June Knight
Also Known As: Margaret Rose Valliquietto
Biography: June Knight (born Margaret Rose Valliquietto) was an American Broadway and film actress and singer. Due to infantile paralysis, she was unable to walk until she was five years old, but just five years later, she started to perform songs and dance publicly. Dancer John Holland changed her name to June Knight when she became his partner, assigning her the same name as that of his previous partner. That change led to a court case in 1940, when the actress June Knight filed suit against the original dancer with that name. The actress said that she had made the name famous and that the dancer had previously agreed to stop using that name. At age 19, she appeared in the last Ziegfeld Follies show, Hot-Cha!. She was featured in four other Broadway shows, Take A Chance, Jubilee (where she introduced the Cole Porter classic "Begin the Beguine"), The Would-Be Gentleman (her only non-musical) and Sweethearts. She also had a short-lived film career, appearing in 12 films from 1930 to 1940, most notably in Broadway Melody of 1936, in which she sang the hit song "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" with co-star Robert Taylor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: January 22, 1913
Age: 112 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: June 16, 1987
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Broadway Melody of 1936
Overview: Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is too busy sparring with a dirt-dishing gossip columnist to notice, but his wisecracking, heart-of-gold secretary certainly does. She and Irene must use their wits to show him what he's missing!
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-18
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The House Across the Bay
Overview: Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-01
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Vacation from Love
Overview: A socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-29
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Wake Up and Dream
Overview: The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-01
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Break the News
Overview: Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye--one of them will "disappear" in what looks like a murder, and the other will be convicted of the crime. Then the "dead man" will suddenly show up at his partner's murder trial. Unfortunately, things don't quite go as planned. For one thing, no one seems to much care that the "dead man" is missing, and for another thing he's mistaken for the leader of a Balkan revolutionary group and is kidnapped by the other side.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-02
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Cross Country Cruise
Overview: A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murder. However, a playboy character who had been flirting with the woman earlier turns amateur detective and clears her.
Genres: Drama Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-16
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Gift of Gab
Overview: Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-01
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Madam Satan
Overview: A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
Genres: Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-20
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Take a Chance
Overview: Take a Chance was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, though only one of the original songs, Eadie Was a Lady, has been retained. The thinnish plot involves the misadventures of a pair of pickpockets, played on Broadway by Jack Haley and Sid Silvers and on film by James Dunn and Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-25
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Ladies Must Love
Overview: Lighthearted comedy film following the (mis)adventures of four gold diggers.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-25
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Redheads on Parade
Overview: A film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to prevent him from withdrawing his support.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-07
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The Lilac Domino
Overview: In this musical, an enigmatic masked woman catches the roving eye of a wily playboy gambler at a masquerade ball. If he knew that she was using her wiles as bait and was planning to reform him of his gambling womanizing ways after catching him, he may have head for different waters.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-31
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That's Entertainment, Part II
Overview: Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-16
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