
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
January 22, 1913
Died
June 16, 1987 (age 74)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Margaret Rose Valliquietto
June Knight
Biography
June Knight (born Margaret Rose Valliquietto) was an American Broadway and film actress and singer. Due to infantile paralysis, she was unable to walk until she was five years old, but just five years later, she started to perform songs and dance publicly.
Dancer John Holland changed her name to June Knight when she became his partner, assigning her the same name as that of his previous partner. That change led to a court case in 1940, when the actress June Knight filed suit against the original dancer with that name. The actress said that she had made the name famous and that the dancer had previously agreed to stop using that name.
At age 19, she appeared in the last Ziegfeld Follies show, Hot-Cha!. She was featured in four other Broadway shows, Take A Chance, Jubilee (where she introduced the Cole Porter classic "Begin the Beguine"), The Would-Be Gentleman (her only non-musical) and Sweethearts.
She also had a short-lived film career, appearing in 12 films from 1930 to 1940, most notably in Broadway Melody of 1936, in which she sang the hit song "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" with co-star Robert Taylor.
Known For

Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976

Film
Broadway Melody of 1936
Lillian Brent
1935

Film
The House Across the Bay
Bebe
1940

Film
Madam Satan
Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)
1930

Film
Redheads on Parade
Chorus Redhead (uncredited)
1935

Film
Cross Country Cruise
Sue Fleming
1934

Film
Gift of Gab
Lottie Von Pepper
1934

Film
The Lilac Domino
Shari de Gonda
1937

Film
Ladies Must Love
Jeannie Marlow
1933

Film
Vacation from Love
Flo Heath
1938

Film
Break the News
Grace Gatwick
1938

Film
Wake Up and Dream
Toby Brown
1934
Film
Take a Chance
Toni Ray
1933
Filmography
1976FilmThat's Entertainment, Part IIas (archive footage)1940FilmThe House Across the Bayas Bebe1938FilmVacation from Loveas Flo Heath1938FilmBreak the Newsas Grace Gatwick1937FilmThe Lilac Dominoas Shari de Gonda1935FilmBroadway Melody of 1936as Lillian Brent1935FilmRedheads on Paradeas Chorus Redhead (uncredited)1934FilmWake Up and Dreamas Toby Brown1934FilmGift of Gabas Lottie Von Pepper1934FilmCross Country Cruiseas Sue Fleming1933FilmTake a Chanceas Toni Ray1933FilmLadies Must Loveas Jeannie Marlow1930FilmMadam Satanas Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)