Deceased actress June Harding's message to me from Sun, May 17th, 2009 is shared + Pete Rugolo's musical theme for June's character in "The Fugitive" TV series + artwork
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Deceased actress June Harding's message to me from Sun, May 17th, 2009 is shared + Pete Rugolo's musical theme for June's character in "The Fugitive" TV series +

  • S1E144
  • 1:07:31
  • June 19th 2023

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Deceased actress June Harding's message to me from Sun, May 17th, 2009 is shared: - YouTube

"The Fugitive" Season 2, episode 22 titled "Moon Child" from Tues. Feb 16th, 1965 at 10pm. Here's June's episode of "The Fugitive" on the "Daily Motion" website with the original music from a Seattle TV station: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ylzv2

 Plot:

 A small town is on edge because two women have been murdered. Kimble is stopped by a group of vigilantes who suspect any stranger. He escapes and hides in an abandoned building, where he is helped by a young woman.

 CAST: June Harding as Joanne Mercer.

 Murray Hamilton (Mayor in "Jaws"), Harry Dean Stanton from "Alien."

 Actor Roy Jenson, the BIG deep-voiced guy from the original "Star Trek" season 2 episode "The Omega Glory" who hit Captain Kirk in the back of the head with a prison bar "Spock, we'll have you out in a minute" (BOINK!) played the clothes-line strangler.

 Virginia Christie", Mrs. Olson" in the classic Folgers Coffee TV ad campaign & real wife of Fritz Feld ("POP!") played the mother of the 19 year old woman with a "low IQ" (Autism?) mind of a child played by June Harding. A character who's still playing with dolls.

 June's character Joanne was my favorite guest character of the entire series, even over the character of Jean Carlisle played by Diane Baker, the woman who married Dr. Richard Kimble in the end, we assume.

 Actress June Harding is best known as the co-star of the movie "The Trouble with Angels." Released by Columbia Pictures on Mar. 30th, 1966. Jerry Goldsmith did the music. Cost 2 million. Made 4.1 million.

 Years ago I wrote June Harding. She sent me a very nice reply. I was saddened to learn just this morning that she passed away in 2019.

 Late actress & artist June Harding's sweet message is at the 51:50 mark.

 BIO: June Harding (September 7th, 1937 – March 22nd, 2019) was an actress who appeared in several 1960s TV shows. She is best remembered for her role opposite Hayley Mills and Rosalind Russell in the 1966 film "The Trouble with Angels."

 Harding was born in Emporia, VA, & graduated from Greensville County High School in 1955. She earned a bachelor's in acting from Richmond Professional Institute.

 After graduation, she went to New York. She studied acting under Lonny Chapman at The Theater Studio of NY. She took ballet & practiced yoga.

 In the summer of 1961, Harding acted in a stock company at the Cecilwood Theater in Fishkill, NY.

 In NY, she landed a recurring role on the CBS soap opera "As the World Turns." Harding appeared in the off-Broadway productions of "The Innocents Abroad," "The Boy Friend" and "Cry of the Raindrop," for which she won a Daniel Blum Theater World Award.

 In Dec. 1961, she made her Broadway debut as Liz Michaelson in the comedy "Take Her, She's Mine." In "Take Her She’s Mine," Harding played Art Carney’s youngest daughter. Elizabeth Ashley played her sister and won a Tony Award for her performance.

 Harding was a regular cast member on "The Richard Boone Show" TV anthology on NBC in 1963-1964. She appeared in a 1964 episode of "The Cara Williams Show" & in 2 episodes of "The Fugitive" as Joanne Mercer ("Moon Child", 1965) and as Cathy ("10,000 Pieces of Silver", 1966).

June's Universal made-for-TV movie called "Dial Hot Line" spawned a series about an inner city psychiatrist. Harding continued her role of Ann on the ABC medical drama "Matt Lincoln" in 1970-1971

Harding married Gary Thomas in the 1970s. She retired from show business in the late 1970s and the couple moved to Maine. They separated years later. She settled in Blue Hill, Maine where she became an artist.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Harding died in hospice care on Mar. 22nd, 2019 at the age of 81 of natural causes. Her memorial service was held April 13th, 2019,

 June Harding Art - Fine Art America

 #JuneHarding #TheFugitive

 

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