Remembering 2025’s Losses: June Lockhart

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Can you believe it? Two days in a row without baseball! Sorry about that, but these are alphabetical in the first part of the month. The alphabet throws us two actors in a row now! Here’s a fond memory for classic TV viewers. June Lockhart We had all sorts of TV moms, but June Lockhart was out of this world. One of her classic roles was Maureen Robinson, the mom on Lost in Space. She also played the mom on Lassie (trivia: she replaced Cloris Leachman in the role of the mom in the TV show!) Oh, and going back to Tony Geary earlier in the month, Lockhart also had a role on General Hospital in the 80s and 90s! Growing up when I did, I knew her as the TV star. But June Lockhart’s career began long before the little screen. She was in the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol and the classic film Meet Me in St. Louis with Judy Garland. She also had a career on Broadway, where she won the first Tony Award for “Best Newcomer.” In my generation, she was the mom on Lassie (actually, that was my brother’s generation…a little before my time, but I did see reruns), then the mom on Lost in Space. When Bea Benadaret died, she became the “lady M.D.” female lead on Petticoat Junction. Her life was full and rich, in terms of success and longevity. She died four months after her 100th birthday. June Lockhart Born June Kathleen Lockhart, June 25, 1925, New York, New York Died October 23, 2025, Santa Monica, California (natural causes) (age 100) A MeTV salute to June Lockhart: