June Laverick

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| birth_name = June Laverick
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1931|6|11}}
| birth_place = [[Redcar]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]]
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| occupation = [[Actress]]
| years_active = 1950s-1970
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'''June Laverick''' (born 11 June 1931) is an English film, television and stage actress.

She was once described as "a popular lightweight leading actress of the day"<ref name="Britmovie">{{cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/The-Flesh-and-the-Fiends_1959 |title=June Laverick |accessdate=20 August 2008 |work=Britmovie |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406181225/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/The-Flesh-and-the-Fiends_1959/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is probably best remembered as the fictional wife of [[Dickie Henderson]] in ''The Dickie Henderson Show''.<ref name="DaveBudd">{{cite web |url=http://www.davebudd.org.uk/sitcom/d-h|title=The Definitive UK Sitcom List |first=Dave |last=Budd |accessdate=20 August 2008}}</ref>

==Personal==

Before June was born her parents ran a public house in [[Bishop Auckland]] but then returned to Redcar to run the Royal Hotel on the sea front near [[Redcar Pier]]. In 1931, Laverick was born in Laburnum Road, Redcar.<ref name="NorthernEcho">{{cite web |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1679021.morrison_maintains_glove_affair |title=How June won the hearts of all |accessdate=21 May 2009 |work=The Northern Echo |date=11 September 2007}}</ref>
In her youth June attended White House school and ballet school. She was determined at an early age that she wanted a career in light entertainment.<ref name="NorthernEcho"/>

She followed an acting career in theatre, film and television and after retiring from acting in her 30s June moved back to [[Redcar]], marrying an [[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]] process worker and briefly taking over the licence of the Royal Hotel before returning south alone.<ref name="NorthernEcho"/>

== Stage, film and television career ==

In the 1950s June worked in the theatre in musicals, comedies and revues, and had a variety of film roles contracted to the [[Rank Organisation]].
She was a member of ''[[The Company of Youth]]'', the Rank Organisation's acting school often referred to as "''The Charm School''"<ref name="PTP">{{cite web |title=1950's - The Rocking Fifties |accessdate=6 July 2009 |url=http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/20th_century_review.php?decade=50s |publisher=PastTimesProject.co.uk}}</ref>
and was often photographed for the front covers of cinema magazines and for publicity shots.<ref>{{cite web |title=Picture Show Magazines |publisher=Picture Show online |accessdate=6 July 2009 |url=http://www.pictureshowmagazine.com/JuneLaverickApr58.htm|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715083128/http://www.pictureshowmagazine.com/JuneLaverickApr58.htm |archivedate=15 July 2011}}</ref> Her peak year in films was 1958, where she appeared in three prominent film roles, notably as the leading lady opposite [[Tommy Steele]] in ''[[The Duke Wore Jeans]]''.

June made an early television appearance in an episode of [[Boyd Q.C.]] (1958) and in episodes of ''Tales from Dickens'' (1959) as [[Dora Spenlow]].<ref name="Dickens">{{cite web |url=http://www.78rpm.co.uk/tvw.htm |title=1950's Filmed Drama Series: Tales from Dickens |accessdate=20 August 2008 |work=78rpm}}</ref>
She took over the role of [[Dickie Henderson]]'s wife from [[Anthea Askey]] in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''The Dickie Henderson Half Hour''<ref name="Ind05Mar1999">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-anthea-askey-1078399.html |title=Obituary: Anthea Askey |accessdate=20 August 2008 |first=Denis |last=Gifford |work=The Independent |date=5 March 1999 |location=London}}</ref> in ''The Dickie Henderson Show'' (1960–1963).<ref name="NostalgiaCentral">{{cite web |url=http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/television/comedy/dickiehendersonshow.htm |title=The Dickie Henderson Show |accessdate=20 August 2008 |work=Nostalgia Central}}</ref>

After the ''Dickie Henderson Show'', June retired from acting to be replaced by [[Isla Blair]]<ref name="TVHeaven">{{cite web |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/hend.htm |title=The Dickie Henderson Show |accessdate=20 August 2008 |work=Television Heaven |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205023205/http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/hend.htm |archivedate=5 December 2008}}</ref> in the next series ''[[A Present for Dickie]]'' (1969–1970). In 1970 June returned to appear in the last episode.<ref name="NostalgiaCentral"/><ref name="MemorableTV">{{cite web |url=http://www.memorabletv.com/sitcomspq.htm |title=The UK Sitcoms Guide |accessdate=20 August 2008 |work=Memorable TV |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725063949/http://www.memorabletv.com/sitcomspq.htm |archivedate=25 July 2008}}</ref>

==Personal life==
After her final appearance on television in the last episode of Dickie Henderson's show, she took over the licence, from her parents, of The Royal Hotel in Redcar. She was briefly married to Charles Kenneth Cooke, an [[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]] worker. After the marriage ended she returned to the south of England and spent her time living in Baker Street, London and became romantically linked with [[Hughie Green]] the [[Double Your Money]] television games show host in the 1960s.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1577434/The-life-and-many-loves-of-Hughie-Green.html The life and many loves of Hughie Green] ''www.telegraph.co.uk'' Retrieved 18 June 2020</ref>

