Fetching secondary actress June Travis was signed by Warner Bros. in 1934 and made her film debut the following year, but would last only three years before leaving Hollywood forever and focusing on marriage. Born June Dorothea Grabiner on August 7, 1914, she was the daughter of Harry Grabiner who was team secretary and/or vice-president of both ...
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Had two daughters with her husband Fred Friedlob: Cathy and June Friedlob.
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Retired from acting in 1965 after 30 years in the motion picture business.
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Attended the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Chicago.
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Following her death, she was interred at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
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June Travis passed away on April 14, 2008, four months away from what would have been her 94th birthday on August 7.
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Nominated for the Sarah Siddons Award for her stage performance in "Life with Father", she later co-chaired the Sarah Siddons Award gala in 2002, the year Chita Rivera was honored for her performance in "The Visit" and has been active in theater fundraisers.
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According to Laura Wagner, author of a full-length article on June in "Films of the Golden Age", June developed a huge crush on James Cagney while filming her best film Ceiling Zero (1936) but he never knew that. The movie also remained her favorite.
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Daughter of Harry M. Grabiner who was vice president of the Cleveland Indians and a former vice president of the Chicago White Sox.
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