Mildred June

Born: 1905-12-23

Mildred June was born on December 23, 1905, in St Louis, Missouri. When she was a child her family moved to Kansas and eventually settled in California. She attended Hollywood high school and took dancing lessons. At the age of fifteen Mildred was discovered by producer Mack Sennett. She became one his bathing beauties and worked as an extra in his films. Mildred appeared in dozens of short films including Dog Shy with Charley Chase and Hook and Ladder with Hoot Gibson. She also starred in a series of two reel comedies with Billy Bevan. Although she enjoyed making comedies she dreamed of becoming a dramatic actress. Mildred married Herbert Edward Capps, a twenty-five year old dentist, in 1922. The following year she was given the lead in the drama The Greatest Menace. She was signed by Universal studios but her career never took off. Mildred returned to Mack Sennett's studio and appeared in the 1927 comedy Crazy To Act. She divorced her husband and had a brief romance with with real estate executive Jimmy Houston. Unfortunately by 1928 she was unemployed and battling a serious alcohol problem. Mildred married her second husband, Bud Sheehan, in 1930. Sadly he passed away a few years later. In 1936 she had a bit part in the Laurel and Hardy film Our Relations. It would her last acting role. On June 19, 1940 Mildred passed away from cirrhosis of the liver caused by her alcoholism. She was only thirty-four years old. Mildred was cremated and her ashes were buried at Hollywood Forever cemetery in Hollywood, California.


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The Greatest Menace

as Mrs. Charles W. Wright Jr
Released: 1923-05-19

A DA's son gets involved in a drug-related murder, and it's up to his father and sister to get...

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Manslaughter

as New Year's Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1922-09-24

Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of...

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Dog Shy

as The Girl
Released: 1926-04-04

Charley is chased into a phone booth by a dog and agrees to help a young woman on the phone...

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Down on the Farm

as Minor Role
Released: 1920-04-17

The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing...

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Gymnasium Jim

as Jim's Sweetheart
Released: 1922-05-09

Keystone comedy about a garage owner pining for the girl next door, coming into money, and...

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Hook and Ladder

as Sally Drennan
Released: 1924-01-07

Cowboy Ace Cooper, to avoid arrest, becomes a fireman, falls in love with the chief's daughter,...

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The Crossroads of New York

as Waitress
Released: 1922-06-22

A young man from the country travels to the city to find his fortune. Although he has a letter...

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When Summer Comes

as The Heiress
Released: 1922-09-22

Rampaging lions are on the loose in a hunting lodge. Approximately, only eight minutes of the...

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The Rosary

as Alice Wilton
Released: 1922-01-16

After his uncle dies, founder of the fishing village of Sandy Bay, Kenwood Wright is cut off...

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Be Reasonable

as The Only Girl
Released: 1921-12-11

Billy is a bit of a masher. He meets a lady on the beach and immediately gives her an expensive...

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The House of Flickers

as uncredited
Released: 1925-03-15

The troubles of a movie projectionist in a newly-purchased theater are chronicled in this...

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Nip and Tuck

as Tuck's wife
Released: 1923-08-11

Billy Bevan, Harry Gribbon, Kewpie Morgan and their dog engage in a poker game.

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Crinoline and Romance

as Birdie Bevans
Released: 1923-02-05

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The Duck Hunter

as The Sportsman's Wife
Released: 1922-02-13

A 1922 comedy short.

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Crazy to Act

as Ethel St. John
Released: 1927-05-15

Millionaire film producer Gordon Bagley wants to marry Ethel St. John, the leading lady in his...

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On Patrol

as The Cop's Sweetheart
Released: 1922-03-12

Billy Bevan trying to escape the cops! Roughly only half of the original short's twenty-two...

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