"In her role as a housewife, Lockhart somehow managed to avoid being completely upstaged by the clever canine. She described the show as a fairy tale about people on a farm in which the dog solves all the problems in 22 minutes, in time for the last commercial. After she left the show, Lockhart commented: In six sexless years of playing a country wife and mother, I was hardly ever allowed to kiss Hugh Reilly on the cheek."
"Lockhart went straight into another hit, Lost in Space (1965-68), a semi-spoof sci-fi series aimed mostly at children and inspired by The Swiss Family Robinson, the 19th-century novel by Johann David Wyss. Lockhart and Guy Williams portrayed Maureen and John Robinson, two scientists exploring alien planets. Lockhart had to spend most of her time deftly trying to survive special effects. As the series continued, the narrative became less and less about this Swiss Family Robertson in space"
June Lockhart began acting in films as a child in 1938 and shifted almost exclusively to television, where she became widely known. She took over the role of Ruth Martin on Lassie from 1958 to 1964, portraying a farm wife and adoptive mother while sharing the spotlight with the collie. She then starred as Maureen Robinson on Lost in Space (1965–68), playing a scientist coping with special effects as the series’ focus shifted toward the children and a villainous character. Her feature debut as Belinda Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (1938) featured her parents Gene and Kathleen Lockhart.
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