June Allyson

June Allyson

October 7, 1917 · 109 years old

June Allyson (October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. She was a major MGM contract star. Allyson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Young to Kiss (1951). From 1959–1961, she hosted and occasional…

Known For

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The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

1954 · 1h 55m · Movie

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.

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Little Women

Little Women

1949 · 2h 2m · Movie

The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.

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That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974 · 2h 15m · Movie

Various MGM stars from yesteryear present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50-year history.

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Executive Suite

Executive Suite

1954 · 1h 44m · Movie

When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice presidents vie to see who will replace him.

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Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

1955 · 1h 52m · Movie

An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.

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Good News

Good News

1947 · 1h 33m · Movie

Golden Globe winner June Allyson and Peter Lawford star in this enjoyable musical about a football hero who falls in love with his French tutor.

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Till the Clouds Roll By

Till the Clouds Roll By

1946 · 2h 12m · Movie

Songwriter and Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern is unable to find immediate success in the U.S. He sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale.

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Girl Crazy

Girl Crazy

1943 · 1h 39m · Movie

A philandering young playboy is sent to college somewhere in the American West, and organizes a show, together with his sweetheart, to save the college from closure due to falling enrollments.

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The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex

1956 · 1h 57m · Movie

Former nightclub singer Kay Hilliard, married 10 years and mother of a young daughter, is informed that her husband Steven is having an affair with chorus girl Crystal Allen, so she goes to Reno for a divorce.

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That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994 · 1h 53m · Movie

Third installment in the "That's Entertainment" series, featuring scenes from "The Hollywood Revue of 1929," "Brigadoon," "Singin' In The Rain," and many more MGM films.

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Battle Circus

Battle Circus

1953 · 1h 30m · Movie

Set in Korea and made during the war, this is the love story of a hard-bitten Army surgeon, and a new nurse ready to save the world.

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Woman's World

Woman's World

1954 · 1h 34m · Movie

An executive plans to fill a high-ranking position by interviewing the candidates' wives.

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My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1957 · 1h 32m · Movie

The spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship.

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Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward

1943 · 1h 34m · Movie

Lucille Ball accepts a cadet's invitation to a military academy's senior prom in order to boost her career.

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Music for Millions

Music for Millions

1944 · 1h 57m · Movie

Six year old "Mike" joins her sister Barbara Ainsworth who plays in a classical orchestra during WW II.

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The McConnell Story

The McConnell Story

1955 · 1h 46m · Movie

A Korean War fighter pilot hero returns home to test fly the new Sabre jets despite his wife's uneasiness regarding his job.

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You Can't Run Away from It

You Can't Run Away from It

1956 · 1h 35m · Movie

Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by her father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to Houston to be with her husband. Her fat...

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Interlude

Interlude

1957 · 1h 30m · Movie

A young American woman travels to Munich and falls in love with a famous German conductor, only to learn he has a mentally ill wife.

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High Barbaree

High Barbaree

1947 · 1h 31m · Movie

Van Johnson is a Navy pilot in WWII who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors and are lost at sea. As they await rescue, Van Johnson recounts his life story and rom...

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The Shrike

The Shrike

1955 · 1h 28m · Movie

A successful theatrical director is driven to failure by the machinations of his vengeful wife. Eventually, he lands in a mental hospital where both his wife and his new love, a young actress named Charlotte, are waiting to see him.

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