My favorite movies with her are Strategic Air Command and The McConnell Story. (I'm an airplane nut in case anyone didn't know.)
Posted on 07/10/2006 2:45:35 PM PDT by lunarbicep
June Allyson, the sunny, cracked-voiced "perfect wife" of James Stewart, Van Johnson and other movie heroes, has died, her daughter Pamela Allyson Powell said Monday. She was 88.
Allyson died Saturday at her home in Ojai, with her husband of nearly 30 years, David Ashrow, at her side, Powell said in a telephone interview.
She died of pulmonary respiratory failure and acute bronchitis after a long illness, Powell said.
During World War II, American GIs pinned up photos of Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable, but June Allyson was the girl they wanted to come home to. Petite, blonde and alive with fresh-faced optimism, she seemed the ideal sweetheart and wife, supporting and unthreatening.
"I had the most wonderful last meeting with June at her house in Ojai. We had gotten lost in the car. She told me: 'I could wait for you forever.' We were such dear friends. I will miss her," lifelong friend Esther Williams said.
With typical wonderment, Allyson expressed surprise in a 1986 interview that she had ever become a movie star:
"I have big teeth. I lisp. My eyes disappear when I smile. My voice is funny. I don't sing like Judy Garland. I don't dance like Cyd Charisse. But women identify with me. And while men desire Cyd Charisse, they'd take me home to meet Mom."
I'm with you. One of my favorites, big time. God Bless her.
Woooof!!
Ditto, Robe,on your entire post, including the age difference. Same here. RIP, June
No that was Allison Hayes
When I was kid growing up she was one of my favorites. This is one of those obits where you say "I did not know she/he was still alive."
When I was kid growing up she was one of my favorites. This is one of those obits where you say "I did not know she/he was still alive."
Cyd Charisse is still with us at 85. As is her husband Tony Martin, 93. Married 58 years. Wow!!
The way I read it once was Dick and June had been trying for years to convince Reagan. One day, he said, all right you've convinced me. Dick to turned to June and said now the SOB will probably wind up being President of the United States. RIP, June, Dick, and Ronnie.
God Bless you Dear Lady, RIP!
her voice ... I cried.
Yes, she was a very special lady. There aren't to many left today that are as good as she was. I know that because mine lady that is my wife and my childrens mother has kept me for almost thirty six years now. That's how i know a good one when I see one.
There is a great second hand book store there called Barts.
June sure lived in a nice area.
RIP
Cyd has been married to Tony Martin forever!
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Strategic Air Command was a good movie.
Rest in peace, dear lady.
My favorite movies with her are Strategic Air Command and The McConnell Story. (I'm an airplane nut in case anyone didn't know.)
SAC was my favorite, saw it tons of times,my husband was in the Airforce than.
An all star cast with Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford...a beautiful movie.
The end of an era. She surely represented a different time. Thanks for the great memories from the '50s, June, and rest in peace.
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