June Walker

June Walker
Walker in 1920
Born	(1900-06-14)June 14, 1900 New York City, U.S.
Died	February 3, 1966(1966-02-03) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Stage, film, television actress
Spouse	Geoffrey Kerr
Children	John Kerr

For the American activist and former Hadassah leader, see June Walker (Hadassah)

June Walker (June 14, 1900 – February 3, 1966) was an American stage and film actress.

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>>Well, this is an idea! I think I'd make a swell nurse. >>Behave! The only thing you could ever nurse is a grudge! [Laughter] >>Just think of the thrill. Holding hands all night with good looking, sick officers. >>And can you imagine moonlit nights up no man's land? Oooh boy. >>--with a general on each arm! >>You know, I thought they'd have it in Paris. They've commandeered our cars and left us nothing but eighty-year old men on the boulevard. >>You've said it. With five million men up there, that's our place, darling. >>Hooo-ray. >>Marion... yoo hoo!! >>Aw, shucks. >>Why, Hazel, you're all packed up. Where on earth are you going? >>France, Marion. I've enlisted as a nurse, and I'm just too excited for words! >>France! So tell me all about it. >>I can't stop now, Marion, we've just time to make the train. But I'll sure send you a postcard. >>I'm so excited for you [unintelligible] >>Goodbye! >>Goodbye! >>France. I wonder if they'd take me. >>My heart bleeds that this horrible war has come to suddenly close the door of this institution. Some of you will return to your homes in America, some of you will stay to answer the pathetic appeal which France is now making for nurses. May the merciful father tenderly watch over you all. May his mercy let us meet again. >>Oh, come on, make it tonight. >>Not a chance. >>OK. Treat yourself if you want to. >>I'll be seeing you again sometime, maybe. >>Maybe is the word. >>Nurse! Quickly, please. [Moans of soldiers] >>Doctor, could you stop a moment please? >>Not now. Not now, please. [Soldier sobbing]. Take off the bandages. [Soldier cries in pain] There, there. That's it. Oh, there is a piece of steel in both eyeballs. [Another man howls loudly] >>Quick, girls! Shell shock! Get him down. [Howling] [Doctor talking in French] >>What is it, Parker? >>I'm all right. >>Good girl. Go out and get some fresh air. >>You know girls, I was always taught it would be disgaceful to see a man undressed. >>Well I've washed so many naked men lately, I'm ready to go live with the Eskimos. They only bathe once a year. >>Oh, shut up and go to sleep, will you? Gee whiz. [Sounds of barrage outside.] >>Do those guns go on all night? >>Oh no, if they annoy you, just phone over and ask them to stop. [Cries] >>There, there, now, you'll get used to it. Come on. Get into bed. [She continues crying] >>Girls. Girls. Get up quickly. Quickly! They're bringing in more wounded. Hurry, girls. Hurry! Meadows, hurry. >>Oh, I can't... I'm too tired. >>A nurse is never too tired, nor too sick, nor too cold, nor too hungry. Do you understand? >>Oh, but I can't look at any more hurt men. >>You'll learn how to look at men without arms and legs and faces. And you'll smile. Because they need you. >>Oh, I'm so ashamed. >>There's nothing to be ashamed of. We were all like you at first. Come now, get up. >>Heavens, I've lost my lipstick. >>Well, if the enemy ever sees you in that makeup, you'll lose more than your lipstick. [Distant bomb goes off with a zipping sound as it trails downward] [Zip----BOOM!] Well... He looks pretty bad, girls. Maybe they can save him up at the hospital . Make it snappy! [Zip--BOOM!] [Zip--BOOM!] >>We've got to make way for him. >>Get in any way you can girls. >>Wait, Babs, wait!! [Zip----BOOOOOM!] >>Oh, Kansas! >>Oh, Kansas... >>Oh, Babs, they got her! >>Oh... Kansas! >>Come on girls, quick, get her into the ambulance. [Zip---BOOOOOM!] [Groaning from injured soldiers] >>Come on, come on! [Explosions as the hospital is shelled] >>Leave me alone... >>Mademoiselle! [unintelligible] >>Oh, tell them to stop! Tell them to stop! [Screams]

Early years

Walker was born in New York City on June 14, 1900, and was orphaned when she was 14. She worked as a millinery clerk before becoming an actress.^[1]

Stage career

Walker (left) with fellow performers Helen Westley and Franchot Tone in the 1931 Broadway production *Green Grow the Lilacs*

Walker performed as a member of the chorus of a Globe Theater production of Hitchy-Koo when she was 16 years old.^[1]

She appeared on Broadway in such plays as Green Grow the Lilacs, The Farmer Takes a Wife, and Twelfth Night.^[2] She was the first actress to portray the character of Lorelei Lee, in the 1926 Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Her obituary in The New York Times said the role "was as much her creation as that of Anita Loos who wrote the book that became the comedy ..."^[1] The success of the play launched Walker's career, and she had further Broadway successes. She played Linda Loman to Thomas Mitchell's Willy in the 1949 touring company of Death of a Salesman and also toured, performing in the role of Vinnie, in Life with Father.^{[citation needed]}

For four weeks in 1924 Walker appeared as the Leading Lady in the Summer Stock cast at Elitch Theatre. She appeared in: The Changelings, by Lee Wilson Dood; Rolling Home, by John Hunter Booth; The New Poor, by Cosmo Hamilton; and Across the Street, by Richard A. Purdy.^[3]^[4]

Film career

Walker acted in silent films for Essanay Studios and in sound films, including A Child Is Waiting, Through Different Eyes, The Unforgiven, and War Nurse.^[5]

Personal life

In 1926, she married British actor Geoffrey Kerr. The couple divorced in 1943; their son was actor John Kerr.^[6] She appeared with her son in a 1954 episode of NBC's Justice. It was his first acting engagement.^{[citation needed]}

Death

On February 3, 1966, aged 65, Walker died of undisclosed causes at her son's home in Los Angeles.^[1] She was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1921	Coincidence	Phoebe Howard	Lost film
1930	War Nurse	Babs
1942	Thru Different Eyes	Margie
1960	The Unforgiven	Hagar Rawlins
1961	The Tom Ewell Show	Madge	TV series, episode "Storm Over Shangri-La"
1961	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mrs. Millie Wright	Season 7 Episode 12: "A Jury of Her Peers"
1963	A Child Is Waiting	Mrs. McDonald	Uncredited
1963	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Mrs. Wales	Season 1 Episode 20: "The Paragon"
1964	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Aunt Mary Jane	Season 3 Episode 1: "The Return of Verge Likens"

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "June Walker, 65, first Lorelei Lee". The New York Times. February 5, 1966. p. 29. ProQuest 117232727. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
^ "June Walker". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
^ "1924 – Historic Elitch Theatre". hetden.org. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
^ Levy, Edwin Lewis (1960). Elitch's Gardens, Denver, Colorado: A History of the Oldest Summer Theatre in the United States (1890 - 1941) (Thesis). Columbia University.
^ Willis, John (June 1983). Screen World 1967. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8196-0308-1. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
^ McFarlane, Brian (2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968. Retrieved 7 March 2017.