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- June Thorburn was born on June 8, 1931 in Karachi, India. She was an actress, known for The Pickwick Papers (1952), Orders Are Orders (1954) and Fast and Loose (1954). She was married to Morten Smith-Petersen and Aldon Richard Bryse-Harvey. She died on November 4, 1967 in West Sussex, England, UK.
- SpousesMorten Smith-Petersen(1960 - November 4, 1967) (her death, 1 child)Aldon Richard Bryse-Harvey(1952 - 1957) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenInger-Sheleen Christabel Smith PetersenHeather-Louise June Bryse Harvey
- Had a reputation as a tomboy. She attended thirteen different schools in India and was expelled from ten of them.
- (November 4, 1967) June, who was 5-months-pregnant with her 3rd child & 2nd child with her now widowed 2nd husband Morten Smith-Petersen, was killed in a plane crash at the age of 36, while returning to London from Spain on Iberia Airlines Flight 062 when it crashed at Blackdown, Sussex, killing all 37 people onboard.
- British leading lady, the daughter of a colonel in the Indian Army. She spoke Hindustani fluently.
- Learned to ski in the Himalayas. In 1938, she entered and won a women's skiing competition, but ended up being disqualified since she was still considered a child.
- June Thornburn is highlighted in a 1963 Pathé newsreel, as she and guests gathered for a garden party given by President and Mrs. Eamon de Valera for President John F. Kennedy, during his visit to Ireland.
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