June Thorburn

June Thorburn

Known for

Acting

Born

June 8, 1931

Birthplace

Karachi, British India

Died

November 4, 1967 (aged 36)

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.

Best known work

The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea
1953
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb
1958
Danger Man
Danger Man
1960
The Scarlet Blade
The Scarlet Blade
1963
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers
1952
Touch and Go
Touch and Go
1955
Orders Are Orders
Orders Are Orders
1954
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961
Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock
1961

Filmography

  1. 1994

    The World of HammerTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  2. 1965

    Riviera PoliceTV

    as Sheila Ward (1 episode)

  3. 1964

    Master Spy

    as Leila

  4. 1963

    The Scarlet Blade

    as Claire Judd

  5. 1962

    Richard the LionheartTV

    as Lady Diane (1 episode)

  6. 1962

    Wuthering Heights

    as Isabella

  7. 1962

    Design for Loving

    as Barbara

  8. 1962

    The Spanish Sword

    as Lady Eleanor

  9. 1961

    Anna Karenina

    as Kitty

  10. 1961

    Don't Bother to Knock

    as Stella

  11. 1961

    Fury at Smugglers' Bay

    as Jenny Trevenyan

  12. 1960

    Escort for Hire

    as Terry Kennedy

  13. 1960

    The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

    as Elizabeth

  14. 1960

    Danger ManTV

    as Sue Carpenter (1 episode)

  15. 1960

    Transatlantic

  16. 1959

    No Hiding PlaceTV

  17. 1959

    Tales of the VikingsTV

  18. 1959

    The Price of Silence

    as Audrey Trusscott

  19. 1959

    Broth of a Boy

    as Silin Lehane

  20. 1958

    Cinderella

    as Cinderella

  21. 1958

    Tom Thumb

    as Forest Queen

  22. 1958

    Rooney

    as Doreen O' Flynn

  23. 1957

    Now Let Him Go

    as Felicity

  24. 1957

    Shadow SquadTV

  25. 1957

    True as a Turtle

    as Jane Hudson

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