== Selected stage ==

* ''When In Rome'' (1959–60) at the [[Adelphi Theatre]], London a short-lived stage musical with Dickie Henderson and [[Eleanor Summerfield]]<ref name="Rome-grp">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eleanor-summerfield-729230.html |title=Obituary: Eleanor Summerfield |accessdate=20 August 2008 |first=Tom |last=Vallance |work=The Independent |location=London |date=16 July 2001 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426063352/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eleanor-summerfield-729230.html |archivedate=26 April 2011 |df=dmy}}; {{cite web |url=http://www.musical-theatre.net/html/unsungheroines/eleanorsummerfield.html |title=Unsung Heroes: Eleanor Summerfield |accessdate=20 August 2008 |work=British Musical Theatre |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820030443/http://www.musical-theatre.net/html/unsungheroines/eleanorsummerfield.html |archivedate=20 August 2008 |df=dmy}}</ref><ref name="Theatricalia">{{cite web |title=June Laverick |first=Matthew |last=Sommerville |work=Theatricalia |accessdate=31 October 2010 |url=http://theatricalia.com/person/v7m/june-laverick}}</ref>
* ''The Punch Revue'' (1955) at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]], London with [[Binnie Hale]] and [[Alfie Bass]]<ref name="Punch-grp">{{cite web |title=Sheila Kennedy, June Laverick and Joyce Blair in Larger than Life |work=V&A Prints |accessdate=30 October 2010 |url=http://www.vandaprints.com/image.php?id=326624 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717184727/http://www.vandaprints.com/image.php?id=326624 |archivedate=17 July 2011}}; {{cite web |title=The Punch Revue |work=The Guide to Musical Theatre |accessdate=31 October 2010 |url=http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_p/punchrevue.htm}}; {{cite web |last=Wilton |first=Rob |title=Theatre World Magazines 1950s |work=Rob Wilton Theatricalia |accessdate=31 October 2010 |url=http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/14mags/thw50s.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517222919/http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/14mags/thw50s.htm |archivedate=17 May 2006 |df=dmy}}</ref>
* ''Over the Moon'' (1952–53) at the [[Bristol Hippodrome]] with [[Cicely Courtneidge]]<ref name="Theatricalia"/>
* ''[[Gay's the Word (musical)|Gay's the Word]]'' (1952) at the [[Saville Theatre]], London with Cicely Courtneidge
* ''Cinderella'' (1948) at the [[Royal Opera House]], London.<ref name="Cinderella">{{cite web |title=Cinderella |accessdate=31 October 2010 |work=Royal Opera House Collections |url=http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/performance.aspx?performance=10382}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

* ''[[The Flesh and the Fiends]]'' (1960) (US: ''Mania'') (1960) as Martha Knox, with [[Peter Cushing]]

* ''[[Follow a Star]]'' (1959) as Judy, with [[Norman Wisdom]]
* ''[[The Son of Robin Hood]]'' (1958) as Deering Hood daughter of [[Robin Hood]]
* ''[[The Duke Wore Jeans]]'' (1958) as Princess Maria, with [[Tommy Steele]]
* ''[[The Gypsy and the Gentleman]]'' (1958) as Sarah Deverill, with [[Melina Mercouri]]
* ''[[Souvenir d'Italie]]'' (1957) (US: ''It Happened in Rome'') (1959) as Margaret
* ''[[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large]]'' (1957) (uncredited minor role).
== Television ==

* ''The Stamp Collector'' (1963) with Dickie Henderson
* ''The Stately Home'' (1963) with Dickie Henderson
* ''The Romance'' (1962) with Dickie Henderson
* ''The Gangster'' (1962) with Dickie Henderson
* ''David and Dora'' (1962) as [[Dora Spenlow]] in ''Tales of Dickens''
* ''The Psychiatrist'' (1960) with Dickie Henderson
* ''The Dancing Years'' as Greta Schone
* ''The Shropshire Lass'' (1958) with Michael Denison

== Discography ==

* Dickie Henderson (1960) ''Sympatica''/''It's Nice To Sleep With No-One'', June Laverick, Oriole CB1536<ref name="Sympatica-grp">{{cite web|title=Dickie Henderson And June Laverick Discography|work=45cat|accessdate=31 October 2010|url=http://www.45cat.com/artist/dickie-henderson-and-june-laverick}}; {{cite web|title=Artists: D|work=www.45rpm.org.uk|accessdate=31 October 2010|url=http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/artists-d.htm}}</ref>
* ''Stop'' (1960), Oriole CB1537<ref name="Stop-grp">{{cite web|title=June Laverick Discography |work=45cat|accessdate=31 October 2010|url=http://www.45cat.com/artist/june-laverick}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=June Laverick Gallery|work=eil.com|accessdate=31 October 2010|url=http://991.com/eilcom/gallery/gallery.asp?artistname=June-Laverick}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=June Laverick - Stop|work=eil.com|accessdate=31 October 2010|url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=449309}}</ref>
* ''When in Rome'' (1960), Oriole EP7026<ref name="gemm">{{cite web|title=When In Rome|work=gemm - Kinace Records|accessdate=31 October 2010|url=http://gemm.com/item/COLE-c-ANDY--DICKIE--HENDERSON--JUNE--LAVERICK/WHEN--IN--ROME.../GML1427256500|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716074004/http://gemm.com/item/COLE-c-ANDY--DICKIE--HENDERSON--JUNE--LAVERICK/WHEN--IN--ROME.../GML1427256500|archivedate=16 July 2011}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==

* Film & Television databases: [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491928/ IMDB]
* Video footage: [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/steiner-styles Pathe].

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