Mildred June
Mildred June was born on December 23, 1905, in St Louis, Missouri. When she was a child her family moved to Kansas and eventually settled in California. She attended Hollywood high school and took dancing lessons. At the age of fifteen Mildred was discovered by producer Mack Sennett. She became one his bathing beauties and worked as an extra in his films. Mildred appeared in dozens of short films including Dog Shy with Charley Chase and Hook and Ladder with Hoot Gibson. She also starred in a series of two reel comedies with Billy Bevan. Although she enjoyed making comedies she dreamed of becoming a dramatic actress. Mildred married Herbert Edward Capps, a twenty-five year old dentist, in 1922. The following year she was given the lead in the drama The Greatest Menace.
She was signed by Universal studios but her career never took off. Mildred returned to Mack Sennett's studio and appeared in the 1927 comedy Crazy To Act. She divorced her husband and had a brief romance with with real estate executive Jimmy Houston. Unfortunately by 1928 she was unemployed and battling a serious alcohol problem. Mildred married her second husband, Bud Sheehan, in 1930. Sadly he passed away a few years later. In 1936 she had a bit part in the Laurel and Hardy film Our Relations. It would her last acting role. On June 19, 1940 Mildred passed away from cirrhosis of the liver caused by her alcoholism. She was only thirty-four years old. Mildred was cremated and her ashes were buried at Hollywood Forever cemetery in Hollywood, California.
Acting
Movie
Manslaughter
as New Year's Guest (uncredited)
1922
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Down on the Farm
as Minor Role
1920
Movie
Dog Shy
as The Girl
1926
Movie
Be Reasonable
as The Only Girl
1921
Movie
Crazy to Act
as Ethel St. John
1927
Movie
Gymnasium Jim
as Jim's Sweetheart
1922
Movie
On Patrol
as The Cop's Sweetheart
1922
Movie
The Crossroads of New York
as Waitress
1922
Movie
Hook and Ladder
as Sally Drennan
1924
Movie
Kick Me Again
1925
Movie
The Greatest Menace
as Mrs. Charles W. Wright Jr
1923
Movie
A Deep Sea Panic
1924
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Love and Doughnuts
as The Society Belle
1921
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When Summer Comes
as The Heiress
1922
Movie
The Duck Hunter
as The Sportsman's Wife
1922
Movie
Smith's Picnic
as Mrs. Smiley
1926
Movie
Crinoline and Romance
as Birdie Bevans
1923
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The Battling Kangaroo
as Limber Lucy
1926
Movie
Up in Alf's Place
as Bathing Girl (uncredited)
1919
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The Rosary
as Alice Wilton
1922
Movie
Nip and Tuck
as Tuck's wife
1923
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When Seconds Count
as Elinor
1927
Movie
Troubles of a Bride
as Mildred Patterson
1924
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Rich Men's Wives
as Estelle Davenport
1922