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{{Short description|American actress (1917–2006)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = June Allyson
| image              = June Allyson-publicity.jpg
| image_size         = 
| alt                = 
| caption            = Allyson in 1944
| birth_name         = Eleanor Geisman
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1917|10|7|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[The Bronx, New York]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2006|7|8|1917|10|7|mf=y}}
| death_place        = [[Ojai, California]], U.S.
| known_for          = {{hlist|[[Best Foot Forward (film)|Best Foot Forward]]|[[Two Girls and a Sailor]]|[[The Sailor Takes a Wife]]|[[Two Sisters from Boston]]|[[The Three Musketeers (1948 film)|The Three Musketeers]]|[[Words and Music (1948 film)|Words and Music]]|[[Little Women (1949 film)|Little Women]]|[[The Stratton Story]]|[[Too Young to Kiss]]|[[The Glenn Miller Story]]|[[Executive Suite]]}}
| resting_place      = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]]
| other_names        = June Allison
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Actress
* dancer
* singer
}}
| years_active       = 1936–2001
| spouse             = {{plainlist |
* {{marriage|[[Dick Powell]]|1945|1963|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Alfred Glenn Maxwell|1963|1965|end=div}}
* {{marriage|<!--Alfred Glenn Maxwell-->|1966|1970|end=div}}
* {{marriage|David Ashrow|1976}}
}}
| awards             = [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe – Best Actress]] (1951)
| website            = {{URL|www.juneallyson.com/}}
}}

'''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 theatre|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 – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|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]] from 1959 to 1961.<ref name=":0" />

In the 1970s, she returned to the stage, starring in ''[[Forty Carats]]'' and ''[[No, No, Nanette]]''. In 1982, Allyson released her autobiography ''June Allyson by June Allyson'', and continued her career with guest starring roles on television and occasional film appearances. She later established the June Allyson Foundation for Public Awareness and Medical Research and worked to raise money for research for urological and gynecological diseases affecting senior citizens. During the 1980s, Allyson also became a spokesperson for [[Depend (undergarment)|Depend undergarment]]s,<ref name="Kimberly-Clark">{{cite press release| url=http://investor.kimberly-clark.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=203430| title=KimberlyClark Corporation Honors June Allyson And Her Humanitarian Contributions: Long-Time Depend Brand Spokesperson Educated Millions on Incontinence| publisher=Kimberly-Clark Corporation| date=July 11, 2006| access-date=May 12, 2012| archive-date=March 5, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080902/http://investor.kimberly-clark.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=203430| url-status=dead}}</ref> in a successful marketing campaign that has been credited in reducing the social stigma of [[urinary incontinence|incontinence]].<ref>{{cite news| last1=O'Reilly| first1=Terry| title=Now Splinter Free: How Marketing Broke Taboos| url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/now-splinter-free-how-marketing-broke-taboos-1.4149558|access-date=June 10, 2017|agency=Pirate Radio| publisher=CBC Radio One| date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> She made her final onscreen appearance in 2001.

Allyson was married four times (to three husbands) and had two children with her first husband, [[Dick Powell]]. She died of [[respiratory failure]] and [[bronchitis]] in July 2006 at the age of 88.

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==Early life==
Allyson was born Eleanor Geisman,<ref name="census">[http://www.ancestry.com/default.aspx?o_iid=19250&o_lid=19250&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Ancestry.com] according to the 1920 U.S. census</ref> nicknamed Ella, in [[The Bronx]], New York City.<ref name=":1" /> She was the daughter of Clara (née Provost) and Robert Geisman. She had a brother, Henry, who was two years older. She said she had been raised as a Catholic,{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} but a discrepancy exists relating to her early life, and her studio biography was often the source of the confusion. Her paternal grandparents, Harry Geisman and Anna Hafner, were immigrants from Germany<ref name="census" /> although Allyson claimed her last name was originally "Van Geisman", and was of Dutch origin.<ref name="cnn">[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0107/04/lkl.00.html "June Allyson Discusses Her Career."] ''CNN Larry King Live''. Retrieved September 10, 2009.</ref> Studio biographies listed her as Jan Allyson born to Franco-English parents. Upon her death, her daughter said Allyson was born "Eleanor Geisman to a French mother and Dutch father."<ref>Luther, Claudia. [https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-june-allyson-200600711-snap-story.html "Obituaries: Film Sweetheart June Allyson Dies at 88."] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', July 11, 2006.</ref>{{#tag:ref|During her lifetime Allyson published an autobiography that has led to much of the confusion as her recollections did not correspond to the actual record, starting with her birth date and her family background. MGM was partly to blame as the studio PR machine created a "goody two-shoes" image of a young ingenue, which required some imaginative tailoring of her age, family circumstances, and her famous "tree limb" story.|group=N}} In an interview with [[Larry King]] Allyson denied being of German Jewish descent.<ref>{{cite news |title=CNN Larry King Live – June Allyson Discusses Her Career |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2001-07-04/segment/00 |date=July 4, 2001 |website=CNN |department =Transcripts |access-date=August 26, 2022}}</ref>

In April 1918 (when Allyson was six months old), her alcoholic father, who had worked as a janitor, abandoned the family. Allyson was brought up in near poverty, living with her maternal grandparents.<ref name="Parish and Pitts, p. 1">Parish and Pitts 2003, p. 1.</ref> To make ends meet, her mother worked as a telephone operator and restaurant cashier. When she had enough funds, she occasionally reunited with her daughter, but more often Allyson was "farmed" to her grandparents or other relatives.<ref name="Parish and Pitts, p. 1"/>

