Background
June Clyde was born Ina Parton, the third child of William Arthur Parton and Orpha Dorothy Day.
June Clyde was born Ina Parton, the third child of William Arthur Parton and Orpha Dorothy Day.
She was a niece of actress Leona Hutton. By 1915 they moved to Arbuckle, California to Orpha"s father"s (William Thomas Day"s) home. Around 1916, Orpha married Harvey Arthur Clyde.
June Clyde"s career began at age seven on the vaudeville stage, billed as "Baby Tetrazini" (a stage name for the girls) at the age of nine.
She made her first screen appearance at age ten with Noah Beery, Senior in The Sea Wolf. Later her voice changed and she joined a stock company.
She was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1932 and she progressed to a modest career in Hollywood films before marrying film director Thornton Freeland.