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June Blair

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June Blair
Playboy centerfold appearance
January 1957
Preceded byLisa Winters
Succeeded bySally Todd
Personal details
Born(1932-10-20)October 20, 1932
San Francisco, California, U.S.[1]
DiedDecember 4, 2022(2022-12-04) (aged 90)
Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]

Margaret June Blair (October 20, 1932 – December 4, 2022) was an American model and actress. She was best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1957 issue[1] and for being part of the TV series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as the wife of her real-life husband David Nelson.

Acting career

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Blair made her first television appearance in 1954. Through the rest of the decade, she took supporting roles in feature films and guest-starred in series television, including two episodes, "Performance Under Fire" and "The Dead Ringer" of the 1960–61 syndicated western series Two Faces West.

Personal life and death

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Blair was engaged to the singer Nino Tempo in 1957. The next year she broke off her engagement with Tempo and started dating Lindsay Crosby. On May 21, 1961, Blair married David Nelson and joined the cast of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Ricky Nelson was the best man. She had two sons with David, born 1962 and 1966; they divorced in 1975. David Nelson died on January 11, 2011.[2]

Blair died in Sherman Oaks, California, on December 4, 2022, at the age of 90.[3]

Filmography

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Playmate listing". Retrieved 2009-01-22.
  2. ^ "June Blair - the Private Life and Times of June Blair. June Blair Pictures".
  3. ^ Barnes, Mike (10 December 2022). "June Blair, Actress on 'The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,' Dies at 90". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
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