June Harding

June Harding (September 7, 1937 – March 22, 2019) was an American actress who appeared in several 1960s TV shows. She is best known for appearing opposite Hayley Mills and Rosalind Russell in the Columbia Pictures film The Trouble with Angels. Like Mills, Harding chose not to reprise her role in the film's sequel, Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows.

June Harding
Born
June Allison Harding

(1937-09-07)September 7, 1937
Emporia, Virginia
DiedMarch 22, 2019(2019-03-22) (aged 81)
Deer Isle, Maine
Alma materVirginia Commonwealth University
OccupationActress
Years active1962–1970
AwardsTheatre World Award (1960-1961)
WebsiteJune Harding

Early years

Harding was born in Emporia, Virginia, and graduated from Greensville County High School[1] in 1955. She earned a bachelor's in acting from Richmond Professional Institute, now known as Virginia Commonwealth University.[2]

After graduation, she went to New York. She studied acting under Lonny Chapman at The Theater Studio of New York. She took ballet and practiced yoga.

Career

In the summer of 1961, Harding acted in a stock company at the Cecilwood Theater in Fishkill, New York.[3]

In New York, she landed a recurring role on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. Harding appeared in the off-Broadway productions of The Innocents Abroad, The Boy Friend and Cry of the Raindrop, for which she won a Daniel Blum Theater World Award.

In December 1961, she made her Broadway debut as Liz Michaelson in the comedy Take Her, She's Mine.[4] In Take Her She’s Mine, Harding played Art Carney’s youngest daughter. Elizabeth Ashley played her sister, and won a Tony Award for her performance.

Harding was a regular cast member on The Richard Boone Show television anthology on NBC in 1963-1964.[5] She appeared in two episodes of The Fugitive: as Joanna Mercer ("Moon Child", 1965); as Cathy ("Ten Thousand Pieces of Silver", 1966).

Her Universal made-for-TV movie called Dial Hot Line spawned a series about an inner city psychiatrist. Harding continued her role of Ann on the ABC medical drama Matt Lincoln in 1970-1971.[6]

Later life and death

Harding married Gary Thomas in the 1970s. She retired from show business in the late 1970s and the couple moved to Maine. They separated years later. She settled in Blue Hill, Maine where she became an artist.[1]

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Harding died in hospice care on March 22, 2019 at the age of 81, of natural causes. She was survived by her brother, John, and her husband, Gary Thomas.[7]

Recognition

Harding received a Theatre World Award for her acting in Cry of the Raindrop in 1960–1961.[8]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1966The Trouble with AngelsRachel Devery
1970Dial Hot LineAnnTV film

References
  1. Barnes, Mike (March 29, 2019). "June Harding, Actress in 'The Trouble With Angels,' Dies at 81". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. "June Harding,78". Classic Images (527): 44. May 2019.
  3. "(photo caption)". Poughkeepsie Journal. New York, Poughkeepsie. June 25, 1961. p. 1C. Retrieved March 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "June Harding". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1153. ISBN 9780307483201. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  6. Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 667. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
  7. "Obituary". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 26 March 2019. p. 1. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  8. "Theatre World Award Recipients". Theatre World Awards. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.



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