# June Allyson has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942 "2006-07-10T22:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/1 "2006-07-10T22:53:31Z")
Here’s her IMDB biography but they don’t have the obituary yet. > **[June Allyson | Actress, Soundtrack](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000742/)** > > Known for: Executive Suite, The Stratton Story, Little Women ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/2 "2006-07-10T23:12:13Z")
She had such a memorable voice. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/3 "2006-07-11T00:16:32Z")
Warning: possibly tasteless (and probably bad) joke below: If someone asks me whether I should be sad, because she died, or happy, because she’s in a better place right now, I’d have to say that it Depends. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/4 "2006-07-11T00:17:27Z")
The simul-poster of the duplicate thread called her “perky” but the world really knew her as “the crier.” On another bboard I frequent, an older man was telling how he named one of his cats June Allyson because it would not stop crying. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/5 "2006-07-11T03:03:17Z")
Wow I actually entered a celebrity death posting a full minute before Eve. :eek: Sorry Eve. I know that you are usually extremely fast about posting such news. I just happened to see the headline, went to Cafe Society to check if anyone posted this, and went ahead with posting the sad news. I was not trying to make this a competition. It was a story that had to be told. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/6 "2006-07-11T03:38:19Z")
Is she the one who sang “It’s A Most Unusual Day” in that movie with Clark Gable? I was watching “North By Northwest” the other day (they play it in the hotel scene) and thinking about that song. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/7 "2006-07-11T04:39:43Z")
This should be a lesson to all the aging stars, if you do an ad for any kind of potentially embarrassing product it will be mentioned in your obituary blurb. Poor June. I watched a lot of old movies with June in them. I liked her voice and the fact that she didn’t have to be drop dead gorgeous to be a leading lady. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/8 "2006-07-11T07:54:30Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > Is she the one who sang “It’s A Most Unusual Day” in that movie with Clark Gable? You’re thinking of the equally perky Jane Powell in [_A Date With Judy_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0040271/) (1948). But Clark Gable wasn’t in it. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/9 "2006-07-11T08:00:34Z")
Interesting trivia note, while she was making _Strategic Air Command_ with Jimmy Stewart, her husband was directing John Wayne in _The Conquerer_. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/10 "2006-07-11T08:12:16Z")
One of her most famous roles was also opposite James Stewart. She played Glen Miller’s wife. She always seemed to play the wholesome, girl-next-door roles in the Fifties. I can’t imagine her not being a very nice person. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/11 "2006-07-11T12:58:26Z")
She’s an actress that I like a lot, because of my weakness for any movie musical. I think my favorite movie of hers was Good News - she had a great sense of humor in it. “What cheese.” Susan ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/12 "2006-07-11T13:12:33Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > The simul-poster of the duplicate thread called her “perky” but the world really knew her as “the crier.” On another bboard I frequent, an older man was telling how he named one of his cats June Allyson because it would not stop crying. I think you may be confusing her with Margaret O’Brien. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/13 "2006-07-11T14:40:52Z")
Thankfully I have _Strategic Air Command_ to remember her by, instead of _The Incredible Hulk_ and _AirWolf_. Yes, she seemed like a sweet, albeit terribly earnest, girl next door. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/14 "2006-07-11T15:44:23Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I think you may be confusing her with Margaret O’Brien. 😕 As unlikely as this may be I think _you_ may be confusing Margaret O’Brien with Margaret Sullavan, who at least was close to June’s age, size, and body type. ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/15 "2006-07-11T17:59:04Z")
Now I will have to retire one of my favorite sayings… When I’m in a hurry, I’ll often say "I’m gonna go faster than June Allyson after a six-pack. She will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/16 "2006-07-11T21:45:51Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > Wow I actually entered a celebrity death posting a full minute before Eve. :eek: > > Sorry Eve. I know that you are usually extremely fast about posting such news. > I just happened to see the headline, went to Cafe Society to check if anyone posted this, and went ahead with posting the sad news. > > I was not trying to make this a competition. It was a story that had to be told. 🙂 I haven’t seen Eve check in yet, so it looks like you’re ahead in the competition! 🆒 At any rate, I’m sorry to hear that June has died. She was a phenomenal crier; she was the only one even close to Doris Day in that field. Who was better? I’ll leave it for History to decide. hh ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-allyson-has-died/363942/17 "2006-07-11T21:47:24Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > I haven’t seen Eve check in yet, so it looks like you’re ahead in the competition! 🆒 She is four posts ahead of you.