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Mildred June
Acting

Mildred June
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-12-23,Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Mildred June was born on December 23, 1905, in St Louis, Missouri. When she was a child her family moved to Kansas and eventually settled in California. She attended Hollywood high school and took dancing lessons. At the age of fifteen Mildred was discovered by producer Mack Sennett. She became one his bathing beauties and worked as an extra in his films. Mildred appeared in dozens of short films including Dog Shy with Charley Chase and Hook and Ladder with Hoot Gibson. She also starred in a series of two reel comedies with Billy Bevan. Although she enjoyed making comedies she dreamed of becoming a dramatic actress. Mildred married Herbert Edward Capps, a twenty-five year old dentist, in 1922. The following year she was given the lead in the drama The Greatest Menace. She was signed by Universal studios but her career never took off. Mildred returned to Mack Sennett's studio and appeared in the 1927 comedy Crazy To Act. She divorced her husband and had a brief romance with with real estate executive Jimmy Houston. Unfortunately by 1928 she was unemployed and battling a serious alcohol problem. Mildred married her second husband, Bud Sheehan, in 1930. Sadly he passed away a few years later. In 1936 she had a bit part in the Laurel and Hardy film Our Relations. It would her last acting role. On June 19, 1940 Mildred passed away from cirrhosis of the liver caused by her alcoholism. She was only thirty-four years old. Mildred was cremated and her ashes were buried at Hollywood Forever cemetery in Hollywood, California.

Filmography

6.667

Crazy to Act
1927-05-15

5.538

Manslaughter
1922-09-24

The Crossroads of New York

7

The Crossroads of New York
1922-06-22

Hook and Ladder

7

Hook and Ladder
1924-01-07

7.071

Dog Shy
1926-04-04

9

Kick Me Again
1925-11-24

The Greatest Menace

8

The Greatest Menace
1923-05-19

A Deep Sea Panic

10

A Deep Sea Panic
1924-09-28

Down on the Farm

5.813

Down on the Farm
1920-04-17

6

Gymnasium Jim
1922-05-09

Love and Doughnuts

7

Love and Doughnuts
1921-09-14

When Summer Comes

10

When Summer Comes
1922-09-22

5.333

On Patrol
1922-03-12

The Duck Hunter

9

The Duck Hunter
1922-02-13

Matrimony Blues

0

Matrimony Blues
1926-05-02

10

Smith's Picnic
1926-12-12

Crinoline and Romance

7

Crinoline and Romance
1923-02-05

The Battling Kangaroo

9

The Battling Kangaroo
1926-12-05

Up in Alf's Place

7

Up in Alf's Place
1919-10-12

7

The Rosary
1922-01-16

8

Nip and Tuck
1923-08-11

7.417

Be Reasonable
1921-12-11

The House of Flickers

0

The House of Flickers
1925-03-15

When Seconds Count

8

When Seconds Count
1927-04-01

Troubles of a Bride

8

Troubles of a Bride
1924-11-30

Rich Men's Wives

7

Rich Men's Wives
1922-09-15

Fashionable Fakers

9

Fashionable Fakers
1923-12-16

Love, Honor and Behave

8

Love, Honor and Behave
1920-11-22