June Gale (born June Gilmartin; July 6, 1911 – November 13, 1996) was an American actress sometimes credited under her married name as June Levant.
Biography Born in San Francisco, Gale rose to fame as part of the vaudeville act The Gale Sisters, a dancing quadruplet act that was actually two sets of twins. She appeared on Broadway with her sisters in Flying High (1930) and George White's Scandals (1931). In the early 1930s, she made her first films in Hollywood originally as a Goldwyn Girl in Roman Scandals, and gradually she rose to more notable parts, generally in B movies after signing with Fox in 1936.
In December 1939, Gale married Oscar Levant in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and they remained wed until his death in 1972. She later married Henry Ephron, thereby becoming the stepmother of noted writers Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Hallie Ephron, and Amy Ephron.
Gale was an integral part of two TV talk shows. After an on-air disagreement led to her leaving her co-host role on The Oscar Levant Show, she began her own show in 1958, with Lloyd Thaxton.
Death Gale died of pneumonia on November 13, 1996, aged 85, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She was buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography Title Year Role Notes1933 Roman Scandals Goldwyn Girl Uncredited1934 Moulin Rouge Show Girl Uncredited1934 Looking for Trouble Long Beach Counter Girl Uncredited1934 Melody in Spring Suzette 1934 Bottoms Up Chorine Uncredited1935 Folies Bergère de Paris Girl in Secretary Number Uncredited1935 Rainbow's End Ann Ware 1935 Swifty Helen McNiel 1936 Heroes of the Range Joan Peters 1936 The Riding Avenger Jessie McCoy 1936 Sing, Baby, Sing Member of Girls Band Uncredited1936 Pigskin Parade Student Uncredited1936 One in a Million Girl in Band 1937 The Devil Diamond Dorothy Lanning 1937 On the Avenue Chorus Girl Uncredited1937 Thin Ice Member of Girls Band Uncredited1937 This Is My Affair Girl with Keller Uncredited1937 Sing and Be Happy Secretary Uncredited1937 You Can't Have Everything Chorus Girl Uncredited1937 Wife, Doctor and Nurse Nurse Uncredited1938 Four Men and a Prayer Elizabeth Uncredited1938 Josette Cafe girl 1938 Keep Smiling Secretary Uncredited1938 My Lucky Star Cabot Jr.'s Secretary 1938 Time Out for Murder Muriel - The Apartment Switchboard Operator 1938 While New York Sleeps Kitty 1939 Tail Spin Flyer Uncredited1939 Pardon Our Nerve Judy Davis 1939 Inside Story Eunice 1939 The Jones Family in Hollywood Alice Morley 1939 It Could Happen to You Agnes Barlow 1939 Hotel for Women Joan Mitchell 1939 Charlie Chan at Treasure Island Myra Rhadini 1939 The Escape Annie Qualen 1939 The Honeymoon's Over Peggy Ryder 1940 City of Chance Molly 1948 Easter Parade Minor Role Uncredited1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Saleswoman Season 1 Episode 12: "Hangover" (credited as June Levant)
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