June Thorburn was born on June 8, 1931 in Karachi, India. She was an actress, known for tom thumb (1958), The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) and The Cruel Sea (1953). She was married to Morten Smith-Petersen and Aldon Richard Bryse-Harvey. She died on November 4, 1967 in West Sussex, England.
(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.
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Her 2nd child, a daughter Inger-Sheleen Christabel Smith-Petersen, with her now widowed 2nd husband Morten Smith-Petersen.
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Gave birth to her 1st child, a daughter Heather-Louise June Bryse-Harvey, with her now ex-1st husband Aldon Richard Bryse-Harvey. [1953]
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Made her theatrical debut at the West End in the early 1950's.
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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.
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Had a reputation as a tomboy. She attended thirteen different schools in India and was expelled from ten of them.
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British leading lady, the daughter of a colonel in the Indian Army.
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