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Petite blonde June Allyson, Hollywood's friendly girl next door in movies of the '40s and '50s, died Saturday at her home in Ojai, Calif., after a long illness, her daughter said Monday. She was 88.
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June wanted to play Lillian Roth, the singer who fought a battle with alcoholism, when Charles Walters was attached to direct. MGM chose Susan Hayward instead. Walters eventually left the project and was replaced by Daniel Mann.
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Allyson got her start in the early days of moviemaking, breaking through in the old studio system as early as 1937 as the vivacious and cute character of any film. She soon matured into one of the grand matrons of Hollywood.
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In Cole Porter's Panama Hattie (1940), starring Ethel Merman, Allyson was not only in the chorus but was understudy to the show's second female lead, Betty Hutton. When Hutton contracted measles and Allyson went on for her, the director George Abbott was in the audience and was impressed enough to promise her a role in his next show, Best Foot Forward (1941), in which Allyson had three numbers, including a solo, "What Do You Think I Am?"
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June never leaves her apartment, which has a view of an advertising sign of a knight in shining armor. She is two weeks behind in her rent and believes that if she leaves the apartment, the landlord will never let her back in. ...more about Knight Is Young
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