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June Lockhart, known to millions as “TV Mom” please consider lacy And lost in SpaceDied of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica. She was 100 years old.
His death was announced Saturday by a spokesman, Harlan Boll.
“She was very happy by the end after reading it new York Times And LA Times Every day,” he said. “It was very important for him to stay focused on the news of the day.”
Lockhart died Thursday with her daughter June Elizabeth and her granddaughter Christiana by her side. People The magazine reported.
The daughter of prolific character actor Gene Lockhart, Lockhart was often cast in simpler roles as a young film actor. Television made him a star.
From 1958 to 1964, she played Ruth Martin, who raised orphan Timmy (John Provost), on the popular CBS series. lacyFrom 1965 to 1968, she played the mother of the Robinson family in the campy CBS adventure traveling aboard the space shuttle Jupiter II. lost in Space.
Her portrayals of warm, compassionate mothers endeared her to young audiences, and decades later, Baby Boomers began flocking to nostalgia conventions to meet Lockhart and buy her signed photos.
Offscreen, Lockhart insisted, she was not like the women she portrayed.
“Let me quote Dan Rather,” he said in a 1994 interview. “I can control my reputation, but not my image, because my image is how you see me.
“I love rock ‘n’ roll and going to concerts. I’ve driven army tanks and flown in hot air balloons. And I go plane-gliding – non-motorized. I do a lot of things that don’t fit with my image.”
Early in her career, Lockhart appeared in several films. Among them: All This and Heaven Too, Adam Had Four Sons, Sergeant York, Miss Annie Rooney, Forever and a Day And Meet me in St. Louis.
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When her film career faltered as an adult, Lockhart shifted to television, appearing on live dramas and game and talk shows from New York. She was the third actress to play the lead role lacy On TV, following Jane Clayton and Cloris Leachman. (Provost had replaced the show’s original child star, Tommy Rettig, in 1957.)
After living in rural environment for six years lacyLockhart ventured into outer space, playing Maureen Robinson, the intelligent, confident mother of a family who departs on a five-year flight to a distant planet. lost in Space.
After their mission is destroyed by a fellow traveler, the nefarious Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris), the party travels from planet to planet, encountering strange creatures and near-disasters, which viewers will have to tune in to next week to learn how to survive. During the three-year run, Mrs. Robinson offered consolation and a piece of her “space pie”.
In 1968, Lockhart joined the cast of Petticoat Junction In the last two seasons of the rural comedy, she plays Dr. Janet Craig. The original star, Bea Benaderet, was diagnosed with cancer and died in 1968.
Lockhart remained active for a long time lost in SpaceFrequently appearing in episodic television as well as recurring roles on daytime soap operas general Hospital And soap at night, loose knots And Colby’sHis film credits include remake and animated Bongi Beer and the Empire of RhythmFor which she gave voice to Mindy the Owl.
She also used her own media pass to attend presidential news conferences, narrate beauty pageants and holiday parades, appear in B-pictures, and tour in plays. Steel Magnolias, Bedroom Farce And Once again with feeling.
“His real passion was journalism,” Gregory said. “He loved going to the White House briefing room.”
Lockhart liked to tell the story of how his parents met, saying that they were hired separately for a touring production sponsored by inventor Thomas A. Edison and that during a stop in Lake Louise, Alberta they decided to marry.
Their daughter was born on June 25, 1925 in New York City. The family moved to Hollywood 10 years later, and Gene Lockhart worked steadily as a character actor, usually in supporting roles, sometimes as villains. His wife Kathleen was often seen with him.
She was married and divorced twice: to John Maloney, a physician, who was the father of her daughters Anne Kathleen and June Elizabeth; and architect John C. Lindsay.
During her later career, Lockhart remained involved with the public Lassi.
Even though he sometimes made fun of the show, he acknowledged: “How wonderful it is to have a role in a career that you become known for. Many actors work their whole lives and never find a part that is truly theirs.”
Additional reporting by The Associated Press