Born 1909 as Ina Parton in Maysville, Missouri, American actress, singer and dancer June Clyde appeared on stage as Baby Tetrazinia when she was six. When she was 19, she starred in the film Tanned Legs (1929). She was known for roles in such pre-Code films as A Strange Adventure (1932) and A Study in Scarlet (1933).
Clyde was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1932 and she progressed in a career in Hollywood films before marrying film director Thornton Freeland. Clyde moved to England with her husband and appeared in several British films and stage productions starting in 1934, as well as returning to the United States periodically for both stage and film work.
On Broadway, Clyde portrayed Annabel Lewis in Hooray For What! (1937) and Sally Trowbridge in Banjo Eyes (1941). She was part of a production of Annie Get Your Gun that toured in Australia, including a month in Sydney.
Clyde died in 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, aged 77. Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of young June Clyde in the 1930s.