===Accident===
In 1925 (when Allyson was eight), a tree branch fell on her while she was riding her tricycle with her pet terrier in tow.<ref name="Obituary">Harmetz, Aljean. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/movies/11allyson.html?_r=1 "June Allyson, Adoring Wife in MGM Films, Is Dead at 88."] ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 11, 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2010.</ref> Allyson sustained a fractured skull and broken back, and her dog was killed. Her doctors said she never would walk again and confined her to a heavy steel brace from neck to hips for four years. She ultimately regained her health, but when Allyson had become famous, she was terrified that people would discover her background from the "tenement side of New York City", and she readily agreed to studio tales of a "rosy life", including a concocted story that she underwent months of swimming exercises in rehabilitation to emerge as a star swimmer.<ref name="Parish and Pitts, p. 1"/> In her later memoirs, Allyson describes a summer program of swimming that did help her recovery.<ref>Allyson and Leighton 1982, p. 8.</ref><ref name="bob">{{cite news|title=June Allyson, Actress: 1917–2006|author=Thomas, Bob|work=The Globe and Mail|date=July 11, 2006|page=S.7}}</ref>

After gradually progressing from a wheelchair to crutches to braces, Allyson's true escape from her impoverished life was to go to the cinema, where she was enraptured by [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[Fred Astaire]] movies.<ref name="Parish and Pitts, p. 1"/> As a teen, Allyson memorized the trademark dance routines of Ginger Rogers. She claimed later to have watched ''[[The Gay Divorcee]]'' 17 times.<ref>Allyson and Leighton 1982, p. 7.</ref> She also tried to emulate the singing styles of movie stars, but never mastered reading music.<ref>Allyson and Leighton 1982, pp. 10, 36.</ref>

When her mother remarried and the family was reunited with a more stable financial standing, Allyson was enrolled in the Ned Wayburn Dancing Academy and began to enter dance competitions with the stage name of Elaine Peters.<ref name="Parish and Pitts, pp. 1, 3.">Parish and Pitts 2003, pp. 1, 3.</ref>

==Career==
===Early work===
With the death of her stepfather and a bleak future ahead, she left high school midway through her junior year to seek jobs as a dancer. Her first $60-a-week job was as a [[tap dance]]r at the Lido Club in [[Montreal]]. Returning to New York City, she found work as an actress in [[Short film|movie short subjects]] filmed by [[Educational Pictures]] at its [[Astoria, Queens]] NY studio.<ref name="Parish and Pitts, p. 3.">Parish and Pitts 2003, p. 3.</ref>

Fiercely ambitious, Allyson tried her hand at modeling, but to her consternation became the "sad-looking before part" in a before-and-after bathing suit magazine ad.<ref>Allyson and Leighton 1982, p. 11.</ref>

===Musical shorts===
Her first career break came when Educational cast her as an [[Ingénue|ingenue]] opposite singer [[Lee Sullivan (singer)|Lee Sullivan]], comic dancers [[Herman Timberg, Jr.]], and [[Pat Rooney, Jr.]], and future comedy star [[Danny Kaye]] in a series of shorts. These included ''Swing for Sale'' (1937), ''Pixilated'' (1937), ''Ups and Downs'' (1937), ''Dime a Dance'' (1938), ''Dates and Nuts'' (1938) and ''Sing for Sweetie'' (1938).<ref name="guard">{{cite news|title=Obituary: June Allyson: Actor whose sunny style and quivering lip embodied a simpler age|author=Bergan, Ronald|work=The Guardian|date=July 12, 2006|page=36}}</ref>

When Educational ceased operations, Allyson moved to [[Vitaphone]] in Brooklyn and starred or co-starred (with dancer [[Hal Le Roy]]) in [[musical short]]s. These included ''[[The Prisoner of Swing]]'' (1938), ''[[The Knight Is Young]]'' (1938), ''[[Rollin' in Rhythm]]'' (1939) and ''[[All Girl Revue]]'' (1940).

===Broadway===
Interspersing jobs in the [[chorus line]] at the [[Copacabana (nightclub)|Copacabana Club]] with acting roles at [[Vitaphone Pictorial Revue|Vitaphone]], the diminutive 5'1", below-100-pound Allyson landed a chorus job in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] show ''Sing Out the News'' in 1938.<ref name="IBDB" />

The “legend” around her stage name is that the choreographer gave her a job and a new name: Allyson, a family name, and June, for the month,<ref name="Obituary"/> although like many aspects of her career resume, the story is highly unlikely as she was already dubbing herself "June Allyson" prior to her Broadway engagement. At one point she attributed the name to a director she worked with even later.{{#tag:ref|The name "June Allyson" has been attributed to three different sources and June herself had a different memory of from where it came, but the use of a nickname and stage name had already begun in her teen years. On the Larry King interview, her recollection was that Broadway producer George Abbott had given her the name, while other sources have her first stage choreographer calling her that in exasperation, as he could not be bothered to remember her real one; at least that was the tale in her book. Probably, it made sense to her, as she liked "Allison", her brother's name, and simply tacked "June" onto it, and was reportedly using it before her Broadway debut.|group=N}}

Allyson subsequently appeared in the chorus in the [[Jerome Kern]]–[[Oscar Hammerstein II]] musical ''[[Very Warm for May]]'' (1939).<ref name="Parish and Pitts, p. 3."/>
[[File:June Allyson (handprints in cement).jpg|right|thumb|250px|Allyson's handprints in front of [[The Great Movie Ride]] at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] theme park]]

When Vitaphone discontinued New York production in 1940, Allyson returned to the stage to take on more chorus roles in [[Rodgers and Hart]]'s ''[[Higher and Higher (musical)|Higher and Higher]]'' (1940) and [[Cole Porter]]'s ''[[Panama Hattie]]'' (1940).

