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Mildred June (December 23, 1905 – June 19, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in
She was an American actress appearing in silent films. June starred in Troubles of a Bride in 1924 with Robert Agnew and Alan Hale. 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'', in which she and
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...
s. She was also co-writer of a 1927 film. She died at the age of 34 from alcoholism.
Life
June was born in St. Louis in 1905.
She was an American actress appearing in silent films. June starred in Troubles of a Bride in 1924 with Robert Agnew and Alan Hale. 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'', in which she and Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his c ...
starred.
Her last part in a film was a small one in ''Our Relations
''Our Relations'' is a 1936 feature film starring Laurel and Hardy, produced by Stan Laurel for Hal Roach Studios. This is the third of three films in which they play a dual role: the first was '' Brats'' and the second was ''Twice Two''. The sto ...
'' which starred Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Starting their career as a duo ...
in 1936.
She died young from alcoholism in Hollywood
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in 1940 from cirrhosis of the liver.
Selected filmography
* '' Down on the Farm'' (1920) * '' Molly O'' (1921) * '' A Small Town Idol'' (1921) * ''Rich Men's Wives
''Rich Men's Wives'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring House Peters, Claire Windsor and Gaston Glass.
Synopsis
A bored wife of a wealthy man is irritated by his neglect, and is drawn into a fl ...
'' (1922)
* '' The Rosary'' (1922)
* '' The Crossroads of New York'' (1922)
* '' Crinoline and Romance'' (1923)
* '' Fashionable Fakers'' (1923)
* '' The Greatest Menace'' (1923)
* '' Troubles of a Bride'' (1924)
* '' The Battling Kangaroo'' (1926)
* '' The Snarl of Hate'' (1927)
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:June, Mildred 1905 births 1940 deaths Actresses from St. Louis American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses