June Allyson

b. Ella Geisman, 7 October 1917, the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, d. 8 July 2006, Ojai, California, USA. An attractive actress and singer with a distinctive husky voice, Allyson was often cast as the archetypal cute girl-next-door, and is probably best remembered for her portrayal of the band leader's wife (opposite James Stewart) in The Glenn Miller Story (1954). Allyson was raised by her mother, who worked as a waitress to make ends meet. At the age of nine she was confined to a wheelchair for a time after being injured by a falling tree, and took up dancing to stren...