Her dancing and musical talent led to a stint as an [[understudy]] for the lead, [[Betty Hutton]], and when Hutton contracted [[measles]], Allyson appeared in five performances of ''[[Panama Hattie]]''.<ref name="Parish and Pitts, p. 3."/> Broadway director [[George Abbott]] caught one of performances and offered Allyson one of the lead roles in his production of ''[[Best Foot Forward (musical)|Best Foot Forward]]'' (1941).<ref name="Basinger p. 482">Basinger 2007, p. 482.</ref><ref name="guard"/>

===Early films===
After her appearance in the Broadway musical, Allyson was selected for the 1943 film version of ''[[Best Foot Forward (1943 film)|Best Foot Forward]]''.<ref>Hirschhorn 1991, p. 224.</ref> When she arrived in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], the production had not started, so [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] "placed her on the payroll" of ''[[Girl Crazy (1943 film)|Girl Crazy]]'' (1943). Despite playing a "[[bit part]]", Allyson received good reviews as a [[sidekick]] to ''Best Foot Forward'''s star, [[Lucille Ball]], but was still relegated to the "drop list."<ref>Allyson and Leighton 1982, pp. 22–23.</ref>

MGM's musical supervisor [[Arthur Freed]] saw her [[screen test]] sent up by an [[Talent agent|agent]] and insisted that Allyson be put on [[Guarantee (filmmaking)|contract]] immediately.<ref>Fordin 1996, p. 67.</ref> Another musical, ''[[Thousands Cheer]]'' (1943), was a showcase for her singing, albeit still in a minor role.<ref name="Allyson and Leighton 1982, p. 22">Allyson, June and Frances Spatz Leighton. ''June Allyson by June Allyson''. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. {{ISBN|0-399-12726-7}}</ref>

As a new [[wikt:starlet|starlet]], although Allyson had already been a performer on stage and screen for over five years, she was presented as an "overnight sensation", with Hollywood [[Publicity|press agents]] attempting to portray her as an ingenue, selectively slicing years off her true age. Studio bios listed her variously as being born in 1922 and 1923.<ref name="Parish and Pitts, p. 1"/>

===Rising fame===
Allyson's breakthrough was in ''[[Two Girls and a Sailor]]'' (1944) where the studio image of the "[[girl next door]]"<ref>{{Cite news|title=Milner 1998, p. 155.}}</ref> was fostered by her being cast alongside long-time acting chum [[Van Johnson]], the quintessential "boy next door."<ref>Davis 2001, p. 34.</ref> As the "sweetheart team", Johnson and Allyson were to appear together in four later films.<ref name="Parish and Pitts, p. 4.">Parish and Pitts 2003, p. 4.</ref><ref name="happy">{{cite news|title=June Allyson's Happy Dreams Coming True: Better Roles Now June Allyson's|author=Schallert, Edwin|date=November 7, 1948|work=Los Angeles Times|page=D1}}</ref>

Allyson [[Supporting actor|supported]] Lucille Ball again in ''[[Meet the People (film)|Meet the People]]'' (1944), which was a [[Box-office bomb|flop]].<ref name=":0" /> It was on this film she met [[Dick Powell]], whom she later married.<ref>{{cite news|title=Respite Now Goal of June Allyson: Pause in Arduous Screen Work Sought by Dick Powell's Bride Respite Now Forms June Allyson Goal|author=Schallert, Edwin|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 30, 1945|page=B1}}</ref>

She supported [[Margaret O'Brien]] in ''[[Music for Millions]]'' (1944) and was billed after [[Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)|Robert Walker]] and [[Hedy Lamarr]] in the [[romantic comedy]] ''[[Her Highness and the Bellboy]]'' (1945).

===Stardom===
[[File:June Allyson modern345.jpg|thumb|left|Allyson, March 1945]]
Allyson was [[billing (performing arts)|top-billed]] along with Walker in ''[[The Sailor Takes a Wife]]'' (1945). She had a role in ''[[Two Sisters from Boston]]'' (1946) with [[Kathryn Grayson]] and [[Peter Lawford]], and was one of several MGM stars in ''[[Till the Clouds Roll By]]'' (1946). She also appeared in her first [[Drama (film and television)|drama]], ''[[The Secret Heart]]'', in 1946 with [[Claudette Colbert]] and [[Walter Pidgeon]].<ref name="happy"/>

She was reunited with Johnson in ''[[High Barbaree (film)|High Barbaree]]'' (1947) and followed with the musical ''[[Good News (1947 film)|Good News]]'', also in 1947.<ref name="Basinger p. 482"/>

Allyson starred with Johnson in the 1948 comedy ''[[The Bride Goes Wild]]'', then played Constance in the hugely popular 1948 ''[[The Three Musketeers (1948 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1948). Her song "[[Thou Swell]]" was a high point of the [[Rodgers and Hart]] biopic ''[[Words and Music (1948 film)|Words and Music]]'' (1948), as performed in the "[[A Connecticut Yankee (musical)|A Connecticut Yankee]]" segment with the Blackburn Twins.<ref name="happy"/>

Allyson played the [[tomboy]] [[Jo March]] in ''[[Little Women (1949 film)|Little Women]]'' (1949),<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Stephen M. |date=July 11, 2006 |title=Film's Girl Next Door June Allyson Dies |url=https://people.com/celebrity/films-girl-next-door-june-allyson-dies/ |access-date=September 22, 2022 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref> which was a huge hit. She was adept at crying on cue, and many of her films incorporated a crying scene. Fellow MGM player [[Margaret O'Brien]] recalled that she and Allyson were known as "the town criers".<ref>Allyson and Leighton 1982, p. 37.</ref> "I cried once in a picture and they said 'Let's do it again', and I cried for the rest of my career", she later said.<ref name="all"/>

The same year, MGM announced Allyson would be in ''Forever'' by Mildred Crann, but the project was dropped.<ref name="happy"/> Instead, she starred in ''[[The Stratton Story]]'' (1949) with [[James Stewart]], which she later said was her favorite film.<ref name="all">{{cite news|title=June Allyson: Still June Allyson|author=Meryle Secrest|work=The Washington Post and Times-Herald|date=August 6, 1971|page=B2}}</ref>

She made two films with [[Dick Powell]]: ''[[The Reformer and the Redhead]]'' (1950) and ''[[Right Cross (film)|Right Cross]]'' (1950), after which she was reunited with Johnson in ''[[Too Young to Kiss]]'' (1951).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |date=July 11, 2006 |title=June Allyson, Adoring Wife in MGM Films, Is Dead at 88 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/movies/11allyson.html |access-date=October 28, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1950, Allyson had been signed to appear opposite her childhood idol [[Fred Astaire]] in ''[[Royal Wedding]]'', but had to leave the production due to pregnancy. She was replaced initially by [[Judy Garland]], who in turn was replaced by [[Jane Powell]].

