
June Knight
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.
Filmography (13)
MOVIE★ 7.0That's Entertainment, Part II1976as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.6The House Across the Bay1940as Bebe
MOVIE★ 10.0Vacation from Love1938as Flo Heath
MOVIE★ 7.5Break the News1938as Grace Gatwick
MOVIE★ 7.0The Lilac Domino1937as Shari de Gonda
MOVIE★ 6.5Broadway Melody of 19361935as Lillian Brent
MOVIE★ 9.0Redheads on Parade1935as Chorus Redhead (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3Wake Up and Dream1934as Toby Brown
MOVIE★ 5.0Gift of Gab1934as Lottie Von Pepper
MOVIE★ 6.7Cross Country Cruise1934as Sue Fleming- MOVIE★ 5.5Take a Chance1933as Toni Ray
MOVIE★ 8.0Ladies Must Love1933as Jeannie Marlow
MOVIE★ 5.9Madam Satan1930as Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)