June Kirby obit

June Kirby(1928-2022)

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June Shirley Kirby (January 5, 1928 – March 6, 2022) was an American actress and model, who spent most of her career as a wardrobe mistress in Hollywood productions' costume departments. She was a showgirl at The Diamond Horseshoe in the late forties and was spotted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which offered her a couple of film parts as a Goldwyn Girl such as in Vincente Minnelli's Kismet (1955) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Guys and Dolls (1955) featured opposite Marlon Brando, Larri Thomas and Pat Sheehan. Kirby also performed on Broadway in As the Girls Go (1948-1950), and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

 

Actress

Dean Martin, Judy Holliday, and Jean Stapleton in Bells Are Ringing (1960)

Bells Are Ringing

6.9

Party Guest (uncredited)

1960

 

Spencer Tracy, John Carradine, Jeffrey Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Pat O'Brien, Ricardo Cortez, Edward Brophy, Donald Crisp, Wallace Ford, Dianne Foster, James Gleason, and Basil Ruysdael in The Last Hurrah (1958)

The Last Hurrah

7.3

2nd Blonde (uncredited)

1958

 

Silk Stockings (1957)

Silk Stockings

6.8

Model (uncredited)

1957

 

The Garment Jungle (1957)

The Garment Jungle

6.6

Model (uncredited)

1957

 

Highway Patrol (1955)

Highway Patrol

7.7

TV Series

Barbara Franklin

1957

1 episode

 

Ann Blyth, Vic Damone, Dolores Gray, and Howard Keel in Kismet (1955)

Kismet

6.2

Harem Showgirl (uncredited)

1955

 

Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons, and Vivian Blaine in Guys and Dolls (1955)

Guys and Dolls

7.1

Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

1955

 

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955)

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

7.4

TV Series

1955

1 episode

 

New York Confidential (1955)

New York Confidential

7.0

Blonde (uncredited)

1955

 

Costume Designer

Dennis O'Keefe and Margaret Sheridan in The Diamond Wizard (1954)

The Diamond Wizard

5.8

Costume Designer

1954

 

Special Effects

Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Miki Iveria, Hus Levant, Patrick Monckton, Brian Meehl, Kathryn Mullen, and Susan Westerby in The Dark Crystal (1982)

The Dark Crystal

7.1

creature fabricator: "Mystic" unit

1982

 

Costume Department

Peter O'Toole, Helen Slater, Hart Bochner, Faye Dunaway, Mia Farrow, Peter Cook, Marc McClure, Brenda Vaccaro, and Simon Ward in Supergirl (1984)

Supergirl

4.4

wardrobe assistant

1984

 

The Keep (1983)

The Keep

5.7

wardrobe assistant

1983

 

Along the Way

costumer

1972

 

On the Buses (1971)

On the Buses

6.0

wardrobe mistress

1971

 

Talk of the Devil

5.7

Short

wardrobe

1968

 

Shirley Anne Field in Lunch Hour (1963)

Lunch Hour

6.5

wardrobe

1963

 

Girl on Approval (1962)

Girl on Approval

6.7

wardrobe

1962

 

Jimmy Hanley in Radio Cab Murder (1954)

Fog for a Killer

6.3

wardrobe

1962

 

Man with a Gun (1958)

Man with a Gun

6.1

wardrobe

1958

 

The Long Knife (1958)

The Long Knife

5.7

wardrobe

1958

 

Violent Stranger (1957)

Violent Stranger

7.0

wardrobe

1957

 

Million Dollar Manhunt (1956)

Million Dollar Manhunt

4.7

wardrobe

1956

 

The Adventures of the Big Man

6.2

TV Series

wardrobe

1956

10 episodes

 

Patrol Car (1954)

Patrol Car

7.3

TV Series

wardrobe

1955–1956

5 episodes

 

Faith Domergue and Gene Nelson in The Atomic Man (1955)

The Atomic Man

5.6

wardrobe

1955

 

The Deadliest Sin (1955)

The Deadliest Sin

6.4

wardrobe mistress

1955

 

Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954)

Meet Mr. Callaghan

6.0

wardrobe

1954

 

The Long Rope (1953)

The Long Rope

6.1

wardrobe mistress

1953

 

Glad Tidings! (1953)

Glad Tidings!

5.0

wardrobe mistress

1953

 

There Was a Young Lady (1953)

There Was a Young Lady

6.3

wardrobe

1953

 

Moira Shearer and Ludmilla Tchérina in The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

The Tales of Hoffmann

7.1

puppet costumes (uncredited)

1951

 

Additional Crew

Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, Frank Oz, Brian Henson, Marc Antona, Michael Attwell, David Alan Barclay, Sean Barrett, Timothy Bateson, Denise Bryer, Kevin Clash, Dave Goelz, Michael Hordern, Peter Marinker, Rob Mills, Ron Mueck, Toby Philpott, Karen Prell, David Shaughnessy, and Shari Weiser in Labyrinth (1986)

Labyrinth

7.3

creature workshop artist: "Didymus"

1986