June Allyson

June Allyson
June Allyson (Ella Geisman), b, Bronx, New York, 1917 Trained as a dancer, she was a chorus girl while still at school, and went on to play in Broadway musicals. Her film debut was in Best Foot Forward (43, Edward Buzzell), which repeated a stage role. She was put under contract by MGM—as the sort of girl men overseas might like to come home to— for Girl Crazy (43, Norman Taurog); Thousands Cheer (43, George Sidney); Two Girls and a Sailor {44, Richard Thorpe); and Music for Millions (44, Henry Koster). Her petite, sore-throated charm was perfected in Tilt the Clouds Roll By (46, Richard Whorf); Good Netvs (47, Charles Walters); Words and Music (48, Taurojj); as Jo in Little Women (49, Mervyn Le Roy); with her husband, Dick Powell, i