Background
Before June was born her parents ran a public house in Bishop Auckland but then returned to Redcar to run The Royal Hotel on the sea front near Redcar Pier. In 1931 June Laverick was born in Laburnum Road, Redcar.
Before June was born her parents ran a public house in Bishop Auckland but then returned to Redcar to run The Royal Hotel on the sea front near Redcar Pier. In 1931 June Laverick was born in Laburnum Road, Redcar.
In her youth June attended White House school and ballet school.
She was once described as "a popular lightweight leading actress of the day" and is probably best remembered as the fictional wife of Dickie Henderson in The Dickie Henderson Show. She determined at an early age that she wanted a career in light entertainment. June followed an acting career in theatre, film and television and after retiring from acting in her 30s June moved back to Redcar, marrying an Imperial Chemical Industries process worker and briefly taking over the licence of The Royal Hotel before returning south alone.
In the 1950s June worked in the theatre in musicals, comedies and revues, and had a variety of film roles contracted to the Rank Organisation.
June made an early television appearance in an episode of Boyd Queen's Counsel (1958) and in episodes of Tales from Dickens (1959) as Dora Spenlow. She took over the role of Dickie Henderson"s wife from Anthea Askey in Independent Television"s The Dickie Henderson Half Hour in The Dickie Henderson Show (1960–1963).
After the Dickie Henderson Show June retired from acting to be replaced by Isla Blair in the next series A Present for Dickie (1969–1970). In 1970 June came back to appear in the last episode.
When In Rome (1959-1960) at the Adelphi Theatre, London a short-lived stage musical with Dickie Henderson and Eleanor Summerfield
The Punch Revue (1955) at the Duke of York"s Theatre, London with Binnie Hale and Alfie Bass
Over the Moon (1952-1953) at the Bristol Hippodrome Theatre with Cicely Courtneidge
Gay"s the Word (1952) at the Saville Theatre, London with Cicely Courtneidge
Cinderella (1948) at the Royal Opera House, London.
She was a member of The Company of Youth, the Rank Organisation"s acting school often referred to as "The Charm School" and was often photographed for the front covers of cinema magazines and for publicity shots.