Allyson played a doctor in ''[[The Girl in White]]'' (1952), which lost revenue, and a nurse in ''[[Battle Circus (film)|Battle Circus]]'' (1953), a hit.<ref name="Parish and Pitts, p. 4."/> She starred in ''[[Remains to Be Seen (film)|Remains to Be Seen]]'' (1953) with Johnson, which was a flop. In May 1953, she and MGM agreed to part ways by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite news|title=June Allyson Leaves Metro|work=New York Times|date=May 2, 1953|page=12}}</ref>

===Post MGM===
In 1954, Allyson was in a huge [[Universal Pictures]] hit, ''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]'',<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RmnjAAAAMAAJ |title=Universal-International Presents James Stewart, June Allyson, " The Glenn Miller Story" |date=1953 |publisher=Melzer-Styne Company |language=en}}</ref> as well as another successful MGM film, ''[[Executive Suite (film)|Executive Suite]]''. She also starred the [[Fox Film]] ''[[Woman's World (1954 film)|Woman's World]]'', which was less successful.

Allyson was teamed with Stewart again in ''[[Strategic Air Command (film)|Strategic Air Command]]'' (1955) at [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], another success.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/JFLcz5v_DeA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063107/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFLcz5v_DeA&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite episode| url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JFLcz5v_DeA| title=June Allyson TV interview| series=The Dick Cavett Show| network=[[PBS]]| year=1982}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

She had a change of pace in ''[[The Shrike (film)|The Shrike]]'' (1955) with [[José Ferrer]] at Universal; it flopped. More popular was ''[[The McConnell Story]]'' (1955) with [[Alan Ladd]] at [[Warner Bros.]]

In 1956, Allyson did some musical remakes of classic films, ''[[The Opposite Sex (film)|The Opposite Sex]]'', a remake of ''[[The Women (1939 film)|The Women]]'' at MGM, and ''[[You Can't Run Away from It]]'', a remake of ''[[It Happened One Night]]'' at [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]], which was directed by Powell.<ref name="guard"/>

In 1957, she signed with Universal and did two more remakes: ''[[Interlude (1957 film)|Interlude]]'', a drama for [[Douglas Sirk]], and ''[[My Man Godfrey (1957 film)|My Man Godfrey]]'', a comedy with [[David Niven]]. She then made ''[[A Stranger in My Arms]]'' (1958) with [[Jeff Chandler]]. The box office failure of these films effectively ended her reign as an [[Movie star|A-list movie star]].<ref name="all"/>

===Television===
''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]'' (1959–60) ran for one season on [[CBS]] and was an attempt to use a high budget formula. She later called it "the hardest thing I ever did."<ref name="tv">{{cite news|title=June Allyson: Subdeb Sex: June Allyson Runs Own Show as Star and Emcee|author=Smith, Cecil|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 21, 1960|page=A3}}</ref> Her efforts were dismissed by an entertainment critic in the ''[[Los Angeles Herald Examiner|LA Examiner]]'' as "reaching down to the level of [[Pulp magazine|mag fiction]]."<ref>Becker 2009, pp. 116–117.</ref> However, ''[[TV Guide Magazine|TV Guide]]'' and other [[fan magazine]]s such as ''[[TV Magazine]]'' considered Allyson's foray into television as revitalizing her fame and career for a younger audience, and remarked that her [[typecasting]] by the movie industry as the "girl next door" was a "waste and neglect of talent on its own doorstep."<ref>Becker 2009, p. 33.</ref>

She also appeared on shows like ''[[Zane Grey Theater]]'', ''[[The Dick Powell Theatre]]'', ''[[The Judy Garland Show]]'', and ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'' before retiring for several years after the death of Powell in 1963.<ref name="guard"/>

===Return to acting===
Allyson returned to acting with an appearance in ''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]''. In 1970, she briefly starred in ''[[Forty Carats]]'' on Broadway. Throughout the 1970s, she appeared regularly on television shows such as ''[[See the Man Run]]'' (1971), ''[[The Sixth Sense (American TV series)|The Sixth Sense]]'' (1972), and ''[[Letters from Three Lovers]]'' (1973), as well as a cameo in the film ''[[They Only Kill Their Masters]]'' (1972).<ref name="guard"/> Later television appearances include ''[[Curse of the Black Widow]]'' (1977), ''[[Three on a Date]]'' (1978), ''[[Vegas (1978 TV series)|Vega$]]'' (1978), ''[[Blackout (1978 film)|Blackout]]'' (1978), ''[[House Calls (TV series)|House Calls]]'', ''[[The Kid with the Broken Halo]]'' (1982) ''[[Simon & Simon]]'', ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[Hart to Hart]]'', ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', ''[[Misfits of Science]]'', ''[[Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)|Crazy Like a Fox]]'', and ''[[Airwolf]]''. Her last appearance was in ''[[These Old Broads]]'' (2001). She made a special appearance in 1994 in ''[[That's Entertainment III]]'', as one of the film's narrators. She spoke about MGM's golden era and introduced vintage film clips. Until 2003, Allyson remained busy touring the country making personal appearances, headlining celebrity cruises, and speaking on behalf of Kimberly-Clark, a long-time commercial interest.<ref name="Allyson"/>

Allyson became the spokesperson for [[Depend (undergarment)|Depend]], a diaper line for adults with incontinence, in 1984.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2006 |title=Film's Girl Next Door June Allyson Dies |url=https://people.com/celebrity/films-girl-next-door-june-allyson-dies/ |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=People Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oscar tidbits always rile you -- we can depend on it |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2006-07-21-coconut21-story.html |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Orlando Sentinel|date=July 21, 2006 }}</ref> The American Urogynecologic Society established the June Allyson Foundation in 1998, made possible by a grant from [[Kimberly-Clark]]. The foundation raises money for incontinence education and research.<ref name=":0" /> As the first celebrity to undertake the role of public spokesperson for promoting the use of the Depend undergarment, Allyson did "more than any other public figure to encourage and persuade people with incontinence to lead fuller and more active lives".<ref name="Kimberly-Clark"/>

