June Knight
June Knight
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 Acting
Popularity 5.163
Birthday 1913-01-22
Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935

Broadway Melody of 1936

The House Across the Bay
1940

The House Across the Bay

Vacation from Love
1938

Vacation from Love

Wake Up and Dream
1934

Wake Up and Dream

Cross Country Cruise
1934

Cross Country Cruise

Break the News
1938

Break the News

Gift of Gab
1934

Gift of Gab

Madam Satan
1930

Madam Satan

Take a Chance
1933

Take a Chance

Ladies Must Love
1933

Ladies Must Love

Redheads on Parade
1935

Redheads on Parade

The Lilac Domino
1937

The Lilac Domino

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

That's Entertainment, Part II