June Tripp (born June Howard-Tripp; 11 June 1901 – 14 January 1985), sometimes known just by her screen name, June, was a British-American actress.

Biography

Born June Howard-Tripp in

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, she worked mainly on stage (in

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). She made a handful of films, mostly in the silent era. Her most notable screen role was in the silent

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thriller '' The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog'' (1927), opposite

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. In March 1929, June Tripp married John Alan Burns, 4th Baron Inverclyde and went to live at Castle Wemyss. She appears as "Topsy" in Inverclyde's account of his travels in his steam yacht ''Beryl'' around the Mediterranean in the summer of 1929. However, by September 1930, Tripp was in

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having taken up what would prove to be longterm American residency. In November 1930, Tripp sued for annulment of her marriage, alleging she and Inverclyde had "never lived together as man and wife". Tripp ultimately received a divorce in

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in August 1931 (but was still considered married in her native land until Inverclyde was granted a divorce in December 1933). Tripp returned to the British stage in the summer of 1932 performing in the musical ''Fanfare''. In August 1937 Tripp married Edward Hillman Jr, a Chicago department store heir who she had met in California some years prior: the couple wed in

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after chancing to meet again in Paris. Although

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divorces for the couple were granted in December 1939 and March 1947 they both times reunited to remain married until Hillman's death at age 65 in 1966, the Hillmans long having split their time between residences in

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and Santa Barbara. Tripp had become an American citizen in 1951.Profile
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"film star" to appear ''

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'' in the Hollywood paean to British resilience '' Forever and a Day'' (released in 1943 - most of the film including Tripp's scenes date from 1941), Tripp made occasional appearances in community theatre productions and had uncredited bit parts in the films ''

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'' (1945) and ''

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'' (1952) (as the Mother Superior): she also narrated the

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film '' The River'' (1951). Tripp published a memoir entitled ''The Glass Ladder'' in 1960, in which she recounts with some vividness her ''

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''-esque life at Castle Wemyss with Inverclyde and his rather forbidding housekeeper, whom she compares to

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's portrayal in the Hitchcock film, though both novel and film were released some years after her divorce. She died in New York City in 1985.

Filmography

Autobiography

*''The Glass Ladder'' (London: Heinemann, 1960)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tripp, June 1901 births 1985 deaths English silent film actresses 20th-century English actresses English stage actresses English socialites People associated with Inverclyde

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English film actresses English emigrants to the United States Naturalized citizens of the United States Actresses from Blackpool