==Personal life==

===Marriages and children===
[[File:June Allyson Dick Powell 1962.JPG|thumb|upright|June Allyson and [[Dick Powell]] in 1962]]
On her arrival in Hollywood, studio heads attempted to enhance the pairing of Van Johnson and Allyson by sending out the two contracted players on a series of "official dates", which were highly publicized and led to a public perception that a romance had been kindled.<ref>Allyson and Leighton 1982, pp. 51–53.</ref> Although dating [[David Rose (musician)|David Rose]], [[Peter Lawford]], and [[John F. Kennedy]], Allyson was actually being courted by [[Dick Powell]], who was 13 years her senior and had been previously married to [[Mildred Maund]] and [[Joan Blondell]].<ref>Kennedy 2007, p. 130.</ref>

On August 19, 1945, Allyson caused MGM studio chief [[Louis B. Mayer]] some consternation by marrying Dick Powell.<ref>Wayne 2002, p. 392.</ref> After defying him twice by refusing to stop seeing Powell, in a "tactical master stroke", she asked Mayer to give her away at the wedding.<ref>Eyman 2005, p. 290.</ref> He was so disarmed that he agreed but put Allyson on suspension anyway.<ref>Wayne 2006, p. 46.</ref>

The Powells had two children, Pamela Allyson Powell<ref>{{cite news| title=Actress June Allyson Dies at 88| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/actress-june-allyson-dies-at-88/2/| last=Smith| first=Stephen| date=July 16, 2007| agency=[[Associated Press]]| publisher=[[CBS News]]| access-date=December 25, 2018}}</ref> (adopted in 1948 through the [[Tennessee Children's Home Society]] in an adoption arranged by [[Georgia Tann]]) and Richard Powell, Jr., born December 24, 1950.<ref>Allyson and Leighton 1982, pp. 30–31</ref>

In the mid 1950s, Allyson reportedly had an affair with actor [[Alan Ladd]].<ref name="boston">{{cite news|title=Conversations by Marian Christy; Woman Behind the June Myth|edition=1st|author=Christy, Marian|work=Boston Globe|date=June 20, 1982|page=1}}</ref>

In 1961, Allyson underwent a kidney operation and later, [[Otorhinolaryngology|throat surgery]], temporarily affecting her trademark raspy voice.<ref name ="Parish and Pitts, p. 5">Parish and Pitts 2003, p. 5.</ref> She filed for divorce that year, the reason being Powell's devotion to work. In February 1961, Allyson was awarded $2.5 million in [[Settlement (litigation)|settlement]], along with [[Child custody|custody]] of their children,<ref>{{cite news|title=Divorce Granted to June Allyson from Dick Powell: June Allyson Gets a Tearful Divorce|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=February 1, 1961|page=A5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86685065/divorce-granted-to-june-allyson-from-dic/}}</ref> in an interlocutory divorce decree. However, before the divorce was final, they reconciled<ref>{{cite news|title=Dick Powell, June Allyson Drop Plans for Divorce|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86684075/dick-powell-june-allyson-drop-plans-for/|work=Columbia Record (Columbia, South Carolina)|date=January 4, 1962|page=A15}}</ref> and remained married until his death on January 2, 1963. Later, Allyson reflected on how Powell's death affected her:{{blockquote|I felt I had no props. I'm not really that wise to be able to live life alone and know where I'm going. I felt fear. I felt loneliness. I felt guilt and anger. I was afraid that I would not be able to stand on my own two feet. The loneliness made me feel empty. Then I had an awful guilt. I had always complained that Richard worked too hard, that he had no time for me. I gave him a bad time about this. When he left, I realized that he was working for our future and he wasn't there for me to say, "I'm sorry." I was angry because God had taken Richard away. God should have taken me. He should have left Richard, who had so much more to give.<ref name="boston"/>}}

Powell's death prompted Allyson to start drinking heavily. In 1963, she was going to elope with Powell's barber, Glenn Maxwell, but decided against it.<ref>{{cite news|title=With Dick Powell's Barber: June Allyson Lawyer Bars Her Elopement |work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 4, 1963|page=f1}}</ref> She and Maxwell would later get married and divorced, then married and divorced again between 1963 and 1970.<ref name="boston"/><ref name=":1" />

She also went through a bitter court battle with her mother over the custody of the children. Reports at the time revealed that writer/director Dirk Summers, with whom Allyson was romantically involved from 1963 to 1975, was named [[legal guardian]] for Ricky and Pamela as a result of a court petition. Members of the nascent [[jet-set]], Allyson and Summers were frequently seen in [[Cap d'Antibes]], Madrid, Rome, and London. However, Summers refused to marry her and the relationship did not last.<ref>Carroll, Harrison. "June Allyson & Dirk Summers Marriage." ''Herald Examiner'', Vol. XCV, Issue 223, November 4, 1965, p. 1.</ref>

During this time, Allyson struggled with alcoholism, which she overcame in the mid-1970s.

In 1976, Allyson married David Ashrow, a dentist turned actor. The couple occasionally performed together in [[Regional theater in the United States|regional theater]], and in the late 1970s and early 1980s, toured the US in the play ''My Daughter, Your Son''. They also appeared on [[Celebrity Cruises|celebrity cruiseship tours]] on the [[MV Boudicca|Royal Viking Sky]] ocean liner in a program that highlighted Allyson's movie career.<ref name="Allyson">[http://www.juneallyson.com/Biography.htm "Biography: June Allyson."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010154309/http://www.juneallyson.com/Biography.htm |date=October 10, 2021 }} juneallyson.com. Retrieved October 17, 2010.</ref>

===Philanthropy and advertising===
After Dick Powell's death, Allyson committed herself to charitable work on his behalf, championing the importance of research in [[Urologic disease|urological]] and [[Gynaecology|gynecological]] diseases in seniors.

