June ALLYSON | Eleanor Geisman
* 07.10.1917, The Bronx / New York (City), USA † 08.07.2006, Ojai, California, USA

Schauspielerin * ab 1937 tritt in einer Reihe von Kurzfilmen auf * Revuegirl am Broadway (Sing Out the News, 1938) * 1942-53 unter Vertrag bei MGM * 1943 Filmdebüt * Aufstieg zum Star mit Parts in Musikfilmen (Two Girls and a Sailor; Music for Millions) - wird meistens als "nettes Mädchen von nebenan" besetzt * Ende der 40er Jahre wechselt ins komödiantische und dramatische Fach - häufig in der Rolle der aufopferungsvollen Ehefrau * 1953 letzter gemeinsamer Film mit Van Johnson (Remains to Be Seen) * 1957 Fernsehdebüt * 1958 letzte starring role in A Stranger in My Arms * 1959-61 host und (gelegentliche) Hauptdarstellerin in The DuPont Show with June Allyson [The June Allyson Show] * seit 1960 sporadische Auftritte im Fernsehen und Kino sowie auf der Bühne (Forty Carats, 1970) * 1982 Veröffentlichung der Autobiografie * 1997 Gründung der June Allyson Foundation * verheiratet mit Dick Powell (1945-63)
"Women identify with me, and while men desire Cyd Charisse, they'd take me home to meet Mom."
" She’s the girl every man wants to marry and the girl every woman wants as a friend." Ginger Rogers
FILMS

Thousands Cheer (1942/43-USA * George Sidney ... sie selbst) (11-02/+05; 4401)

Best Foot Forward (1943-USA; R: Edward Buzzell, B: Irving Brecher, Fred F. Finklehoffe, K: Leonard Smith, ML: Lennie Hayton, D: Lucille Ball, William Gaxton / June Allyson: Minerva) 95m-Musikkomödie (01-03; 4310)

Girl Crazy (1943-USA; R: Norman Taurog, B: Fred F. Finklehoffe, K: William H. Daniels, Robert Planck, ML: Georgie Stoll, D: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland / June Allyson: specialty singer) 99m-Musikkomödie (01-04; 4311)

Meet the People (1943-USA; R: Charles F. Reisner, B: S.M. Herzig, Fred Saidy, K: Robert Surtees, ML: Lennie Hayton, D: Lucille Ball, Dick Powell / June Allyson: Annie) 100m-Musikkomödie (06-09; 4406)

Two Girls and a Sailor (1943-USA * Richard Thorpe ... Patsy Deyo) (09-12; 4406)

Music for Millions (1944-USA * Henry Koster ... Barbara Ainsworth) (05-09; 4412)

Her Highness and the Bellboy (1944/45-USA; R: Richard Thorpe, B: Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman, K: Harry Stradling, M: Georgie Stoll, D: Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson: Leslie Odell) 112m-Liebeskomödie (12-01/02; 4509)

The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945-USA; R: Richard Whorf, B: Anne Morrison Chapin, Whitfield Cook, K: Sidney Wagner, M: Johnny Green, D: Robert Walker, June Allyson: Mary) 92m-Komödie (03-05; 4601)

Two Sisters from Boston (Erfüllte Träume, 1945-USA; R: Henry Koster, B: Myles Connolly; James O'Hanlon, Harry Crane, K: Robert Surtees, ML: Charles Previn, D: Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson: Martha Canford Chandler, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante, Peter Lawford) 112m-Musikkomödie (06-10/+11; 4604)

Till the Clouds Roll By (Bis die Wolken vorüberzieh'n, 1945-46-USA; R: Richard Whorf, B: Myles Connolly, Jean Holloway; George Wells, K: Harry Stradling, George J. Folsey, ML: Lennie Hayton, D: June Allyson: Jane/specialty, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin, Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Robert Walker) 137m-Musical (10-11+12-01+03-05; 4701)

The Secret Heart (Geheimnis des Herzens, 1946-USA; R: Robert Z. Leonard, B: Whitfield Cook, Anne Morrison Chapin; William Brown Meloney, Rose Franken, K: George J. Folsey, M: Bronislau Kaper, D: Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon, June Allyson: Penny Addams) 97m-Melodram (05-08/+09; 4612)

High Barbaree (1946-USA; R: Jack Conway, B: Anne Morrison Chapin, Whitfield Cook, Cyril Hume, K: Sidney Wagner, M: Herbert Stothart, D: Van Johnson, June Allyson: Nancy Frazer) 91m-Actiondrama (Roman von Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall) (05-08/+11; 4705)

Good News (1947-USA; R: Charles Walters, B: Betty Comden, Adolph Green, K: Charles Schoenbaum, ML: Lennie Hayton, D: June Allyson: Connie Lane, Peter Lawford) 93m-Musical (03-05; 4712)

The Bride Goes Wild (1947-USA; R: Norman Taurog, B: Albert Beich, K: Ray June, M: Rudolph G. Kopp, D: Van Johnson, June Allyson: Martha Terryton) 97/100m-Liebeskomödie (06-08; 4803)

The Three Musketeers (1948-USA * George Sidney ... Constance Bonacieux) (Roman von Alexandre Dumas, père) (01-05; 4811)

Words and Music (1948-USA; R: Norman Taurog, B: Fred Finklehoffe; Ben Feiner, Jr, K: Charles Rosher, Harry Stradling, ML: Lennie Hayton, D: June Allyson: sie selbst, Perry Como, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Mickey Rooney, Ann Sothern) 119m-Musikerbiografie (04-07; 4812)

Little Women (1948-USA * Mervyn LeRoy ... Jo March) (Roman von Louisa May Alcott) (06-09; 4903)

