June Clyde


June Clyde was an American actress, singer and dancer, known for roles in such pre-Code films as A Strange Adventure and A Study in Scarlet.
Clyde's career began at age seven on the vaudeville stage, billed as "Baby Tetrazini" at the age of nine. She made her first screen appearance at age ten with Noah Beery, Sr. in The Sea Wolf. Later her voice changed and she joined a stock company.
She was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1932 and she progressed to a modest career in Hollywood films before marrying film director Thornton Freeland. Clyde moved to England with her husband and appeared in several British films and stage productions starting in 1934, as well as returning to the United States periodically for both stage and film work.

Biography

June Clyde was born on December 2, 1909 as Ina Parton, the third child of William Arthur Parton and Orpha Dorothy Day. William and Orpha divorced about 1913, when Orpha took the three girls to live in St. Joseph, Missouri. The girls were nieces of actress Leona Hutton. By 1915, the family moved to Arbuckle, California. Around 1916, Orpha married Harvey Arthur Clyde. June Clyde married Thornton Freeland in 1930. She died on October 1, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, aged 77.

Filmography