Lassie And Lost In Space Actress Dies - Beritaja

June Lockhart, who starred successful tv shows specified arsenic Lassie and Lost In Space, has died astatine the property of 100.

The US character died of earthy causes astatine her location successful Santa Monica, California, connected Thursday, according to family spokesperson Lyle Gregory.

He said: "She was very happy up until the very end, reference the New York Times and LA Times each day.

"It was very important to her to enactment focused connected the news of the day."

For much than 200 episodes betwixt 1958 and 1964, she played the domiciled of Ruth Martin, who raised the orphaned Timmy (Jon Provost) successful Lassie - a show about the adventures of a brave and intelligent Rough Collie dog.

And from 1965 to 1968 spanning complete 80 episodes, Lockhart was Maureen Robinson, a mother who was portion of a marooned family that travelled connected the spaceship Jupiter II successful Lost In Space.

She was nominated for 2 Emmys, including champion character successful a starring domiciled successful a melodramatic bid for her capacity successful Lassie successful 1959.

She besides received 2 stars connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 1 for mobility image and 1 for television.

Born successful New York City successful 1925, she was the girl of character Gene Lockhart and character Kathleen Lockhart.

Feature movie debut

She made her characteristic movie debut aged 13, starring alongside some of her parents successful the 1938 accumulation A Christmas Carol, wherever she played Belinda Cratchit, the girl of Bob Cratchit.

After her breakout role, she appeared successful films specified arsenic All This, and Heaven Too, Meet Me successful St. Louis, The Yearling, and Sergeant York.

She was besides successful Son Of Lassie, the 1945 sequel to Lassie, Come Home, playing the grown-up type of the domiciled created by Elizabeth Taylor.

Over almost 8 decades connected screen, Lockhart appeared successful dozens of TV bid and movies, including erstwhile she was good successful her 80s.

Other roles

She had recurring roles connected Petticoat Junction, General Hospital, and Beverly Hills 90210, and impermanent appearances connected shows including The Beverly Hillbillies, The Colbys, Knots Landing and Happy Days, arsenic good arsenic Full House, Roseanne and Grey's Anatomy.

Of her clip connected Lassie, Lockhart said frankly about her canine co-star.

She said: "I worked pinch 4 Lassies. There was only 1 main Lassie astatine a time. Then location was a canine that did the running, a canine that did the fighting, and a canine that was a stand-in, because only humans could activity 14 hours a time without needing a nap.

"Lassie was not particularly friends pinch anybody. Lassie was wholly concentrated connected the trainers."

Even though she sometimes mocked the show, she conceded: "How awesome that successful a profession location is 1 domiciled for which you are known. Many actors activity each their lives and ne'er person 1 portion that is really theirs."

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In Lost In Space, Lockhart was portion of a family that near Earth connected a five-year formation to a faraway planet.

After their ngo was sabotaged by chap rider Dr Zachary Smith, the group went from satellite to planet, encountering unusual creatures and near-disasters wherever viewers needed to watch the pursuing week to study of the escape.

Speaking fondly about moving connected Lost successful Space, Lockhart said: "It was for illustration going to activity astatine Disneyland each day."

She was joined and divided twice: to John Maloney, a physician, begetter of her daughters Anne Kathleen and June Elizabeth; and designer John C Lindsay.