June Jago

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'''June Jago''' (31 March 1928 – 29 July 2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/9923 |title=June Jago |website=The Australian Live Performance Database |accessdate=21 September 2019}}</ref> was an [[Australian]]-born actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/june-jago-p35004|title=June Jago - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie|author=Sandra Brennan|work=AllMovie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=8630|title=June Jago|work=aveleyman.com}}</ref>

==Biography==
She made her stage debut in Australia and went to Britain in the 1950s with a touring production of ''[[Summer of the Seventeenth Doll]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/legacy/programs/sunmorn/stories/s1008512.htm |title=Summer of the Seventeenth Doll |website= abc Australia |accessdate= 28 December 2015}}</ref> She made her film debut in 1959 in ''[[Please Turn Over]]'', alongside [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]], [[Jean Kent]], [[Leslie Phillips]] and [[Joan Sims]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b32b25a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712170944/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b32b25a|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 July 2012|title=Please Turn Over (1959)|work=BFI|accessdate=28 December 2015}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190737294?searchTerm=june%20jago%20actress|title='Aussie' girl makes good}}</ref>

She appeared in two of the ''[[Carry On (series)|Carry On]]'' films - ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) and ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967) - <ref>{{cite web|url=http://movie-dude.co.uk/June%20Jago.htm|title=June Jago|work=movie-dude.co.uk}}</ref> and her other film credits included roles in ''[[The Captain's Table]]'' (1959), ''[[No Kidding (film)|No Kidding]]'' (1960), ''[[Journey into Darkness (film)|Journey into Darkness]]'' (1968), ''[[The Games (film)|The Games]]'' (1970) and ''[[Melody (1971 film)|Melody]]'' (1971). She appeared on television in programmes such as ''[[Catweazle]]'' and ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba2edf80c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723041917/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba2edf80c|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 July 2012|title=June Jago|work=BFI|accessdate=28 December 2015}}</ref>

On stage, she appeared with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and the [[Royal Court Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/3e5/june-jago/past?page=2|title=June Jago|work=theatricalia.com}}</ref> She also appeared in the Australian films ''[[The Man from Snowy River (1982 film)|The Man from Snowy River]]'' (1982),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b73f61c87|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804180906/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b73f61c87|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 August 2012|title=The Man from Snowy River (1982)|work=BFI|accessdate=28 December 2015}}</ref> ''[[Double Deal (1983 film)|Double Deal]]'' (1983) and ''[[Departure (1986 film)|Departure]]'' (1986).

Jago returned to Australia in the late 1970s and continued to act, notably with the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]], and also worked as a teacher of acting and elocution.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tvau4ZW_32kC&dq=june+jago+melbourne+theatre+company&pg=PA120|title=Creating|isbn=9780958574396|accessdate=28 December 2015|last1=Pascoe|first1=Joseph|year=2000}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1959|| ''[[The Captain's Table]]'' || Gwenny Coke ||
|-
|1959|| ''[[Please Turn Over]]'' || Gladys Worth ||
|-
|1960|| ''[[No Kidding (film)|No Kidding]]'' || Matron ||
|-
|1961|| ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' || Nurse ||
|-
|1967|| ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' || Sister Hoggett ||
|-
|1968|| ''[[Journey into Darkness (film)|Journey Into Darkness]]'' || Emily Blake || (episode 'Paper Dolls')
|-
|1970|| ''[[The Games (film)|The Games]]'' || Mae Harcourt ||
|-
|1971|| ''[[Melody (1971 film)|Melody]]'' || Miss Fairfax ||
|-
|1982|| ''[[The Man from Snowy River (1982 film)|The Man from Snowy River]]'' || Mrs. Bailey ||
|-
|1983|| ''[[Double Deal (1983 film)|Double Deal]]'' || Mrs. Coolidge ||
|-
|1986|| ''[[Departure (1986 film)|Departure]]'' || Frances || (final film role)
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0415625}}

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[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian film actresses]]
[[Category:Australian stage actresses]]
[[Category:Australian television actresses]]
[[Category:British film actresses]]
[[Category:British stage actresses]]
[[Category:British television actresses]]
[[Category:Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom]]

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