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June Kirby Profile
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| (June Shirley Kirby) |
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| 5 January 28 | is born in Brooklyn, New York, to Robert P. and Martha C. Kirby, nee Carmack |
| ? | graduates from Ferris High School |
| studies acting with Claudia Franck |
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| 46 | models in advertisements for Chesterfield cigarettes |
| May 46 | is featured in PIC |
| July 46 | columnist Dorothy Kilgallen knows: “Carnival chorine June Kirby and agency head David March are swooning...!” |
| 46 | is featured in Cover Girl |
| August 46 | promotes the New York lamp show |
| September 46 | welcomes the convenience of a lightweight plastic date kit that carries make-up, cigarettes and money |
| October 46 | is chosen “Posture Queen of America” by the National Chiropractic Association |
| 29 March 47 | is featured in Collier's |
| April 47 | is featured in LAFF |
| is crowned Showgirl of the Month by LAFF |
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| June 47 | poses for Lois Leeds |
| January 48 | columnist Earl Wilson advises: “Get your mind off the cold weather by taking a peek at June Kirby, cutie at the Diamond Horseshoe and Susan Thompson, the Glass Hat’s songstress..” |
| Wilson’s back to her: “If you’re fiddling around the Diamond Horseshoe catch June Kirby in Violins Over B’way...” |
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| 23 November 48 | columnist Vincent Edwards writes that "When not working for the Barbizon School of Modeling, June can be found making the rounds at the Broadway casting offices..." |
| ? | studies watercolors at the Students' Art League |
| March 49 | replaces Gregg Sherwood in a New York musical comedy. “Latter withdrew because she wanted to act. All Miss Kirby has to do, according to contract, is ‘breathe.’” |
| May 49 | Wilson writes: “Now I don’t want to shock you but sometimes you might even see a prominent married man there (where is “there”? Maybe change: Wilson, in writing about…., says:) with his limousine waiting. One ‘repeater’ is a wealthy Floridian, Bill Liebow, a bachelor, who often picks up Miss June Kirby. Some girls think of him as being a very old man and that is true because he is way up in his 30s....” |
| September 50 | columnist Ed Sullivan knows “TV Guide’s Mike O’Shea and June Kirby of Peep Show blazing...” |
| is featured in Whisper |
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| November 50 | columnist Walter Winchell reports: “Richard Towers, assistant stage manager of Peep Show, and June Kirby of Gents Prefer Blondes will telescope...” |
| ? | studies design at the Kingston Art School |
| August 51 | Kilgallen reports: “June Kirby, one of the statuesque belles in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, will waltz down the aisle with Richard Towers. He’s stage manager for a legit show...” |
| March 52 | Mickey Rooney is reported making “the grand tour of the nighteries with showgirl June Kirby, who towers over him...” |
| February 53 | is dating Miguel Aleman |
| June 53 | columnist Louella Parsons knows: “Lawrence Tierney has it bad for former showgirl, June Kirby, in New York. They sit and hold hands and drink milk...” |
| July 53 | Kilgallen adds: “The brave girl dating Lawrence Tierney is June Kirby, of the musical comedy stage. But he looked sober, amiable and unmenacing as they duetted at the Club Zanzibar, so maybe the reform wave is on...” |
| August 53 | Wilson reports: “Howard Hughes’ Las Vegas date is June Kirby, the Sahara showgal...” |
| March 54 | is featured in Gala |
| April 54 | performs at Las Vegas’ Sahara Hotel |
| 3 October 54 | is admitted into the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists |
| January 55 | Winchell tells: “Actress June Kirby and Kenneth Berg are expected to commit merger...” |
| March 55 | is featured in Pageant |
| April 55 | is a regular on the Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater |
| July 55 | is one of six Goldwyn Girls ”picked by Sam Goldwyn, Sr., average age 21. They leave for New York where they will fan out for personal appearance tours to plug Guys and Dolls. The blondes are Larri Thomas, June Kirby, and Pat Sheehan. The brunettes are Barbara Brent, Madelyn Darrow, and Jann Darlyn." |
| September 55 | “Those dolls at the Harwyn were Goldwyn Girls Jann Darlyn and June Kirby in town to drum up biz for Guys and Dolls. Their guys were Dave Kislak and Kenneth Berg. Plenty lucky...” |
| Kilgallen tells: “June Kirby, the dazzling blonde member of the Goldwyn Girls, isn’t likely to give her heart to any of the local fellows while she’s here. It belongs to Larry Sloane, a Las Vegas press agent...” |
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| May 58 | is featured in TV Guide |
| June 56 | she and fellow Goldwyn Girls Suzanne Alexander, Madelyn Darrow, and Jann Darlyn are reported returning to Hollywood after visiting Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, and Australia |
| July 60 | Winchell expects her to marry “Major Ray Whitlock of the Marine Corps at Palo Verdes August 20th...” |
| 20 August 60 | marries Ray Beekman Whitlock in Los Angeles. He’s 38; she’s 32. |
| 31 October 61 | her daughter, Shawn Kathleen, is born |
| 23 December 84 | becomes the widow of Whitlock, who dies in Augusta, Georgia |
| ? | marries Bob Przybysz |
| 6 March 22 | dies at the age of 94 in Aiken, South Carolina |
| 9 March 22 | is interred at Westover Memorial Park |
| Sources: Mansfield News-Journal, The Daily Messenger, Monitor-Index, The Charleston Gazette, The Morning Herald, The Times Recorder, Syracuse Herald-Journal, Albuquerque Journal, The Lowell Sun, Eye, Anderson Daily Bulletin, The Tampa Tribune, Kingsport News, The Daily Record, Thomas Poteet & Son, www.Ancestry.com | |
| Recommended Books: Top Models by Samuel Claesson | |
| Links: Filmography Broadway Credits Obituary | |