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June Travis (b. August 7, 1914) was a motion picture actress from Chicago, Illinois.
Fetching secondary actress June Travis made her film debut at Warner Bros. in 1935 but would last only three years before leaving Hollywood forever and focusing on marriage as well as the stage. Born Dorothea Grabiner on August 7, 1914, she was the daughter of Harry Grabiner who was team secretary and/or vice-president of both the Cleveland Indians and (later) Chicago White Sox. Harry would go on to be remembered for his famous diaries of his experiences. The Chicago-born brunette beauty attended Parkside Grammar School and the Starrett School for Girls while growing up. Upon graduation she moved to Los Angeles where she studied at the University of California. It was not long before her sunny looks and eye-catching figure were noticed by talent scouts. In 1934, at age 20, she signed a Warner Bros. contract and paid her dues throughout 1935 apprenticing in decorative extra parts (hat check girl, cigarette girl, party guest, gun moll). She earned her first co-starring role the following year opposite Barton MacLane in the crime programmer Jail Break (1936). Other actresses of her ilk would appear from time to time in smaller roles in "A" pictures for added exposure, but such would not be the case for June. She would be gridlocked in the "B" category for the duration of her career. Some minor highlights would include the Perry Mason whodunnit Case of the Black Cat, The (1936) in which she essayed the role of secretary Della Street alongside Ricardo Cortez (I)'s noted crimesolver; Ceiling Zero (1936), a lesser Howard Hawks film about war pilots starring 'Pat OBrien (I) and James Cagney; two slapstick movies as the love interest to comedian Joe E. Brown -- Earthworm Tractors (1936) and Gladiator, The (1938); the mystery Love Is on the Air (1937) opposite late President Ronald Reagan (I), who was making his feature film bow here; two comic features capitalizing on radio personality Joe Penner -- Go Chase Yourself (1938) and Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); and a comic strip film version of Little Orphan Annie (1938) Although June was top-billed in Circus Girl (1937) and Over the Goal (1937), the films came and went with little impression made. All in all, she was usually called upon to divert the proceedings and blandly back up the rugged "B" tough guys at Warners -- a roster which then included Paul Kelly (I), Dick Purcell, Dick Foran and Wayne Morris (I). After co-starring in Federal Man-Hunt (1938), she handed Hollywood her walking papers at age 24. In January of 1940 June married Fred Friedlob. She filmed only twice more, playing a featured role in the Bette Davis vehicle Star, The (1952), and, for reasons completely unknown, agreed to play a role in the ridiculous horror opus _Monster a-Go Go (1965)_. Moving back to Chicago, the middle-aged June became a vibrant member of the theater community. She played everything from Goneril opposite Morris Carnovsky in "King Lear" at Chicago's Goodman Theatre to an expectant middle-aged mother alongside Forrest Tucker in "Never Too Late." Other plays included "Life With Father" (also with Tucker); "The Pleasure of His Company" with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; "The Philadelphia Story" with Jackie O's sister Lee Radziwill and "I Found April" starring Jeanne Crain. Long retired, June is presently in her early 90s.



