Mildred June (December 23, 1905 – June 19, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in silent films. She was also co-writer of a 1927 film. She died at the age of 34 from alcoholism.

Mildred June
June in 1922
Born(1905-12-23)December 23, 1905
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJune 19, 1940(1940-06-19) (aged 34)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
OccupationActress
Years active1919–1936
Spouses
Herbert Edward Capps
(m. 1922; div. 1925)
Bud Sheehan
(m. 1930; died 1935)

Life

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June was born in St. Louis in 1905.[1]

 
The 1921 comedy Be Reasonable

She was an American actress appearing in silent films. June starred in Troubles of a Bride in 1924 with Robert Agnew and Alan Hale.[2] and in the similarly themed Matrimony Blues in 1926 with Lige Conley. The following year she starred in The Snarl of Hate and she was co-writer of the 1927 film Crazy to Act,[3] in which she and Oliver Hardy starred.[4]

Her last part in a film was a small one in Our Relations which starred Laurel and Hardy in 1936.[1]

She died young from alcoholism in Hollywood in 1940 from cirrhosis of the liver.[1]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mildred June ~ The Alcoholic Bathing Beauty". Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Mildred June | Hollywood Forever %". Hollywood Forever. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  4. ^ Filmszínésznő leszek (in Hungarian), retrieved June 14, 2021
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