June Knight

June Knight

Born: January 22, 1913
Died: June 16, 1987
in Los Angeles, California, USA
June Knight (born Margaret Rose Valliquietto) was an American Broadway and film actress and singer. Due to infantile paralysis, she was unable to walk until she was five years old, but just five years later, she started to perform songs and dance publicly.

Dancer John Holland changed her name to June Knight when she became his partner, assigning her the same name as that of his previous partner. That change led to a court case in 1940, when the actress June Knight filed suit against the original dancer with that name. The actress said that she had made the name famous and that the dancer had previously agreed to stop using that name.

At age 19, she appeared in the last Ziegfeld Follies show, Hot-Cha!. She was featured in four other Broadway shows, Take A Chance, Jubilee (where she introduced the Cole Porter classic "Begin the Beguine"), The Would-Be Gentleman (her only non-musical) and Sweethearts.

She also had a short-lived film career, appearing in 12 films from 1930 to 1940, most notably in Broadway Melody of 1936, in which she sang the hit song "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" with co-star Robert Taylor.

Movies for June Knight...

That's Entertainment, Part II
Title: That's Entertainment, Part II
Character: (archive footage)
Released: May 16, 1976
Type: Movie
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
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The House Across the Bay
Title: The House Across the Bay
Character: Bebe
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
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Vacation from Love
Title: Vacation from Love
Character: Flo Heath
Released: September 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.
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Break the News
Title: Break the News
Character: Grace Gatwick
Released: January 2, 1938
Type: Movie
Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye--one of them will "disappear" in what looks like a murder, and the other will be convicted of the crime. Then the "dead man" will suddenly show up at his partner's murder trial. Unfortunately, things don't quite go as planned. For one thing, no one seems to much care that the "dead man" is missing, and for another thing he's mistaken for the leader of a Balkan revolutionary group and is kidnapped by the other side.
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The Lilac Domino
Title: The Lilac Domino
Character: Shari de Gonda
Released: March 31, 1937
Type: Movie
In this musical, an enigmatic masked woman catches the roving eye of a wily playboy gambler at a masquerade ball. If he knew that she was using her wiles as bait and was planning to reform him of his gambling womanizing ways after catching him, he may have head for different waters.
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Broadway Melody of 1936
Title: Broadway Melody of 1936
Character: Lillian Brent
Released: September 18, 1935
Type: Movie
Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is too busy sparring with a dirt-dishing gossip columnist to notice, but his wisecracking, heart-of-gold secretary certainly does. She and Irene must use their wits to show him what he's missing!
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Redheads on Parade
Title: Redheads on Parade
Character: Chorus Redhead (uncredited)
Released: September 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to prevent him from withdrawing his support.
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Wake Up and Dream
Title: Wake Up and Dream
Character: Toby Brown
Released: October 1, 1934
Type: Movie
The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
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Gift of Gab
Title: Gift of Gab
Character: Lottie Von Pepper
Released: September 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
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Cross Country Cruise
Title: Cross Country Cruise
Character: Sue Fleming
Released: January 16, 1934
Type: Movie
A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murder. However, a playboy character who had been flirting with the woman earlier turns amateur detective and clears her.
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Take a Chance
Title: Take a Chance
Character: Toni Ray
Released: November 25, 1933
Type: Movie
Take a Chance was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, though only one of the original songs, Eadie Was a Lady, has been retained. The thinnish plot involves the misadventures of a pair of pickpockets, played on Broadway by Jack Haley and Sid Silvers and on film by James Dunn and Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards.
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Ladies Must Love
Title: Ladies Must Love
Character: Jeannie Marlow
Released: September 25, 1933
Type: Movie
Lighthearted comedy film following the (mis)adventures of four gold diggers.
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Madam Satan
Title: Madam Satan
Character: Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.