About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1913-01-22
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Website:
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June Knight

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II Actor (archive footage) 59
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1940 The House Across the Bay Actor Bebe 58
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1938 Vacation from Love Actor Flo Heath N/A
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1938 Break the News Actor Grace Gatwick 58
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1937 The Lilac Domino Actor Shari de Gonda N/A
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1935 Broadway Melody of 1936 Actor Lillian Brent 59
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1935 Redheads on Parade Actor Chorus Redhead (uncredited) N/A
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1934 Wake Up and Dream Actor Toby Brown 58
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1934 Gift of Gab Actor Lottie Von Pepper 59
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1934 Cross Country Cruise Actor Sue Fleming 60
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1933 Take a Chance Actor Toni Ray 58
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1933 Ladies Must Love Actor Jeannie Marlow N/A
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1930 Madam Satan Actor Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited) 58
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