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I find the statement that Lockhart was the only actor or actress to have starred in three hit series during the 60s to be implausible. Are we talking first-billed (she wasn't first-billed in LIS), second-billed, or what? Define "hit" series. However, off the top of my head, I can't come up with another actor to be in three shows ("hit" or near-hit, or not), though I'm sure there is. Sir Rhosis 04:46, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
That statement is also an example of "lying with statistics". In that era, producers generally felt they needed at least five years of series episodes in order to be able to successfully syndicate the show and (in some, if not many, cases) make a profit. From that perspective, any series running less than five years could not be considered a "hit". "Lost in Space" ran only three years, and "Lassie" was a success before Lockhart joined the cast.
Indeed, the shorter a series runs, the more series a performer might appear in, a statistic one would hardly be proud of. This is an ultimately meaningless observation (who really cares?), and should probably be removed. WilliamSommerwerck ( talk) 19:05, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
June Lockhart will be 82 years old on 2007- 06-25—Preceding unsigned comment added by Berniethomas68 ( talk • contribs) 13:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
The following material seems unsupported (as well as strangely worded in this day and age):
"Lockhart is something of a free spirit, was known for driving around in a fire engine, and has been known to cohabit with boyfriends. One employer did not renew her contract when he found out about this." I have thus deleted it. The material needs to have a specific source and concrete facts if it is to be re-included in the article. Su 15:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm reinserting the first part, with citation. The second part was added by someone else, and I have nothing to do with it. User:BruceDLimber—Preceding unsigned comment added by BruceDLimber ( talk • contribs) 15:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
I find the use of the word "cult" to be POV, likely from someone whose knowledge of Lassie and LIS is from reports and not first hand experience. Lassie was anything but cult - it was a mainstream ratings winner that survived the departure of its "human" star, lasted about 20 years, and won an Emmy and a Peabody. This was a significant show in the early history of television, not a "cult classic." LIS was closer to that - but even so, had moderately good ratings at the time, was notable for its cost in production, and is often credited (correctly or not) with helping to launch the more enduring Star Trek franchise. I'm removing the word "cult" consequently - that's a writer's POV unsupported (and probably unsupportable) by facts. Sensei48 16:47, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
14-Nov-2007: You might be wondering how such a real photo could possibly still be on Wikipedia: that top photo is described, within the article, as a "publicity photo" not an image identifying a person. The legal caption has been restored (after infobox was added):
By treating and mentioned the image as a "publicity photo" (not just a picture of June Lockhart), the image meets the criteria for legal fair-use licensing. Few people understand fair-use licensing, so be sure the wording about a "publicity photo" is preserved. This concept could be quite difficult for some people to comprehend: the image is here as an example of a "publicity photo" not an image of June Lockhart. Comprende? - Wikid77 07:50, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
The article states, "In 1951, Lockhart married Dr. John Lindsay (a.k.a. John F. Mahoney)...." However, her IMDb bio page indicates these to be two separate men, that Mahoney, not Lindsay, was the doctor she married in 1951, that within a month of obtaining the divorce from Mahoney ("1 April 1959"), she married Lindsay ("April 1959"), and they divorced in "1972." Anybody got a better source for this? BTW, her "official site" has no bio material whatsoever. -- Ted Watson ( talk) 23:22, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm getting very tired of the individual who keeps removing material I've inserted into the article even after I gave the citation. Kindly have the courtesy to let it alone!!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.51.96 ( talk) 03:57, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Once again, some self-appointed censor keeps removing other peoples' posts from the text, even when a citation is provided for it! Kindly have the minimal courtesy to STOP DOING THIS!!!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.51.96 ( talk) 16:57, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
I seem to remember June Lockhart making an appearance in a single episode of the Roseanne show. Probably should be added to the list of works. This appears to be missing from the list of works.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.78.68.226 ( talk) 02:58, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
The following is garbled.
"She replaced actress Cloris Leachman, who, in turn, had replaced Jan Clayton - who had originally played the role."
If by "role" you mean "the actress playing the mother on Lassie", then they all played the same role.
But Jan Clayton played a different character. Cloris Leachman was the first to play Ruth Martin. She was so disliked by viewers she was replaced by June Lockhart. (My reaction to her and Jon Sheppod was that they looked like criminals.) WilliamSommerwerck ( talk) 13:45, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
According to castmate Billy Mumy, she was a big fan of rock music - even carried a photo of David Bowie (!) in her wallet in 1980. Hired Hourglass (pre-Allman Bros) to play at a party of hers. 50.111.11.25 ( talk) 14:46, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
I am Mark Emerson in Los Angeles. I added Ms. Lockhart's Hammond Hall school attendance based on the following facts personally known to me. First, my mother, Ann Dodge Emerson (b. 1927), received a scholarship to attend Hammond Hall for the 7th and 8th grades. She told me the story since my childhood that, while there, she knew June Lockart, who was two years older and had taught my mother to swim in the Hammond Hall pool. Second, in the early 2010s, I attended a performance of the Los Angeles Lawyer's Orchestra at Disney Hall, at which Ms. Lockart was an honored guest. After the performance, I approached the stage and introduced myself to her, explaining that she had taught my mother to swim at Hammond Hall. Ms. Lockhart lit up and asked for my mother's name, to which I replied, Ann Dodge. She replied, "I remember Ann Dodge, with the big brown eyes. Is your mother still with us?" I replied yes. Ms. Lockart then stated, "I always fancied myself to be a swimmer." She then asked me to tell my mother hello, which I subsequently did. My mother did NOT attend Westlake.
