- June was born in Laburnham Road, Redcar, North Yorkshire, England, where her parents ran The Royal Hotel on the sea front near the pier. Prior to that they ran various hotels and pubs at Redcar, and Easington before taking over the Castle Hotel in Bishop Auckland, co Durham in 1956 then the Royal Hotel in Redcar on 1965. June was educated at White House School in Redcar where after appearing in a school production of 'Romeo and Juliet' she was determined to become an actress. She took ballet lessons from the age of 11 winning cups and medals including the Junior Medal when 12 and the Senior Medal the following year. She joined Saddlers Wells Ballet Company in 1946 and performed with Saddlers Wells and Covent Garden. About 1951 she saw a production of ;Brigadoon' and realised that she would rather work in that type of production. . In 1952 she was in the second row of the chorus of Ivor Novello's 'Gays the Word' when a girl with a speaking part fell ill and June took over to much acclaim. The hairdresser Steiner asked to be introduced to her and used her as a model resulting in them appearing in an episode of Pathe Pictorial causing her to be recruited by the Rank Organisation in 1956 and joining the company's acting prep school, often known as 'The Charm School' which had launched the careers of such as Donald Sinden, Diana Dors, Dirk Bogarde and Christopher Lee. She made her film debut as a hospital receptionist in 'Doctor at Large'. which led her to be picked out by an Italian production company and after a screen test went to Rome to make 'Souvenir D'Italie' with Vittorio ge Sica. This was soon followed by a co-starring role with Tommy Steele in 'The Duke Wore Jeans' June quickly became a well known face on the covers of film magazines. Her big break came when she replaced Anthea Askey in the role of Dickie Henderson's wife in the TV series 'The Dickie Henderson Half Hour' which continued into 'The Dickie Henderson Show'.and combined ran for over 100 episodes. She retired from acting in 1966 before the next series,- 'A Present For Dickie' -but returned in 1970 to appear in the final episode then returned to Redcar where In February 1971 she became the owner of The Royal Hotel on the High Street, Redcar taking over the licence from her parents. and changed her name back to Laverick by deed poll. She eventually gave up the hotel in October 1975 and moved back to London to try and get back into show business. Her first marriage was in August 1952 to Denny Bettis, an I.C.I. worker but the marriage didn't last and they divorced in 1956 Her 2nd marriage was to Peter Glover in June 64, who died suddenly a short while later. In August 1965 she married I.C.I. worker Ian Welton and retired from show business. They had a son, Paul Harrison Welton in 1967, separated in 69 and divorced in 1971. She then married Charles Cooke, a Redcar engineer in August 1975 but separated soon afterwards. She returned South where she became romantically linked with the, Hughie Green the quiz master of tv's 'Double Your Money', living in adjoining flats in a block above Baker Street Tube Station in London. After his death she returned North to South Hetton, a mining village in County Durham, where she died at the age of 66. ,- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- In 1944 she won the junior medal at the All England Dance Festival then the following year she won the senior medal. At Teeside and South Durham Dance Festival she won the cup for highest mark in Ballet and Character, the cup for highest marks in 4 dances, the trophy for highest marks in Classical Dancing, the Trophy for Most Outstanding Dance in the Competition. In 1952 she was in the play Gays the Word in the West End in the 2nd row of the chorus and took over a small speaking role when the original girl was taken ill, In a Pathe Pictorial she was seen having been dressed by the stylist Steiner, In the August she married the dancer Denny Bettis, who'd been in Gay,s the Word, at Essington Village church, At the time her parents were running the Kings Head at Easington. Between 1945 and 52 she was under contract to Saddler Wells Ballet and performed in Sleeping Beauty at a gala performance at The Royal Opera House in front of the French President who was on an official visit, In 1955 she did a tour of the musical Love From Judy which visited Teeside, and a revue - Punch Revue which played at London's Duke of Yorks Theatre and her parents moved to The Castle Hotel in Bishop Auckland, In 1956 she signed a contract with the Rank Organisation resulting in a parts in the films Doctor at Large and Souvenir D'Italie with Vittorio de Sica, The following year she was cast with Tommy Steele in the film The Duke Wore Jeans and was divorced by her husband because of her desertion ,In 1964 she appeared in the farce Wanted on Voyage at the Stockton Hippodrome, In February 1966 she retired from show business stating that her highlights had been dancing at Covent Garden and the musical When in Rome at The Adelphi, In1967 she gave birth to a 7 1/2 pound baby boy Paul Harrison. In 1971 she took over the Royal Hotel on the High Street in Redcar by which time she had spent 6 years and 2120 appearances in The Dickie Henderson Show. In 1972 after 2 years of separation she divorced on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown, In 1975 she married for the 4th time to a Redcar engineer Charles Cooke who was 36, after knowing him for a number of years, In the October he went to work in Scotland, she gave up the licence of the Royal Hotel in the October and returned to London,- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- SpousesIan Welton(August 14, 1965 - ?)Peter Glover(June 27, 1964 - July 31, 1964) (his death)Denny Bettis(1952 - ?) (divorced)
- Educated at White House Primary School, Redcar where a fellow pupil was Anne Reid and together they appeared in a school production of Romeo and Juliet.
- She was a partner of Hughie Green for a number of years and lived in adjoining flats in a block above Baker Street Tube Station in London.
- Took over the licence of The Royal Hotel in Redcar from her parents in the 60's.
- Was a member of the Rank Charm School.
- Married Peter Glover in June 1964. A little over a month later Glover died as a result of a barbiturate drug overdose.
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