Editing June Lockhart (section)

==Early life==
[[File:June lockhart.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Lockhart in ''[[Son of Lassie]]'' (1945)]]
[[File:June Lockhart Lassie National Dog Week 1963.JPG|upright|right|thumb|Lockhart as Ruth Martin in ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'' (1963)]]
June Lockhart was born on June 25, 1925, in New York City, New York. She is the daughter of Canadian-American actor [[Gene Lockhart]], who came to prominence on Broadway in 1933 in ''[[Ah, Wilderness!]]'', and English-born actress [[Kathleen Lockhart]] (née Arthur).<ref>{{cite magazine| date=November 24, 1947| title=A Star Is Born| magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]]| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UgEAAAAMBAJ&q=lockhart| pages=59| issn=0024-3019}}</ref> Her grandfather was John Coates Lockhart, "a concert-singer".<ref>{{cite news| last1=Maays|first1=Stan|title=June Lockhart Jr. To Make TV Debut| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3310362/abilene_reporternews/| newspaper=[[Abilene Reporter-News]]| date=February 15, 1970| page=5E| via=[[Newspapers.com]]| access-date=March 13, 2020}} {{Open access}}</ref>

Lockhart attended the [[Harvard-Westlake School|Westlake School for Girls]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref name=raves/>