Mildred June (December 23, 1905 – June 19, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

s. She was also co-writer of a 1927 film. She died at the age of 34 from alcoholism.

Life

June was born in

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in 1905. She was an American actress appearing in silent films. June starred in Troubles of a Bride in 1924 with

Robert Agnew Robert Agnew (June 4, 1899 – November 8, 1983) was an American movie actor who worked mostly in the silent film era, making 65 films in both the silent and sound eras. Agnew was born in Dayton, Kentucky. He died in 1983 in Palm Springs, C ...

and Alan Hale. and in the similarly themed '' Matrimony Blues'' in 1926 with

Lige Conley Lige Conley (born Elijah Crommie; December 5, 1897 – December 11, 1937) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 140 films between 1915 and 1938. Biography As Lige Crommie, the curly-haired young comedian joined the stock ...

. The following year she starred in '' The Snarl of Hate'' and she was co-writer of the 1927 film ''Crazy to Act'', in which she and

Oliver Hardy Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his ...

starred. Her last part in a film was a small one in '' Our Relations'' which starred

Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American double act, comedy duo during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) ...

in 1936. She died young from alcoholism in

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in 1940 from

cirrhosis Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, chronic liver failure or chronic hepatic failure and end-stage liver disease, is a chronic condition of the liver in which the normal functioning tissue, or parenchyma, is replaced ...

of the liver.

Selected filmography

* '' Down on the Farm'' (1920) * '' Molly O'' (1921) * '' A Small Town Idol'' (1921) * ''

Rich Men's Wives ''Rich Men's Wives'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is ...

'' (1922) * '' The Rosary'' (1922) * '' The Crossroads of New York'' (1922) * '' Crinoline and Romance'' (1923) * ''

Fashionable Fakers ''Fashionable Fakers'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by William Worthington and starring Johnnie Walker, Mildred June and Lillian Lawrence.Munden p.231 It was released in Britain with the alternative title ''A Going Concern''. ...

'' (1923) * '' The Greatest Menace'' (1923) * '' Troubles of a Bride'' (1924) * '' The Battling Kangaroo'' (1926) * '' The Snarl of Hate'' (1927)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:June, Mildred 1905 births 1940 deaths Actresses from St. Louis American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses Deaths from cirrhosis Alcohol-related deaths in California