June Palmer (1 August 1940 in

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– 6 January 2004), also known as "June Power", was an English model and actress who, along with

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, was the most famous of the

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glamour models of the 1960s, featured in his publications ''

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'' and ''

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'', and in his short films featuring nudity. She had

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of 38–23–37.

Career

June Palmer began work as a

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dancer at the

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, and started modelling professionally in the late-1950s. She appeared in 8mm glamour films made by Harrison Marks (''Flesh and Fantasie''; ''Nightmare at Elm Manor''; ''Photo Session''; ''Star Strip''; ''Dream Goddess''; ''China Garden'' and ''The Naked World of June Palmer''), Russell Gay (''So Fur, So Good''; ''Beauty and the Barn''), Express Films (''Body Beautiful'' ) and Arthur Howell (''June in Orbit''; ''Calamity June''; ''Castaway''; ''Mission Possible'' and ''Special Agent''). She later played minor parts in movies, including ''

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'' (1966), ''

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'' (1969), ''

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'' (1969), '' Games That Lovers Play'' (1971) and ''

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'' (1974). Although she stopped modelling for magazines in 1970, Palmer continued to do some private modelling for London's various camera clubs until 1987. Photographer

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said this about Palmer in the March 1962 issue of ''Modern Man'', "I felt ashamed using an automatic camera. Her posing is second nature, she's beautiful from any angle, and without camera settings to make, there's nothing to do but watch."

Personal life

In 1964, when she was 24 years old, Palmer married the then 44-year-old photographer/stuntman Arthur Howell. In the 1960s they had started and run Strobe Studios in

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, an LCC-licensed model agency and photographic studio, which advertised in many of the photographic magazines such as ''

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''. Strobe rented out their studio space to amateur and professional photographers, and provided them with the glamour models who were on Strobe's books as photographic subjects.

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(at that time using her married name Mary Maxted), Carole Augustine and

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all worked as models for Strobe Studios in the early 1970s. Palmer divorced Howell in 2000 (he died in August 2003). She married again and died on 6 January 2004.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, June 1940 births 2004 deaths English female adult models Glamour models