Person
June Thorburn
Acting · 1931–1967 · Karachi, British India
Biography
June Thorburn (8 June 1931 – 4 November 1967) was a popular English actress whose career was cut short by her death in an air crash. She was pregnant with her third child when returning to London from Spain on Iberia Airlines Flight 062 when it crashed into Blackdown Hill, Sussex, killing all 37 people aboard.
Known for
No Hiding Place
1959
Shadow Squad
1957
Danger Man
Sue Carpenter
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Richard the Lionheart
Lady Diane
Tales of the Vikings
1959
Armchair Theatre
Felicity
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Elizabeth
The Cruel Sea
Doris Ferraby
Tom Thumb
Forest Queen
Filmography
- 1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)
- 1964Master SpyLeila
- 1963The Scarlet BladeClaire Judd
- 1962Richard the LionheartLady Diane
- 1962Wuthering HeightsIsabella
- 1962Design for LovingBarbara
- 1962The Spanish SwordLady Eleanor
- 1961Anna KareninaKitty
- 1961Don't Bother to KnockStella
- 1961Fury at Smugglers' BayJenny Trevenyan
- 1960Escort for HireTerry Kennedy
- 1960The 3 Worlds of GulliverElizabeth
- 1960Danger ManSue Carpenter
- 1960Transatlantic
- 1959No Hiding Place
- 1959Tales of the Vikings
- 1959The Price of SilenceAudrey Trusscott
- 1959Broth of a BoySilin Lehane
- 1958CinderellaCinderella
- 1958Tom ThumbForest Queen
- 1958RooneyDoreen O' Flynn
- 1957Now Let Him GoFelicity
- 1957Shadow Squad
- 1957True as a TurtleJane Hudson
- 1956Armchair TheatreFelicity
- 1955Touch and GoPeggy Fletcher
- 1955The Hornet's NestPat
- 1955Children GaloreMilly Ark
- 1954Orders Are OrdersVeronica Bellamy
- 1954Delayed ActionAnne Curlew
- 1954Fast and LooseBarbara Wickham
- 1953The Cruel SeaDoris Ferraby
- 1952The Pickwick PapersArabella Allen
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