June Vincent

June Vincent (born Dorothy June Smith; July 17, 1920 – November 20, 2008) was an American actress. Vincent was born in Harrod, Ohio, the daughter of Sybil Irwin and the Rev. Willis E. Smith. Vincent's acting career began in Keene, New Hampshire, where she acted in summer theater. A newspaper article published July 7, 1944, reported, "she was urged to go to Hollywood by talent scouts. Universal promptly signed her." (A different version of Vincent's going to Hollywood appears in the book Ladies of the Western: Interviews with Fifty-One More Actresses from the Silent Era to the Television Westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. Michael G. Fitzgerald and Boyd Magers quote Vincent's recollection, "I was a model – someone saw my picture – and I landed a stock contract at Universal".) She returned to the stage in 1957, appearing in The Man on a Stick at the Pasadena Playhouse. Vincent began her career in film in the early 1940s. After making 50 films, she retired from that field when her second child was born.