June Knight

Born: 1913-01-22

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.


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Broadway Melody of 1936

as Lillian Brent
Released: 1935-09-18

Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert...

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That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)
Released: 1976-05-16

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...

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Madam Satan

as Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)
Released: 1930-09-20

A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a...

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The House Across the Bay

as Bebe
Released: 1940-03-01

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion...

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Vacation from Love

as Flo Heath
Released: 1938-09-29

A socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.

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Cross Country Cruise

as Sue Fleming
Released: 1934-01-16

A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He...

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Break the News

as Grace Gatwick
Released: 1938-01-02

Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt,...

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Gift of Gab

as Lottie Von Pepper
Released: 1934-09-01

Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

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The Lilac Domino

as Shari de Gonda
Released: 1937-03-31

In this musical, an enigmatic masked woman catches the roving eye of a wily playboy gambler at a...

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Ladies Must Love

as Jeannie Marlow
Released: 1933-09-25

Lighthearted comedy film following the (mis)adventures of four gold diggers.

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Wake Up and Dream

as Toby Brown
Released: 1934-10-01

The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.

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Redheads on Parade

as Chorus Redhead (uncredited)
Released: 1935-09-07

A film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to...

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