June Lockhart, ‘Lassie’ and ‘Lost in Space’ Actress, Useless at 100

June Lockhart, beloved for her roles as a mom in Lassie and in Lost in Space, died on Oct. 23 at her Santa Monica, California residence of pure causes. She was 100.

Harlon Ball, Lockhart’s spokesman, confirmed her loss of life to The New York Times.

Lockhart made an indelible mark taking part in Ruth Martin, the foster mom of John Provost’s character, Timmy, and his collie Lassie, on the collection Lassie starting in 1958. She took over the function from Cloris Leachman within the present’s fifth season, and he or she remained on the present via 1964.

She went on to star as Dr. Maureen Robinson — a biochemist, spouse, and mom — within the sci-fi journey tv collection, Lost in Space. She appeared in all three seasons of its run, from 1965 via 1968, alongside her household of house castaways, which included a robotic who warned “Danger, Will Robinson” to her character’s precocious son (Bill Mumy) at any time when a menace was perceived. In 2024, Lockhart revealed that taking part in Robinson was her favourite function. “It was so campy,” she instructed Closer Weekly. “And I truly enjoyed my relationship with my space family.”

She went on to hitch Petticoat Junction in its sixth season in 1968, the place she portrayed Janet Craig and continued the function till the collection led to 1970.

While she grew to become extensively identified for her roles within the Sixties, she had already gained a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Newcomer (the class now not exists) for her Broadway debut in For Love or Money in 1948 when she was 22 years outdated. She made her huge display screen debut even earlier, at age 13, when she appeared in an uncredited function within the 1938 model of A Christmas Carol, alongside her actor dad and mom Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart.

Through the course of eight many years, the actress portrayed a spread of roles on the small and large display screen, showing in movies together with Son of Lassie, the 1945 sequel to Lassie Come Home and a precursor to her tv function; All This, and Heaven Too; Meet Me in St. Louis; The Yearling; and Sergeant York. On tv, she had recurring roles on the daytime cleaning soap opera General Hospital and Beverly Hills 90210, and was a visitor star on exhibits comparable to Happy Days, Full House, and Grey’s Anatomy. She most not too long ago appeared within the movies Zombie Hamlet (2012) and The Remake (2016). She additionally voiced Mindy the Owl in 2019’s animated Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm and voiced Alpha Control within the third season of Netflix’s reboot of Lost in Space in 2021.

She was nominated for 2 Emmys, together with Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series for her efficiency in Lassie. Lockhart was additionally the recipient of two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one recognizing her movement image work, the opposite honoring her tv profession.