June Lockhart, warmhearted star of 'Lassie' and 'Lost in Space,' dies at 100

[MarineCombatEngineer]

June Lockhart, an actress who debuted at 8 with the Metropolitan Opera, won a Tony Award at 22 for her Broadway performance as a winsome ingénue and had a long career on television, notably starring as warmhearted matriarchs opposite a collie in “Lassie” and a robot on “Lost in Space,” died Oct. 23 at her home in Santa Monica. She was 100.

Her family announced the death in a statement Saturday but did not cite a specific cause.

Ms. Lockhart became a dominant television star of the 1960s with her performances on “Lassie” and “Lost in Space” as well as the rural sitcom “Petticoat Junction.” During a versatile career spanning more than eight decades, she also earned guest spots on westerns, melodramas, soap operas and game shows. Ms. Lockhart once joked that she did everything but fly on a trapeze.

The daughter of stage and screen character actors Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, she was 12 when she bowed on-screen with her parents as Belinda Cratchit in the 1938 film version of “A Christmas Carol.”

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I grew up watching these shows.

I didn't even know she was still alive.
RIP June.

[irisblue]

1. When I was a kid I thought she was so pretty. I was right image fromfrom twitter

Link to tweet

[calimary]

30. LOVE this photo!

[mcar]

2. I hope she had a good life

Loved those shows.

[Tree Lady]

3. I had paper dolls of Petticoat Junction

As a kid. Watched the other shows too, loved her.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Petticoat Junction?

I had forgotten all about that show for decades, ah, the trip down memory lane.

[Tree Lady]

12. Found this online

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. My sisters were into Petticoat Junction also,

they had all the merch. that was offered back then while we boys played cops and robbers with our badges, cap guns, hats, etc.

I do miss being a kid, not a worry in the world back then.

[Tree Lady]

22. lol I also used my dads belt as reins

And rode my bike no hands as my horse. Those were the days!

We had so much imagination in our play. And we were outside a lot.

[MerryBlooms]

32. Love this! My grandma used to give me the McCall paper doll pages!

[calimary]

48. "... here's a lady MD, she's as pretty as can be, at the Junction. Petticoat Junction!"

She was never out of work for long. Taught me a lot about resilience.

[anciano]

4. In memorium ....

[gulliver]

6. Bon Voyage, Dr. Robinson

...and so many other roles. I wanted to be just like Will, like a lot of kids.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. One of my favorite sayings:

[BeyondTheVeilJack]

47. She was also on Babylon 5 with him

She was in one episode of Babylon 5, the series where Billy Mummy (Will) played an alien.

[WarGamer]

7. love her!!!

[RubyRose]

8. R.I.P. June.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. ...

[Warpy]

11. I remember watching "Lassie" now and then

and wondering why Timmy couldn't seem to learn to stay away from old wells and cliffs. Lockhart always seemed to be drying dishes, which I guess is what a lot of married women did between getting meals on the table. My own mother just left them in the drainer and said "let god dry 'em," which seemed infinitely more sensible to me. At least June Lockhart didn't wear pearls and heels while doing it.

She had a good run, 100 is a very respectable age to achieve. I hope her later years were good and her passing easy.

Thanks and RIP, Ms.. Lockhart.

[twodogsbarking]

13. The myth: The iconic image of Timmy needing to be rescued from a well is a piece of television lore,

not a plot point from the show. But hey, we'll all miss June. She was the mother that many wished they had.
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[BattleRow]

16. I sure wished she could have been mine.

A truly class act. RIP,dear lady.

[Warpy]

18. Right, it was Timmy's friends who fell down wells

I do remember that much, I was just shorthanding it. Timmy did seem to be a little slow at learning things.

You're right about June being the better TV mom. Producers, directors, and writers (all male) really didn't know what to do with women back then.

[PCIntern]

19. My (nearly) favorite cartoon of all time

[MarineCombatEngineer]

21. LOL.

[calimary]

26. She would have LOVED that cartoon!

Knew her well, back in the day. Her daughters and I were in the same elementary school.

