June Duprez

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{{Short description|English actress (1918–1984)}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2012}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = June Duprez
| image = June Duprez in And Then There Were None (1945).jpg
| caption = Duprez in ''[[And Then There Were None (1945 film)|And Then There Were None]]'' (1945)
| birth_name = June Ada Rose Duprez
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|05|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Teddington]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|10|30|1918|05|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = London, England
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1936–1948; 1961
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Frederick Guy Beauchamp|1935|1942|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|George M. Moffett, Jr.|1948|1965|end=divorced}}
}}
| children = 2
| father = [[Fred Duprez]]
}}

'''June Ada Rose Duprez''' (14 May 1918 – 30 October 1984) was an English film actress.

==Early life==
Duprez was born in [[Teddington]], [[Middlesex]], England, during an air raid in the final months of [[World War I]], the daughter of American comedian [[Fred Duprez]]<ref name=dmr/> and Australian Florence Isabelle Matthews.

==Career==
She began acting in her adolescence with the Coventry Repertory Company<ref name="dmr" /> after studying at the [[Froebel College|Froebel Institute]], and appeared in ''[[The Crimson Circle (1936 film)|The Crimson Circle]]'' in 1936. Her next film was ''[[The Cardinal (1936 film)|The Cardinal]]'' (1936), and she had a small part in ''[[The Spy in Black]]'' (1939), but it was the adaptation of [[A.E.W. Mason]]'s ''[[The Four Feathers (1939 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' (1939), that made her a film star. Her peak of success came with the fantasy film ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]'' (1940), which she made for [[Alexander Korda]]'s [[London Films]] (on locations in the United Kingdom, northern Africa, and the Grand Canyon in Arizona).

[[File:Tiger Fangs (1943) film still 02.jpg|thumb|right|Film still for ''[[Tiger Fangs]]'' (1943), [[Frank Buck (animal collector)|Frank Buck]] (centre), June Duprez on Frank Buck's right]]
Korda took charge of her career after this point and brought her to Hollywood, where he set her asking price at $50,000 per film. However, as Duprez had not yet achieved the level of popularity in the United States that she had in the United Kingdom, this tactic placed her out of contention for most roles. When she was released from Korda's contract, she appeared in low-budget fare, such as ''[[They Raid by Night]]'' (1942), ''[[Little Tokyo, U.S.A.]]'' (1942), and ''[[Tiger Fangs]]'' (1943). [[Clifford Odets]]' grim ''[[None But the Lonely Heart (film)|None But the Lonely Heart]]'' (1944), in which she co-starred with [[Cary Grant]] and [[Ethel Barrymore]], started a brief return to films of higher production values. Duprez joined an ensemble cast in [[René Clair]]'s film version of [[Agatha Christie]]'s ''[[And Then There Were None (1945 film)|And Then There Were None]]'' (1945). The same year, she appeared opposite [[John Loder (actor)|John Loder]] in ''[[The Brighton Strangler]].'' In the ''[[Calcutta (1947 film)|Calcutta]]'' (1947), she starred with [[Alan Ladd]], [[Gail Russell]], and [[William Bendix]].

After a few more motion pictures, Duprez moved to New York City for a brief career on and off Broadway. She appeared in "The Last Tycoon," an episode of the TV show ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' in 1951, and her final credited film performance was in ''One Plus One'' (1961), also titled ''Exploring the [[Alfred Kinsey|Kinsey]] Reports.''

===Music===
Duprez composed "I Woke Up and Started Dreaming", a song that Bing Crosby's music company bought and published.<ref name="dmr">{{cite news |title=June Duprez |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36062377/june_duprez/ |accessdate=17 September 2019 |work=The Des Moines Register |date=24 September 1944 |location=Iowa, Des Moines |page=Section 8 - p 1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

===Radio===
On 10 September 1944, Duprez starred in "Forever Walking Free," an episode of ''[[Silver Theater (radio program)|Silver Theater]]'' on [[CBS]] radio.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunday Highlights|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2107730/st_june_duprez/|agency=The Nebraska State Journal|date=10 September 1944|page=28|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = 31 March 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> She also starred in episodes of [[Suspense (radio drama)|''Suspense'']], 21 December 1944 entitled "The Brighton Strangler" and on 20 June 1946 entitled "Your Devoted Wife," also on CBS radio. She also replaced an ill Ida Lupino in Suspense episode “A Thing of Beauty” on 28 December 1944.