The Stratton Story (1948-USA; R: Sam Wood, B: Douglas Morrow, Guy Trosper, K: Harold Rosson, M: Adolph Deutsch, D: James Stewart, June Allyson: Ethel Stratton) 106m-Biopic (10-12; 4906)

The Reformer and the Redhead (1949-USA * Norman Panama, Melvin Frank ... Kathleen Maguire) (Kurzgeschichte von Robert Carson) (5005)

Right Cross (Der einsame Champion, 1950-USA; R: John Sturges, B: Charles Schnee, K: Norbert Brodine, M: David Raksin, D: June Allyson: Pat O'Malley, Dick Powell, Ricardo Montalban) 90m-Boxerdrama (5010)

Too Young to Kiss (Zu jung zum Küssen, 1951-USA; R: Robert Z. Leonard, B: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, K: Joseph Ruttenberg, ML: Johnny Green, D: June Allyson: Cynthia Potter, Van Johnson) 91m-Komödie (04-05; 5111)

The Girl in White (Frau in Weiß, 1951-USA; R: John Sturges, B: Irma von Cube, Allen Vincent; Philip Stevenson, K: Paul C. Vogel, M: David Raksin, D: June Allyson: Emily Dunning, Arthur Kennedy, Gary Merrill) 93m-Biografie/Gesellschaftsdrama (Buch von Emily Dunning Barringer) (10-12; 5205)

Battle Circus (1952-USA * Richard Brooks ... Lieutenant Ruth McCara) (07-09; 5303)

Remains to Be Seen (Eine Leiche auf Rezept, 1952-USA; R: Don Weis, B: Sidney Sheldon, K: Robert Planck, ML: Jeff Alexander, D: June Allyson: Jody Revere, Van Johnson) 89m-Krimikomödie (10; 5305)

The Glenn Miller Story (1953-USA * Anthony Mann ... Helen Berger [Miller]) (5402)

Executive Suite (1953-USA * Robert Wise ... Mary Blemond Walling) (Roman von Cameron Hawley) (5405)

Strategic Air Command (In geheimer Kommandosache, 1954-USA; R: Anthony Mann, B: Valentine Davies, Beirne Lay, Jr, K: William H. Daniels, M: Victor Young, D: James Stewart, June Allyson: Sally Holland) 114m-Fliegerdrama (03-05/+08;09;11; 5504)

Woman's World (Die Welt gehört der Frau, 1954-USA; R: Jean Negulesco, B: Claude Binyon, Mary Loos, Richard Sale; Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, K: Joseph MacDonald, M: Cyril J. Mockridge, D: Clifton Webb, June Allyson: Katie, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, Fred MacMurray, Arlene Dahl, Cornel Wilde) 94m-Komödie (05-06; 5410)

The Shrike (In all diesen Nächten, 1954-USA; R: José Ferrer, B: Ketti Frings, K: William H. Daniels, M: Frank Skinner, D: Jose Ferrer, June Allyson: Ann Downs) 88m-Drama (09-11; 5509)

The McConnell Story (Wolkenstürmer, 1954/55-USA; R: Gordon Douglas, B: Ted Sherdeman, Sam Rolfe, K: John F. Seitz, M: Max Steiner, D: Alan Ladd, June Allyson: Pearl [Butch] Brown) 107m-Biografie (11-01; 5509)

You Can't Run Away from It (Ohne Liebe geht es nicht, 1955-USA; R: Dick Powell, B: Claude Binyon, Robert Riskin, K: Charles Lawton, Jr, MA: George Duning, MS: Morris Stoloff, D: June Allyson: Ellen Andrews, Jack Lemmon) 95m-Komödie (11-12; 5611)

The Opposite Sex (Das schwache Geschlecht, 1956-USA; R: David Miller, B: Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin, K: Robert Bronner, MS: George Stoll, D: June Allyson: Kay Hilliard, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller) 117m-Gesellschaftskomödie (02-05; 5610)

Interlude (1956-USA * Douglas Sirk ... Helen Banning) (06-08; 5709)

My Man Godfrey (Mein Mann Gottfried, 1957-USA; R: Henry Koster, B: Everett Freeman, Peter Berneis, William Bowers, K: William H. Daniels, M: Frank Skinner, D: June Allyson: Irene Bullock, David Niven) 92m-Komödie (Roman von Eric Hatch) (5712)

A Stranger in My Arms (Ein Fremder in meinen Armen, 1958/59-USA; R: Helmut Käutner, B: Peter Berneis, K: William H. Daniels, MS: Joseph Gershenson, D: June Allyson: Christina Beasley, Jeff Chandler) 88m-Drama (Roman von Robert Wilder) (5902)

They Only Kill Their Masters (1972-USA * James Goldstone ... Mrs. Watkins) (7211)

Blackout / New York Black-Out (Die Bestien, 1977-CDN/F; R: Eddy Matalon, B: John Saxton, K: Jean-Jacques Tarbes, M: Didier Vasseur, D: Jim Mitchum, Robert Carradine, Belinda Montgomery, June Allyson: Mrs. Grant) 92m-Action (11-12; 7806-F)

A Girl, 3 Guys and a Gun / The Solid Ones (1999-USA; R+B: Brent Florence, K: Matthew W. Davis, M: Todd Hannigan, D: Brent Florence / June Allyson: Joeys Großmutter) 95m-Tragikomödie > nur Videovertrieb (R; 1.78; 0512)

AWARD

Golden Globe (beste Darstellerin – Kategorie Musical/Komödie) für Too Young to Kiss (1952)

BOOK

June Allyson (mit Frances Spatz Leighton): June Allyson. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982 - 262 S. [Autobiografie]

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