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Celebrity Real Name : Ella Geisman

Date of Birth : 7 October,1917

Birth Location : Bronx, New York

Biography of Ella Geisman :
June Allyson (October 7, 1917 in the The Bronx, New York– July 8, 2006 in Ojai, California) was an American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

Early life :
Allyson was born Ella Geisman[1] in the Bronx, New York City to Clara Provost and Robert Geisman on October 7, 1917. Her paternal grandparents, Harry Geisman and Anna Hafner, were immigrants from Germany,[1] although Allyson has claimed that her last name was originally “Van Geisman”, and was of Dutch origin.[2] Her father worked as a janitor, June was 6 when her alcoholic father left. Her mother worked as a telephone operator and restaurant cashier. Allyson was brought up in near poverty. At 8, a dead tree branch fell on her while she was bicycling. Several bones were broken, and doctors said she would never walk again. She underwent months of swimming exercises and regained her health.

Life Career :
After graduating from a wheelchair to crutches to braces, she was inspired to dance by obsessively watching Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movies. Fully recovered, she tried out for a chorus job in the Broadway show “Sing out the News.” The choreographer gave her a job and a new name: Allyson, a family name, and June, for the month.
She made her Broadway chorus-line debut in 1938 in the musical Sing Out the News. After her appearance in Best Foot Forward in 1941, she was selected for the 1943 film version, and followed it up with several other musicals, including Two Sisters from Boston (1946) and Good News (1947). She also played straight roles such as Constance in The Three Musketeers (1948), the tomboy Jo March in Little Women (1949), and Glenn Miller’s wife in The Glenn Miller Story (1953).
In 1950, June Allyson had been signed to appear opposite Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding, but had to leave the production due to pregnancy. (She was replaced initially by Judy Garland, and later Jane Powell.)
Allyson was a very popular motion picture star in the 1940s and 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the comedy Too Young To Kiss in 1951. In 1955, she was named the ninth most popular movie star in the annual Quigley Exhibitor’s Poll, and the second most popular female star (behind Grace Kelly). After her film career ended in the late 1950s, Allyson starred on television as hostess and occasional star of The Dupont Show with June Allyson. The anthology series lasted two seasons. In later years the actress appeared on television shows such as Love Boat and Murder, She Wrote.
For the past 20 years, Allyson represented Kimberly-Clark Corp in commercials for Depend adult diapers, and championed the importance of research in urological and gynecological diseases in seniors.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, June Allyson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1537 Vine Street.

Filmography :
* Ups and Downs (1937) (short subject)     * Pixilated (1937) (short subject)
* Swing for Sale (1937) (short subject)      * Dime a Dance (1937) (short subject)
* Dates and Nuts (1937) (short subject)    * Not Now (1938) (short subject)
* Sing for Sweetie (1938) (short sub)        * The Prisoner of Swing (1938)
* The Knight Is Young (1938) (short sub)    * All Girl Revue (1940) (short subject)
* Best Foot Forward (1943)                      * Thousands Cheer (1943)
* Girl Crazy (1943)                                   * Meet the People (1944)
* Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)                  * Music for Millions (1944)
* Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)       * The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
* Two Sisters from Boston (1946)             * Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
* The Secret Heart (1947)                         * High Barbaree (1947)
* Good News (1947)                                 * The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
* The Three Musketeers (1948)                  * Words and Music (1948)
* Little Women (1949)                              * The Stratton Story (1949)
* The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)    * Right Cross (1950)
* Too Young to Kiss (1951)                      * The Girl in White (1952)
* Battle Circus (1953)                              * Remains to Be Seen (1953)
* The Glenn Miller Story (1953)                 * Executive Suite (1954)
* Woman’s World (1954)                          * Strategic Air Command (1955)
* The Shrike (1955)                                  * The McConnell Story (1955)
* Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars (1956) (short subject)
* The Opposite Sex (1956)                       * You Can’t Run Away from It (1956)
* Interlude (1957)                                   * My Man Godfrey (1957)
* A Stranger in My Arms (1959)                * They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
* Blackout (1978)                                    * That’s Entertainment! III (1994)
* A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun (2001)
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