So can we say we'll never say the classic stuff, just show it?

[sovay]

In fairness to June Lockhart, the first time I ever saw her she was sharing the same episode of Babylon 5 (1994–98) as Londo's card-sharping tentadicks and the latter seared themselves rather more indelibly into my brain, but with less than five minutes of her own in T-Men (1947) she stole far more of the film for me, so much that even knowing that a century is a graceful point to depart from, I am still sorry the world no longer contains her and all of her time. She moved from film to television so early that I always wondered if she had been blacklisted like Marsha Hunt, but the answer looks like not. I loved finding out about her tastes in rock music and my experience of her most famous and long-running roles was almost nil. It means I remember her, perhaps unfairly, twenty-two years old and looking like the fair-haired avatar of all the white picket fences in the world, coming effortlessly up to speed on their shadows. She should have worked with David Lynch.

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[lauradi7dw]

I remember Lassie, Lost in Space, and Petticoat Junction, but it looks like I must have seen her a lot more without noticing - she stayed in the business for a long time.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I am still sorry the world no longer contains her and all of her time

Oh no! :( Thanks for posting this, I didn't know! I also loved her in T-men, and in Bury Me Dead too, and will always remember her fondly in Lost In Space! You're so right, she really would have been perfect in a David Lynch movie! And I had read somewhere that she was into rock music, but I didn't know that she always carried a photo of Bowie with her, that's so cool, and somehow I'm not surprised! <3

[sovay]

Thanks for posting this, I didn't know! I also loved her in T-men, and in Bury Me Dead too, and will always remember her fondly in Lost In Space! . I clearly need to see Bury Me Dead.

You're so right, she really would have been perfect in a David Lynch movie! And I had read somewhere that she was into rock music, but I didn't know that she always carried a photo of Bowie with her, that's so cool, and somehow I'm not surprised!

She should get to take it with her as a grave good.

[sovay]

I remember Lassie, Lost in Space, and Petticoat Junction, but it looks like I must have seen her a lot more without noticing - she stayed in the business for a long time.

I was shown a handful of episodes of Lost in Space in grad school, but I am not convinced I ever actually saw TV Lassie. I would have caught her in a couple of her early film roles. I was always interested that she and her father shared such a likeness. It doesn't always happen that way.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I clearly need to see Bury Me Dead.

I recommend it! It's got John Alton's cinematography, and also I think this is the first time I saw a movie described as "a screwball noir"!

She should get to take it with her as a grave good.

I hope she did! <3

[sovay]

I recommend it! It's got John Alton's cinematography, and also I think this is the first time I saw a movie described as "a screwball noir"!

That is appealing! I've applied that description to The Big Sleep, but have not found that many other examples. I will keep an eye out for it.

I hope she did!

*hugs*

[princessofgeeks]

OMG Lockhart would have TOTALLY fit into Lynch's vision. Thanks for that!!!!!

[sovay]

OMG Lockhart would have TOTALLY fit into Lynch's vision. Thanks for that!!!!!

You're welcome! I'd rent you their films from my dream cinema if I could.

[selkie]

I hadn't known she was so very into NASA! How cool. People got to be more interesting in the old days, between fascisms.

[gwynnega]

I'm sure I first saw her in Lost in Space, but she also had a long-running recurring role on General Hospital.

[sovay]

I hadn't known she was so very into NASA! How cool. People got to be more interesting in the old days, between fascisms.

"Some of us up here want to know what Lassie's mother is doing in Mission Control at two o'clock in the morning!"

(There was time for it!)

[sovay]

I'm sure I first saw her in Lost in Space, but she also had a long-running recurring role on General Hospital.

I saw that mentioned! What was her character like?

[gwynnega]

She played the grandmother of one of the heroines of the show. Not the world's greatest part, but she imbued it with a lot of warmth.