==Personal life and death==
During World War II, after her father's death, Duprez and her mother lived in the U.S., where they were unable to access money they had in England. They sold or pawned jewels to stay afloat financially, and eventually Duprez sent her mother to Australia, where she had access to the British funds.<ref name="dmr" />

Duprez married Frederick Beauchamp, a wealthy [[Harley Street]] doctor in 1935; they divorced in 1942 when his jealousy of her film stardom had eroded their marriage. She next married George Moffett, Jr., a wealthy sportsman, in October 1948. They had two daughters, and divorced in 1965.{{Citation needed |date=November 2021}}

Duprez lived in Rome for several years, then returned to London to live the remainder of her life in a flat in the affluent [[Knightsbridge]] area, having a close relationship with an English nobleman.{{Citation needed |date=November 2021}}

She died there after a long period of illness on 30 October 1984 at age 66<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/14/obituaries/june-duprez-66-an-actressin-movies-and-on-broadway.html | title=June Duprez, 66, an ActressIn Movies and on Broadway (Published 1984) | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=14 November 1984 }}</ref> and was buried at [[Streatham Park Cemetery]].{{Citation needed |date=November 2021}}

==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[The Amateur Gentleman (1936 film)|The Amateur Gentleman]]'' (1936, uncredited)
* ''[[The Cardinal (1936 film)|The Cardinal]]'' (1936) - Francesca Monterosa
* ''[[The Crimson Circle (1936 film)|The Crimson Circle]]'' (1936) - Sylvia Hammond
* ''[[The Four Feathers (1939 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' (1939) - Ethne Burroughs
* ''[[The Spy in Black]]'' (1939) - Anne Burnett
* ''[[The Lion Has Wings]]'' (1939) - June
* ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]'' (1940) - Princess
* ''[[They Raid by Night]]'' (1942) - Inga Beckering
* ''[[Little Tokyo, U.S.A.]]'' (1942) - Teru
* ''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]'' (1943) - Julia Trimble-Pomfret
* ''[[Don Winslow of the Coast Guard]]'' (1943) - Tasmia
* ''[[Tiger Fangs]]'' (1943) - Linda MacCardle
* ''[[None but the Lonely Heart (film)|None but the Lonely Heart]]'' (1944) - Ada Brantline
* ''[[The Brighton Strangler]]'' (1945) - April Manby Carson
* ''[[And Then There Were None (1945 film)|And Then There Were None]]'' (1945) - Vera Claythorne
* ''[[That Brennan Girl]]'' (1946) - Natalie Brennan
* ''[[Calcutta (1947 film)|Calcutta]]'' (1947) - Marina Tanev
* One Plus One (1961) - Margaret Gaylord - segment: "Average Man"
{{div col end}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0243454}}
*{{IBDB name|107838}}
*[http://www.suspense-movies.com/stars/june-duprez/ June Duprez photos]
*[http://www.britishpictures.com/photos2/photo168.htm June Duprez photo]
*[http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/WhereNow/JuneDuprez.html Whatever became of ... June Duprez]
*{{Find a Grave|8735484}}
*{{YouTube|ck0EcbTet9M|Video: June Duprez and Frank Buck in ''Tiger Fangs''}}

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[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:1984 deaths]]
[[Category:English film actresses]]
[[Category:English stage actresses]]
[[Category:English radio actresses]]
[[Category:Actors from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]
[[Category:English people of American descent]]
[[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
[[Category:Burials at Streatham Park Cemetery]]
[[Category:People from Teddington]]

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