Trivia

Fascinated with space studies, the Lost in Space (1965) co-star spends a lot of time down at NASA making appearances at dinners and conventions with astronauts and their wives.

She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6323 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Television at 6362 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Replaced Cloris Leachman as Ruth Martin on Lassie (1954), at the beginning of the series' fifth season, because Leachman was unhappy with her role.

Won Broadway's 1948 Tony Award for Outstanding Performance by a Newcomer for her performance in the play "For Love or Money."

She hosted the 1966 "Miss Universe" pageant at the Jackie Gleason Studio in North Miami Beach.

Ambassador of the California State Parks system.

Interviewed about her sci-fi and horror TV and movie credits in Tom Weaver's book, "They Fought in the Creature Features" (McFarland & Co., 1995).

In the 1950s, she was a panelist, along with White House correspondents, on the quiz show Who Said That? (1948). Ever since then, she has had an open invitation to attend White House press briefings, which she considers fun.

Best known for her starring role as Ruth Martin on Lassie (1954) and for her role as Maureen Robinson on Lost in Space (1965).

Daughter of actors Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart, with both of whom she appeared in A Christmas Carol (1938).

Best remembered by the public for her starring role as Maureen Robinson in Lost in Space (1965) and as Timmy's mother on Lassie (1954).

Played the older version, while her daughter (Anne Lockhart) played the younger version of the same character on the Magnum, P.I. (1980) episode, Lest We Forget (1981).

Good friends of Guy Williams and Jonathan Harris.

Mother of Anne Lockhart and Lizabeth Lockhart.

She was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War.

Daughter, Lizabeth Lockhart, appeared on the Petticoat Junction (1963) episode, Last Train to Pixley (1970).

Appeared in two Best Picture Oscar nominees: Sergeant York (1941) and The Yearling (1946).

Interviewed about her Western TV credits in the book "Wild Wild Westerners" by Tom Weaver (BearManor, 2012).

Played the mother in the "Lassie" series and the adult version of Elizabeth Taylor's character from "Lassie Come Home" in "The Son of Lassie".

Grandmother of Carlyle Taylor, Zane Taylor and Christianna Triolo.

Mother-in-law of Adam C. Taylor.

In 1970, twelve years after replacing Cloris Leachman on Lassie (1954), the series she was co-starring in at the time, Petticoat Junction (1963), was canceled and replaced in its time slot by The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), one of whose co-stars in the show's early years was Ms. Leachman.

Made her motion picture acting debut in 1938 playing Belinda Cratchit in "A Christmas Carol". The part of Bob Cratchit (Belinda Cratchit's father) was played by June's real life father Gene Lockhart.