Allyson represented the [[Kimberly-Clark]] Corporation in commercials for adult [[Adult diaper|incontinence products]]. She was initially reticent to participate, but her mother, who had incontinence, convinced her that it was her duty in light of her successful career. The product proved a success.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Reilly|first1=Terry|date=June 8, 2017|title=Now Splinter Free: How Marketing Broke Taboos|publisher=CBC Radio One|agency=Pirate Radio|url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/now-splinter-free-how-marketing-broke-taboos-1.4149558|access-date=June 10, 2017|name-list-style=vanc}}</ref> In 1993, actor-turned-agent [[Marty Ingels]] publicly charged Allyson with not paying his large commission on the earlier deal on incontinence product advertising. Allyson denied owing any money, and Ashrow and she filed a lawsuit for [[slander]] and [[Intentional infliction of emotional distress|emotional distress]], charging that Ingels was harassing and threatening them, stating Ingels made 138 phone calls during a single eight-hour period. Earlier that year, Ingels had pleaded no contest to making annoying phone calls.<ref name="archive.deseretnews.com">{{cite news| url=http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/307240/ALLYSON-LAWSUIT-ACCUSES-MARTY-INGELS-OF-SLANDER.html| title=Allyson Lawsuit Accuses Marty Ingels of Slander| date=August 30, 1993| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510022755/http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/307240/ALLYSON-LAWSUIT-ACCUSES-MARTY-INGELS-OF-SLANDER.html| archive-date=May 10, 2009| newspaper=[[Deseret News]]| access-date=September 10, 2009}}</ref>

Following a lifelong interest in health and medical research (Allyson had initially wanted to use her acting career to fund her own training as a doctor),<ref name="Allyson and Leighton 1982, p. 22"/> she was instrumental in establishing the June Allyson Foundation for Public Awareness and Medical Research.

Allyson also financially supported her brother, Dr. Arthur Peters, through his medical training, and he went on to specialize in [[otolaryngology]].<ref name="cnn"/>

===Politics===
Allyson was a staunch [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and strong supporter of [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Doyle |first=Jack |title=1968 Presidential Racd: Republicans |url=http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/1968-presidential-racerepublicans/ |date=March 11, 2009 |website=PopHistoryDig.com |access-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref> Her daughter served as Chairman of the Inaugural Concerts for Nixon's [[Second inauguration of Richard Nixon|second inauguration]] in 1973.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chikinda |first=Michael |date=Winter 2018 |title=Lincoln, Persichetti and the 2nd Inauguration of Richard Nixon: a Study in Artistic Vision Versus Political Expediency |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/lincoln-persichetti-and-the-2nd-inauguration-of-richard.pdf?c=mp;idno=9460447.0012.103;format=pdf |journal=Music & Politics |volume=12 |issue=1}}</ref> Allyson also supported [[Barry Goldwater]] in the [[1964 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfHXAAAAQBAJ&q=June%20Allyson | title=When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics| isbn=978-1107650282| last1=Critchlow| first1=Donald T.| date=2013| publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref>

===Later years===
Powell's wealth made it possible for Allyson effectively to retire from show business after his death, making only occasional appearances on talk and variety shows. Allyson returned to the Broadway stage in 1970 in the play ''[[Forty Carats]]''<ref name=IBDB>[http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=29730 "June Allyson."] ''Internet Broadway Database''. Retrieved September 10, 2009.</ref> and later toured in a production of ''[[No, No, Nanette]]''.

Her autobiography, ''June Allyson by June Allyson'' (1982), received generally complimentary reviews due to its insider look at Hollywood in one of its golden ages. A more critical appraisal came from [[Janet Maslin]] at the ''New York Times'' in her review, "Hollywood Leaves Its Imprint on Its Chroniclers", who noted: "Miss Allyson presents herself as the same sunny, tomboyish figure she played on screen in Hollywood... like someone who has come to inhabit the very myths she helped to create on the screen."<ref name="Obituary"/> Privately, Allyson admitted that her earlier screen portrayals had left her uneasy about the typecast "good wife" roles she had played.<ref>Weil, Martin. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/10/AR2006071001237.html "Perky Actress June Allyson, 88."] ''[[The Washington Post]]'', July 11, 2006, p. B06. Retrieved March 14, 2010.</ref>

As a personal friend of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, she was invited to many [[White House]] dinners, and in 1988, Reagan appointed her to the Federal Council on Aging. Allyson and her later husband, David Ashrow, actively supported fund-raising efforts for both the James Stewart and Judy Garland museums; both Stewart and Garland had been close friends.<ref name="Obituary"/>

In December 1993, Allyson christened the ''Holland America Maasdam'', one of the flagships of the [[Holland America Line]]. Although her heritage, like much of her personal story, was subject to different interpretations, Allyson always claimed to be proud of a Dutch ancestry.<ref name="cnn"/>

In 1996, Allyson became the first recipient of the Harvey Award, presented by the James M. Stewart Museum Foundation, in recognition of her positive contributions to the world of entertainment.<ref>[http://www.jimmy.org/node "The Jimmy Stewart Museum."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313051943/http://www.jimmy.org/node |date=March 13, 2010 }} jimmy.org.</ref>

===Death===
Following hip-replacement surgery in 2003, Allyson's health began to deteriorate. With her husband at her side, she died July 8, 2006, aged 88 at her home in [[Ojai, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Luther |first=Claudia |date=July 11, 2006 |title=From the Archives: June Allyson, 88; Film Sweetheart GIs Pined For |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-june-allyson-200600711-snap-story.html |access-date=September 9, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |date=July 11, 2006 |title=June Allyson, Adoring Wife in MGM Films, Is Dead at 88 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/movies/11allyson.html |access-date=September 9, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Her death was a result of pulmonary respiratory failure and acute bronchitis.<ref>Mormon 2007, p. 65.</ref> On her death, Kimberly-Clark Corporation contributed $25,000 to the June Allyson Foundation to support research advances in the care and treatment of women with urinary incontinence.<ref name="Kimberly-Clark"/> Along with her husband, she was survived by her daughter, Pamela Powell, her son, Richard, a grandson, and her brother.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Luther |first=Claudia |date=July 11, 2006 |title=Film Sweetheart June Allyson Dies at 88 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/zap-juneallysonobit-story.html |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
*1951: won the [[Golden Globe]] for Best Motion Picture Actress-Musical/Comedy, for ''Too Young to Kiss''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Too Young To Kiss |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/too-young-kiss |access-date=December 1, 2022 |website=www.goldenglobes.com}}</ref>
*1954: awarded the Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting at the Venice Festival, for ''Executive Suite'', in the same year that she was voted Most Popular Female Star by ''Photoplay'' magazine
*1955: named the ninth most popular movie star in the annual Quigley Exhibitors Poll and the second most popular female star, after [[Grace Kelly]]
*1960: received a [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|motion pictures star]] on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1537 Vine Street for her contributions to the film industry<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/june-allyson |title=Walk of Fame Stars: June Allyson |website=walkoffame.com |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |date=February 8, 1960 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>
*1985: received the Cannes Festival Distinguished Service Award<ref name="Allyson"/>
*2007: received a special tribute during the [[79th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] as part of the annual memorial tribute

