June Duprez

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June Duprez with Louis Hayward in The Last Weekend  (1945)

June Duprez (born May 14, 1918 in Teddington , Middlesex , as June Ada Rose Duprez , † October 30, 1984 in London ) was a British actress in film, television and theater. She played various roles in British and American cinema productions in the 1930s and 1940s. Including in films such as The Spy in Black , Four Feathers , The Thief of Baghdad , None But the Lonely Heart or The Last Weekend .

life and career

June Duprez, born in Teddington in 1918, was the daughter of the American variety artist and actor Fred Duprez, who was living and working in England at the time. Her parents allowed her to attend the Coventry Repertory Company for professional stage experience. Her first husband, the Harley Street doctor, whom she married early, eventually encouraged her to pursue a serious acting career.

After the success of the British films The Spy in Black by Michael Powell and the literary film adaptation Four Feathers , directed by Zoltan Korda in 1939 and the subsequent involvement in the large-scale production The Thief of Baghdad , also under the supervision of Korda, which was relocated to Hollywood the couple. June Duprez then made a number of feature films in the United States , including Forever and Three Days , None But the Lonely Heart alongside Cary Grant and The Last Weekend , but turned his back on John Farrow's crime drama Calcutta Hollywood and worked for several roles on Broadway in New York before she married a second time in 1948 and largely ceased her activity in the film business and on the stage.

Her relationship with her second husband, wealthy athlete George Moffett, Jr., has two children. This marriage ended in divorce in 1965. June Duprez lived in Rome for a while before returning to England and living in London, where she died on October 30, 1984 after a prolonged illness at the age of 66.

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1951: Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series, 1 episode)

literature

  • June Duprez In: Jörg Helbig Chronicle of British Film. , WVT, Wiss. Verlag Trier, 2000, p. 250

Web links

Commons : June Duprez  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ June Duprez In: Sue Harper Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. , A&C Black, 2000, p. 39
personal data
SURNAME Duprez, June
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duprez, June Ada Rose (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress in film and theater
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Teddington , Middlesex , England
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1984
Place of death London , England