- Born
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- Birth nameDorothea Collyer Heermance
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- June Collyer was born Dorothea Heermance in New York City on August 19, 1906. She began her career in the film East Side, West Side (1927). After making the successful change to the sound era, June continued to work, something some of her counterparts couldn't do. She appeared on the silver screen until her last meaningful film, A Face in the Fog (1936). From 1950 to 1955, June appeared on the television series The Stu Erwin Show (1950).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Denny Jackson
- SpouseStuart Erwin(July 22, 1931 - December 21, 1967) (his death, 2 children)
- Died less than 3 months after her husband, actor Stuart Erwin.
- Sister of Bud Collyer.
- Collyer is her mother's maiden name.
- Corresponding Secretary for the Catholic Motion Picture Guild of America. The two other corresponding secretaries for the organization were, at the time, Ina Mae Merrill and Leo McCarey (per the 1931 Motion Picture Almanac).
- Allegedly took her screen surname from her grandfather, Dan Collyer, who had a 54-year career as a stage actor.
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