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At the age of two, June would work in a few Harold Loyd
Shorts. Originally a Vaudeville performer by the age of
five and later as "Dainty Baby June and her Newsboy
Songsters" in a vaudeville act with her mother Rose
and sister "Gypsy Rose Lee". (June was sister
to the famous stripper/actress - Gypsy
Rose Lee).
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June would marry by the age of thirteen. When she was 17,
she started entering Dance
Marathons in San Francisco in 1933 under the name of
June
Reed. Later, June would dance in a total of six marathons
and she held the all time marathon record of 3,600 hours
(for about 5 months) in West Palm Beach, Florida
in 1934.
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June's mother Rose, was a "Burlesque Queen" herself.
June stopped doing marathons and vaudeville and went on
to became a successful movie Actress, Author as well as
a Dancer.
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