:52 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: DFG

She played in a Gunsmoke episode, S3,E25...’Dirt’. I really didn’t care for the character she portrayed (a slow-minded, simpleton that the town folk rejected), but she was extremely beautiful.


13 posted on 06/25/2025 6:32:47 AM PDT by Deepeasttx ( Sensitivity/diversity training are all un-walled reeducation camps....for now.. DEI gone. Yippee)
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To: DFG

Can see her (with Mom and Dad) in the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol. Wow!


14 posted on 06/25/2025 6:34:07 AM PDT by jimfree (My 22 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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>>>lassie’s mom

Not to be confused with Lassie in the movie Porky’s.

15 posted on 06/25/2025 6:36:49 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Red Badger

To be honest I liked Jeff a lot better, even June Clayton. I remember when Gramps died and the franchise moved on as the new family took over the farm and got to keep Lassie. I was devastated through that summer awaiting the fall debut of the new series.


16 posted on 06/25/2025 6:36:56 AM PDT by sopo
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To: DFG

I guess she is not lost in space anymore...


17 posted on 06/25/2025 6:38:39 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: Red Badger

“Yes, they bark a lot but all they say is “Timmy fell down the well!”....................”


I recall a cartoon in The New Yorker:

Timmy was caught in a bad predicament and he said: Lassie! Get help!

The next frame we see Lassie on her back on a couch with a Psychiatrist and they are chatting...


18 posted on 06/25/2025 6:41:40 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: sopo

Jan Clayton................


19 posted on 06/25/2025 6:46:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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20 posted on 06/25/2025 6:50:32 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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