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I find the statement that Lockhart was the only actor or actress to have starred in three hit series during the 60s to be implausible. Are we talking first-billed (she wasn't first-billed in LIS), second-billed, or what? Define "hit" series. However, off the top of my head, I can't come up with another actor to be in three shows ("hit" or near-hit, or not), though I'm sure there is. Sir Rhosis 04:46, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
That statement is also an example of "lying with statistics". In that era, producers generally felt they needed at least five years of series episodes in order to be able to successfully syndicate the show and (in some, if not many, cases) make a profit. From that perspective, any series running less than five years could not be considered a "hit". "Lost in Space" ran only three years, and "Lassie" was a success before Lockhart joined the cast.
Indeed, the shorter a series runs, the more series a performer might appear in, a statistic one would hardly be proud of. This is an ultimately meaningless observation (who really cares?), and should probably be removed. WilliamSommerwerck ( talk) 19:05, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
June Lockhart will be 82 years old on 2007- 06-25—Preceding unsigned comment added by Berniethomas68 ( talk • contribs) 13:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
The following material seems unsupported (as well as strangely worded in this day and age):
"Lockhart is something of a free spirit, was known for driving around in a fire engine, and has been known to cohabit with boyfriends. One employer did not renew her contract when he found out about this." I have thus deleted it. The material needs to have a specific source and concrete facts if it is to be re-included in the article. Su 15:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm reinserting the first part, with citation. The second part was added by someone else, and I have nothing to do with it. User:BruceDLimber—Preceding unsigned comment added by BruceDLimber ( talk • contribs) 15:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
I find the use of the word "cult" to be POV, likely from someone whose knowledge of Lassie and LIS is from reports and not first hand experience. Lassie was anything but cult - it was a mainstream ratings winner that survived the departure of its "human" star, lasted about 20 years, and won an Emmy and a Peabody. This was a significant show in the early history of television, not a "cult classic." LIS was closer to that - but even so, had moderately good ratings at the time, was notable for its cost in production, and is often credited (correctly or not) with helping to launch the more enduring Star Trek franchise. I'm removing the word "cult" consequently - that's a writer's POV unsupported (and probably unsupportable) by facts. Sensei48 16:47, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
14-Nov-2007: You might be wondering how such a real photo could possibly still be on Wikipedia: that top photo is described, within the article, as a "publicity photo" not an image identifying a person. The legal caption has been restored (after infobox was added):
By treating and mentioned the image as a "publicity photo" (not just a picture of June Lockhart), the image meets the criteria for legal fair-use licensing. Few people understand fair-use licensing, so be sure the wording about a "publicity photo" is preserved. This concept could be quite difficult for some people to comprehend: the image is here as an example of a "publicity photo" not an image of June Lockhart. Comprende? - Wikid77 07:50, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
The article states, "In 1951, Lockhart married Dr. John Lindsay (a.k.a. John F. Mahoney)...." However, her IMDb bio page indicates these to be two separate men, that Mahoney, not Lindsay, was the doctor she married in 1951, that within a month of obtaining the divorce from Mahoney ("1 April 1959"), she married Lindsay ("April 1959"), and they divorced in "1972." Anybody got a better source for this? BTW, her "official site" has no bio material whatsoever. -- Ted Watson ( talk) 23:22, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm getting very tired of the individual who keeps removing material I've inserted into the article even after I gave the citation. Kindly have the courtesy to let it alone!!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.51.96 ( talk) 03:57, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Once again, some self-appointed censor keeps removing other peoples' posts from the text, even when a citation is provided for it! Kindly have the minimal courtesy to STOP DOING THIS!!!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.51.96 ( talk) 16:57, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
I seem to remember June Lockhart making an appearance in a single episode of the Roseanne show. Probably should be added to the list of works. This appears to be missing from the list of works.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.78.68.226 ( talk) 02:58, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
The following is garbled.
"She replaced actress Cloris Leachman, who, in turn, had replaced Jan Clayton - who had originally played the role."
If by "role" you mean "the actress playing the mother on Lassie", then they all played the same role.
But Jan Clayton played a different character. Cloris Leachman was the first to play Ruth Martin. She was so disliked by viewers she was replaced by June Lockhart. (My reaction to her and Jon Sheppod was that they looked like criminals.) WilliamSommerwerck ( talk) 13:45, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
According to castmate Billy Mumy, she was a big fan of rock music - even carried a photo of David Bowie (!) in her wallet in 1980. Hired Hourglass (pre-Allman Bros) to play at a party of hers. 50.111.11.25 ( talk) 14:46, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
I am Mark Emerson in Los Angeles. I added Ms. Lockhart's Hammond Hall school attendance based on the following facts personally known to me. First, my mother, Ann Dodge Emerson (b. 1927), received a scholarship to attend Hammond Hall for the 7th and 8th grades. She told me the story since my childhood that, while there, she knew June Lockart, who was two years older and had taught my mother to swim in the Hammond Hall pool. Second, in the early 2010s, I attended a performance of the Los Angeles Lawyer's Orchestra at Disney Hall, at which Ms. Lockart was an honored guest. After the performance, I approached the stage and introduced myself to her, explaining that she had taught my mother to swim at Hammond Hall. Ms. Lockhart lit up and asked for my mother's name, to which I replied, Ann Dodge. She replied, "I remember Ann Dodge, with the big brown eyes. Is your mother still with us?" I replied yes. Ms. Lockart then stated, "I always fancied myself to be a swimmer." She then asked me to tell my mother hello, which I subsequently did. My mother did NOT attend Westlake.