JUNG LANG AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1917 MAY 5 -2005 MAY 16

 

JUNG LANG AMERICAN ACTRESS 

BORN 1917 MAY 5 -2005 MAY 16

June Lang (born Winifred June Vlasek, May 5, 1917 – May 16, 2005) was an American film actress.

Early life

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she was the daughter of Edith and Clarence Vlasek, After the family moved to Los Angeles, Lang trained at a school of dance and performed in revues in theaters in Los Angeles.[1] She graduated from Beverly Hills High School.[2]

Career

With Warner Baxter and Fredric March in The Road to Glory (1936)

Lang made her film debut in 1931, with much of her early work coming in minor roles in musical and dramatic films.[1] She caught the eye of Darryl F. Zanuck[citation needed] at 20th Century Fox, gradually securing second lead roles in mostly B movies. Her debut feature film role came in Young Sinners.[3]

Noted for her fragile and demure appearance, she was usually cast as the little sister or the heroine's best friend in light comedies and adventure films. She soon graduated to leading roles, most notably in Bonnie Scotland (with Laurel and Hardy, 1935), in The Road to Glory (with Fredric March, Warner Baxter and Lionel Barrymore—written in part by William Faulkner—1936), and as Joyce Williams in Wee Willie Winkie (directed by John Ford, with Shirley Temple, Cesar Romero, and Victor McLaglen, 1937).

Personal life

Lang first married her Hollywood agent, Victor Orsatti, in 1937, but they divorced in early 1939. Her reputation as a wholesome leading lady was somewhat tarnished when she married Johnny Roselli, a Chicago connected mobster who helped control Hollywood movie unions, on April 1, 1939. Lang later said she had no idea that Rosselli was a mobster. Lang and Rosselli divorced in March, 1943.[4] Fox Studios had released Lang from her contract one year before she was married to Rosselli. She was released from contract in 1938, because against Fox studio orders, she left the United Kingdom, after she was cast in So This Is London, which was filmed at Pinewood Studios in London, Fox's U.K. studio.. Lang and her mother left London because they feared an impending war in Europe. Three years after marrying him, Lang divorced Rosselli, but she later found it more difficult to secure consistent film work. Lang married John Morgan in 1946 (they divorced in 1952), with whom she had a daughter.

Lang semi retired from acting in 1947, after struggling as a free lancer to re-establish her film career for several years. Lang occasionally appeared in minor roles on television.

Lang died in 2005 in Valley Village, California. She is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Partial filmography

Young Sinners (1931) - Minor Role (uncredited)

The Miracle Woman (1931) - Church Choir Singer (uncredited)

She Wanted a Millionaire (1932) - Beauty Contest Contestant (uncredited)

Chandu the Magician (1932) - Betty Lou Regent

I Loved You Wednesday (1933) - Ballet Dancer

The Man Who Dared (1933) - Barbara Novak

Now I'll Tell (1934) - Girl at Beach (uncredited)

She Learned About Sailors (1934) - Girl at Dance Hall (uncredited)

Love Time (1934) - Minor Role (uncredited)

Music in the Air (1934) - Sieglinde Lessing

George White's 1935 Scandals (1935) - Chorine (uncredited)

Bonnie Scotland (1935) - Lorna MacLaurel

The Country Doctor (1936) - Mary MacKenzie

Every Saturday Night (1936) - Bonnie Evers

Captain January (1936) - Mary Marshall

The Road to Glory (1936) - Monique La Coste

White Hunter (1936) - Toni Varek

Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) - Sheila O'Neill - aka Nancy Steele

Wee Willie Winkie (1937) - Joyce Williams

Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) - Princess Miriam / June Lang

International Settlement (1938) - Joyce Parker

One Wild Night (1938) - Gale Gibson aka Jennifer Jewel

Meet the Girls (1938) - Judy Davis

Zenobia (1939) - Virginia

Forged Passport (1939) - Rosa

For Love or Money (1939) - Susan Bannister

Captain Fury (1939) - Jeanette Dupre

Inside Information (1939) - Kathleen Burke

Convicted Woman (1940) - Georgia Mason aka The Duchess

Isle of Destiny (1940) - Virginia Allerton

Redhead (1941) - Dale Carter

The Deadly Game (1941) - Christine Reisner

Too Many Women (1942) - Gwenny Miller

Footlight Serenade (1942) - June

The City of Silent Men (1942) - Helen Hendricks

Stage Door Canteen (1943) - Herself (Cameo)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943) - Angela (uncredited)

Up in Arms (1944) - Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

Three of a Kind (1944) - Delores O'Toole

Lighthouse (1947) - Connie Armitage

Partner Comparison

Name	Age	Zodiac	Occupation	Nationality
June Lang	88	Taurus	Actress	American
Johnny Roselli	71	Cancer	Criminal	American
Victor M. Orsatti	78	Sagittarius	Agent	American
Alfred Cleveland Blumenthal	71	Capricorn	Business