June Knight

Actor
BirthdayJan 22, 1913 (74 years old)
DeathdayJun 16, 1987
Place of birthLos Angeles, California, USA
GenderFemale

June Knight (born Margaret Rose Valliquietto) was an American Broadway and film actress and singer. Due to infantile paralysis, she was unable to walk until she was five years old, but just five years later, she started to perform songs and dance publicly. Dancer John Holland changed her name to June Knight when she became his partner, assigning her the same name as that of his previous partner. That change led to a court case in 1940, when the actress June Knight filed suit against the original dancer with that name. The actress said that she had made the name famous and that the dancer had previously agreed to stop using that name. At age 19, she appeared in the last Ziegfeld Follies show, Hot-Cha!. She was featured in four other Broadway shows, Take A Chance, Jubilee (where she introduced the Cole Porter classic "Begin the Beguine"), The Would-Be Gentleman (her only non-musical) and Sweethearts. She also had a short-lived film career, appearing in 12 films from 1930 to 1940, most notably in Broadway Melody of 1936, in which she sang the hit song "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" with co-star Robert Taylor.

Known for

(archive footage)

May 16, 1976

Lillian Brent

Sep 18, 1935

Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)

Sep 20, 1930

Bebe

Mar 1, 1940

Toby Brown

Oct 1, 1934

Sue Fleming

Jan 16, 1934

Grace Gatwick

Jan 2, 1938

Lottie Von Pepper

Sep 1, 1934

Toni Ray

Nov 25, 1933

Flo Heath

Sep 29, 1938

Jeannie Marlow

Sep 25, 1933

Chorus Redhead (uncredited)

Sep 7, 1935

Shari de Gonda

Mar 31, 1937

(archive footage)

May 16, 1976

Lillian Brent

Sep 18, 1935

Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)

Sep 20, 1930

Bebe

Mar 1, 1940

Toby Brown

Oct 1, 1934

Sue Fleming

Jan 16, 1934

Acting


Participated in 13 movies, 0 TV series

1976

(archive footage)



1938


1938

Grace Gatwick


1937

Shari de Gonda


1935

Lillian Brent


1935

Chorus Redhead (uncredited)


1934


1934

Lottie Von Pepper


1934


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