==Broadway credits==
{{quote box|border=4px|quote = <big>I couldn't dance, and, Lord knows, I couldn't sing, but I got by somehow. Richard Rodgers was always keeping them from firing me.</big>|align=center|salign=center|author=June Allyson, 1951|source=''Interview''<ref name="Obituary"/>}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Production
! Role
|-
| September 24, 1938 – January 7, 1939
| ''Sing Out the News''
| Performer
|-
| November 17, 1939 – January 6, 1940
| ''[[Very Warm for May]]''
| June
|-
| April 4 – June 15, 1940
| ''[[Higher and Higher (musical)|Higher and Higher]]''
| Higher and Higher Specialty Girl
|-
| October 30, 1940 – January 3, 1942
| ''[[Panama Hattie]]''
| Dancing Girl
|-
| October 1, 1941 – July 4, 1942
| ''[[Best Foot Forward (musical)|Best Foot Forward]]''
| Minerva
|-
| January 5, 1970
| ''[[Forty Carats]]''
| Ann Stanley
|-
|}

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1937
| ''Swing for Sale'' 
| 
| rowspan="10" | Short subject
|-
| ''Pixilated'' 
| 
|-
| ''[[Ups and Downs (1937 film)|Ups and Downs]]'' 
| June Daily 
|-
| ''Dime a Dance''
| Harriet
|-
| ''Dates and Nuts''
| Wilma Brown, Herman's girl 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1938
| ''Sing for Sweetie''
| Sally Newton 
|-
| data-sort-value="Prisoner of Swing, The" | ''The Prisoner of Swing''
| Princess
|-
| data-sort-value="Knight Is Young, The" | ''The Knight Is Young''
| June
|-
| 1939
| ''Rollin' in Rhythm''
| 
|-
| 1940
| ''All Girl Revue''
| Mayor
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1943
| ''[[Best Foot Forward (1943 film)|Best Foot Forward]]''
| Ethel 
|
|-
| ''[[Girl Crazy (1943 film)|Girl Crazy]]''
| rowspan="2" | Specialty Singer 
|
|-
| ''[[Thousands Cheer]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1944
| ''[[Two Girls and a Sailor]]''
| Patsy Deyo 
| 
|-
| ''[[Meet the People]]''
| Annie 
| 
|-
| ''[[Music for Millions]]''
| Barbara Ainsworth 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1945
| ''[[Her Highness and the Bellboy]]''
| Leslie Odell 
| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Sailor Takes a Wife, The" | ''[[The Sailor Takes a Wife]]''
| Mary Hill 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1946
| ''[[Two Sisters from Boston]]''
| Martha Canford Chandler 
|
|-
| ''[[Till the Clouds Roll By]]''
| Herself/Jane
| Segments: ''[[Leave It to Jane]]'' and ''[[Oh, Boy! (musical)|Oh, Boy!]]''
|-
| data-sort-value="Secret Heart, The" | ''[[The Secret Heart]]''
| Penny Addams 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1947
| ''[[High Barbaree (film)|High Barbaree]]''
| Nancy Frazer 
| 
|-
| ''[[Good News (1947 film)|Good News]]''
| Connie Lane 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1948
| data-sort-value="Bride Goes Wild, The" | ''[[The Bride Goes Wild]]''
| Martha Terryton 
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Three Musketeers, The" | ''[[The Three Musketeers (1948 film)|The Three Musketeers]]''
| Constance Bonacieux
| 
|-
| ''[[Words and Music (1948 film)|Words and Music]]''
| Alisande La Carteloise
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1949
| ''[[Little Women (1949 film)|Little Women]]''
| Josephine "Jo" March
| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Stratton Story, The" | ''[[The Stratton Story]]''
| Ethel
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1950
| data-sort-value="Reformer and the Redhead, The" | ''[[The Reformer and the Redhead]]''
| Kathleen Maguire 
|
|-
| ''[[Right Cross]]''
| Pat O'Malley 
|
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Too Young to Kiss]]''
| Cynthia Potter 
|
|-
| 1952
| data-sort-value="Girl in White, The" | ''[[The Girl in White]]''
| [[Emily Barringer|Dr. Emily Barringer]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1953
| ''[[Battle Circus (film)|Battle Circus]]''
| Lt. Ruth McCara
|
|-
| ''[[Remains to Be Seen (film)|Remains to Be Seen]]''
| Jody Revere 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1954
| data-sort-value="Glenn Miller Story, The" | ''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]''
| Helen Burger Miller
| 
|-
| ''[[Executive Suite]]''
| Mary Blemond Walling 
| 
|-
| ''[[Woman's World (1954 film)|Woman's World]]''
| Katie Baxter
| Alternative title: ''A Woman's World''
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1955
| ''[[Strategic Air Command (film)|Strategic Air Command]]''
| Sally Holland 
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Shrike, The" | ''[[The Shrike (film)|The Shrike]]''
| Ann Downs
|
|-
| data-sort-value="McConnell Story, The" | ''[[The McConnell Story]]''
| Pearl "Butch" Brown 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1956
| data-sort-value="Opposite Sex, The" | ''[[The Opposite Sex]]''
| Kay Hilliard
| 
|-
| ''[[You Can't Run Away from It]]''
| Ellen "Ellie" Andrews 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1957
| ''[[Interlude (1957 film)|Interlude]]''
| Helen Banning 
| Alternative title: ''Forbidden Interlude''
|-
| ''[[My Man Godfrey (1957 film)|My Man Godfrey]]''
| Irene Bullock
|
|-
| 1959
| data-sort-value="Stranger in My Arms, A" | ''[[A Stranger in My Arms]]''
| Christina Beasley 
| Alternative title: ''And Ride a Tiger''
|-
| 1972
| ''[[They Only Kill Their Masters]]''
| Mrs. Watkins 
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Blackout (1978 film)|Blackout]]''
| Mrs. Grant 
|
|-
| 2001
| data-sort-value="Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun, A" | ''[[A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun]]''
| Joey's Grandma 
| 
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1959–1961
| data-sort-value="DuPont Show with June Allyson, The" | ''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]''
| Hostess
| 59 episodes
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre]]''
| Stella
| Episode: "Cry Hope! Cry Hate!"
|-
| 1962–1963
| data-sort-value="Dick Powell Theatre, The" | ''[[The Dick Powell Show|The Dick Powell Theatre]]''
| Various roles
| 3 episodes
|-
|1963
| ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]''
| Jean Samson
| Episode: "Who Killed Beau Sparrow?"
|-
| 1968
| data-sort-value="Name of the Game, The" | ''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]''
| Joanne Robins
| Segment: "High on a Rainbow"
|-
| 1971
| ''See the Man Run''
| Helene Spencer 
| Television film
|-
| 1972
| data-sort-value="ABC Comedy Hour, The" | ''[[The ABC Comedy Hour]]''
| 
| Episode: "The Twentieth Century Folies"
|-
| 1972
| data-sort-value="Sixth Sense, The" | ''[[The Sixth Sense (American TV series)|The Sixth Sense]]''
| Mrs. Ruth Desmond
| Episode: "Witness Within"
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Letters from Three Lovers]]''
| Monica 
| Television film
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Switch (American TV series)|Switch]]''
| Dr. Trampler
| Episode: "Eden's Gate"
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Curse of the Black Widow]]''
| Olga 
| Television film
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Three on a Date]]''
| Marge Emery 
| Television film
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Vegas (1978 TV series)|Vega$]]''
| Loretta Ochs
| Episode: "High Roller"
|-
| 1978
| data-sort-value="Love Boat, The" | ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| Various roles
/ Audrey Wyler S2 E9 
|-
| 1979
| data-sort-value="Incredible Hulk, The" | ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
| Dr. Kate Lowell 
| Episode: "Brain Child"
|-
| 1980
| ''[[House Calls (TV series)|House Calls]]''
| Florence Alexander
| Episode: "I'll Be Suing You"
|-
| 1982
| data-sort-value="Kid with the Broken Halo, The" | ''[[The Kid with the Broken Halo]]''
| Dorothea Powell 
| Television film
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Simon & Simon]]''
| Margaret Wells
| Episode: "The Last Time I Saw Michael"
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Hart to Hart]]''
| Elizabeth Tisdale 
| Episode: "Always, Elizabeth"
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Katie Simmons
| Episode: "Hit, Run and Homicide"
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Misfits of Science]]''
| Bessie 
| Episode: "Steer Crazy"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)|Crazy Like a Fox]]''
| Neva
| Episode: "Hearing Is Believing"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Airwolf]]''
| Martha Stewart
| Episode: "Little Wolf"
|-
| 1989
| ''Wilfrid's Special Christmas''
| Miss Nancy 
| Television special
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Pros and Cons (TV series)|Pros and Cons]]''
|
| Episode: "It's the Pictures That Got Small"
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Burke's Law (1994 TV series)|Burke's Law]]''
| Shelly Knox
| Episode: "Who Killed the Toy Maker?" 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[These Old Broads]]''
| Lady in Hotel 
| Television film<br />Uncredited
|}