Shit - I remember playing the lead in this little school play called “Bookworms Don’t Have to Bite.” We had one more performance added, for the head nun AND for June, who was tied up in filming during the other days. But by Jove she found time to drive back over to see the school play. I remember feeling a little bit intimidated having her in the audience. “Hey, I’m just here because my name is the same as the lead character!” But she was very supportive and kind as could be!

[Aristus]

31. Are you saying you knew Ann Lockhart?

I had such a huge crush on her when I was a kid.

[calimary]

42. Yep. Annie. My still best-friend.

Don't know what I'd do if she weren't in my life. And her mom was such a cool lady. June helped me get started in my career. I'll never forget the day, after I'd started working, that she turned to me and said in a very serious but loving voice: "we're colleagues now." BOY OH BOY was that a moment!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

35. Just sent this cartoon to my sons, daughters, grandchildren,

all of whom are loyal Democrats.

Great toon PCIntern.

[LoisB]

15. I remember her from "Lassie". May she rest in peace.

[GreenWave]

17. Sad to hear.

[slightlv]

20. Wow! 100 years old! And it sounds like she lived a full life...

I love her comment that Acting is what I do... it's not who I am. Meanwhile, she was a spokeswoman for the Hearing Dog corporation, which trained dogs to assist the hearing impaired. Notice how many good people we've lost that it wasn't until we lost them we discover how into helping and rescuing animals they were?

I always liked June Lockhart and how she played the roles she was given. RIP. You will be missed!

[Trailrider1951]

23. RIP Ms. Lockhart

I remember her in Lassie, I watched that show when I was a child. Also later in Lost in Space. Wasn't she also in Airplane?

[Beartracks]

25. Barbara Billingsley (aka June Cleaver) played the "Jive Lady" in Airplane!

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[Trailrider1951]

37. Yes, Ms. Billingsley

Thanks!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

41. That was a hilarious scene,

but, in this current climate, this couldn't be made, even if, like this is, satire meant not be taken seriously.
This movie, Blazing Saddles, would also fall under what I said:
IMHO, I think this is the funniest scene in the movie and I don't take umbrage at the language used because I know it's all satire.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

29. You're probably thinking of Barbara Billingsley

[Trailrider1951]

36. Yes, thanks!

[AllaN01Bear]

24. ""

[Raine]

27. Sad news 😪

R-I-P June 🙏

[Skittles]

28. lovely lady

100! Well done, June

[MerryBlooms]

33. Icon. 🥰🥰🥰

[MerryBlooms]

34. Cloris Leachman was also on Lassie. Also another big fave of mine

[BlueKota]

38. I loved her especially as Dr. Craig on Petticoat Junction!

[MustLoveBeagles]

39. Rest in peace June

[area51]

40. RIP.

[Chemical Bill]

43. "A rock and roll gal"

Billy Mumy remembers her

Lost in Space Star Bill Mumy Pays Tribute to TV Mom June Lockhart - Parade https://share.google/4RUz9ITGHjSCaclLx

[progressoid]

46. Wow.

That's...

“I swear to God she lives for rock and roll,” he said. “In the ‘80s, she carried a picture of one person in her wallet, and it was David Bowie. In 1967, she hired the Allman Brothers band, which was at the time called the Hourglass, to come play a party at her house. She took me and Angela Cartwright to the Whisky A-Go-Go in the summer of love to hang out with the Allman Brothers band up at the Whisky A-Go-Go. She’s a character. And she is a rock and roll gal, that’s all I can say about it.”

[calimary]

49. Shit! I was there for that.

I remember the band, playing in that big downstairs indoor “patio”. We were too busy being young goofs and not paying much attention. Who knew what they’d become? (Certainly not us!)

Great party. They ALL were great parties if June was involved. Rest in Peace, dear lady.

[twodogsbarking]

44. Some Lassie episodes are hard to watch. Sad things that are really well presented. The first three seasons (before June)

had some real tear jerkers. Bye June. A lot of people loved you. You won.

[Clouds Passing]

45. June...