Editing June Lockhart (section)

==Stage==
Lockhart debuted on stage at the age of 8, playing Mimsey in ''[[Peter Ibbetson (opera)|Peter Ibbetson]]'', presented by the [[Metropolitan Opera]].<ref>{{cite news| last1=Boyle| first1=Hal| title=Gene Lockhart Versatile Man| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19590313&id=4SIsAAAAIBAJ&pg=4388,1536080&hl=en| access-date=November 30, 2015| newspaper=[[Times Daily|Florence Times]]| date=March 13, 1959| page=5}}</ref> In 1947, her acting in ''For Love or Money'' brought her out of her parents' shadow and gained her notice as "a promising movie actress in her own right." One newspaper article began, "June Lockhart has burst on Broadway with the suddenness of an unpredicted comet."<ref name=raves>{{cite news| last1=Meegan| first1=Jean| title=Winsome June Lockhart Draws Broadway 'Raves'| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3303869/the_corpus_christi_callertimes/| newspaper=[[Corpus Christi Caller-Times]]| date=November 23, 1947| page=3B| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=September 26, 2015}}{{Open access}}</ref>

In 1951, Lockhart starred in [[Lawrence Riley]]'s biographical play ''[[Kin Hubbard]]'' opposite [[Tom Ewell]].