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June Allyson

ActorBorn 1917, died 2006On stage 1938 to 19686 productions on this page

June Allyson
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June Allyson (born Eleanor Geisman; October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Allyson began her career in 1937 as a dancer in short subject films and on Broadway in 1938. She signed with MGM in 1943 and rose to fame the following year in Two Girls and a Sailor. Allyson's "girl next door" image was solidified during the mid-1940s when she was paired with actor Van Johnson in six films. In 1951 she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Young to Kiss. From 1959 to 1961 she hosted and occasionally starred in her own anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, which aired on CBS. In the 1970s she returned to the…

On stage

6 productions, 30 years
1938
Sing Out the NewsBroadway Music Box Theatre. Original. Directed by Ned McGurn
105 performances
1939
Very Warm for MayBroadway Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Oscar Hammerstein II
59 performances
1940
Higher and HigherBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by Joshua Logan
84 performances
1940
Panama HattieBroadway 46th Street Theatre. Original. Directed by Edgar MacGregor
501 performances
1941
Best Foot ForwardBroadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Original. Directed by George Abbott
326 performances
1968
Forty CaratsBroadway Morosco Theatre. Original. Directed by Abe Burrows
780 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names
  • Vera Ellen 3 productions
  • Eleanor Eberle 3 productions
  • Ronnie Cunningham 2 productions
  • Miriam Franklyn 2 productions
  • Miriam Franklin 2 productions
  • Michael Moore 2 productions
  • Marie Louise Quevli 2 productions
  • Marguerite James 2 productions
  • Louis Hightower 2 productions
  • Kay Picture 2 productions
  • Jane Ball 2 productions
  • Jack Seymour 2 productions

Also credited on

1 work

No, No, Nanette

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