===Box office ranking===
For a number of years exhibitors voted Allyson among the most popular stars in the country:
*1949 – 16th (US)
*1950 – 14th (US)
*1954 – 11th (US)
*1955 – 9th (US)
*1956 – 15th (US)
*1957 – 23rd (US)

==Radio appearances==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Program !! Episode/source
|-
| 1946|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[Presenting Lily Mars]]''
|-
| 1950|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[Presenting Lily Mars]]''
|-
| 1950|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[Little Women]]''
|-
| 1950|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[The Bride Goes Wild]]''
|-
| 1950|| ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]'' || ''Mrs. X Can't Find Mr. X''
|-
| 1951|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[The Reformer and the Redhead]]''
|-
| 1952|| ''Stars in the Air'' || ''[[The Bride Goes Wild]]''<ref>{{cite news| last1=Kirby| first1=Walter| title=Better Radio Programs for the Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2520492/the_decatur_daily_review/| newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review| date=February 24, 1952| page=38| via=[[Newspapers.com]]| access-date=May 28, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
| 1953|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[The Girl in White]]''<ref>{{cite news| last1=Kirby| first1=Walter| title=Better Radio Programs for the Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2700884/the_decatur_daily_review/| newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review| date=May 17, 1953| page=48| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=June 27, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
| 1953|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[Because of You (1952 film)|Because of You]]''
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|New York City|California}}
* [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars]]

==References==
'''Explanatory notes'''
{{Reflist|group=N}}

'''Citations'''
{{reflist}}

'''Bibliography'''
{{Refbegin}}
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* Mormon, Robert. ''Demises of the Distinguished''. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-4343-1546-5}}.
* Parish, James Robert and Michael R. Pitts. ''Hollywood Songsters: Singers Who Act and Actors who can Sing.'' London: Routledge, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0-415-94332-1}}.
* Wayne, Jane Ellen. ''The Golden Girls of MGM: Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly and Others''. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002. {{ISBN|978-0-7867-1117-8}}.
* Wayne, Jane Ellen. ''The Leading Men of MGM''. New York: Da Capo Press, 2006. {{ISBN|978-0-7867-1768-2}}.
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==External links==
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* {{official website|http://www.juneallyson.com/}}(under construction)
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* [http://allyson.daurril.org/ Joe Daurril's Allyson Without Tears] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811091127/http://allyson.daurril.org/ |date=August 11, 2011 }}
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/movies/11allyson.html Obituary] in ''[[The New York Times]]'' (July 11, 2006)
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=4732 Photographs and literature]

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