June Blair


Margaret June Blair was an American model and actress. She was best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1957 issue and for being part of the TV series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as the wife of her real-life husband David Nelson.

Acting career

Blair made her first television appearance in 1954. Through the rest of the decade, she took supporting roles in feature films and guest-starred in series television, including two episodes, "Performance Under Fire" and "The Dead Ringer" of the 1960–61 syndicated western series Two Faces West.

Personal life and death

Blair was engaged to the singer Nino Tempo in 1957. The next year she broke off her engagement with Tempo and started dating Lindsay Crosby. On May 21, 1961, Blair married David Nelson and joined the cast of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Ricky Nelson was the best man. She had two sons with David, born 1962 and 1966; they divorced in 1975. David Nelson died on January 11, 2011.
Blair died in Sherman Oaks, California, on December 4, 2022, at the age of 90.

Filmography

Our Miss Brooks .... Miss LonelyheartsConflict - "The Money" .... BlondeThis Could Be the Night .... Chorus GirlMan of a Thousand Faces .... ChorineBachelor Father - "Bentley Versus the Girl Scouts" Hell Bound .... PaulaThe Fiend Who Walked the West Lone Texan .... Florrie StuartIsland of Lost Women .... MercuriaWarlock .... Dance hall girlThe Rabbit Trap .... Judy ColtThe Best of Everything .... BrendaBat Masterson