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June Carroll(1912-2004)

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Songwriter ("Love Is a Simple Thing") and author, educated at Hollywood High School in California. She wrote songs for films and for the Broadway revues "Who's Who", "New Faces of 1952", and "New Faces of 1956". Joining ASCAP in 1952, her chief musical collaborators include Arthur Siegel and Richard Lewine. Her other popular-song compositions include "Penny Candy", "Monotonous", "The Boy Most Likely to Succeed", "Let's Hold Hands", "I Want You to Be the First to Know", "He Takes Me Off His Income Tax" and "Rinka Tinka Man".
BornJune 22, 1912
DiedMay 16, 2004(91)
BornJune 22, 1912
DiedMay 16, 2004(91)
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Kaye Dowd, Robert Duke, Barbara Perry, and David Street in An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945)
An Angel Comes to Brooklyn
5.5
  • Kay
  • 1945
Walter Matthau in Play of the Week (1959)
Play of the Week
7.2
TV Series
  • Actress
Fireside Theatre (1949)
Fireside Theatre
7.3
TV Series
  • Actress
Heather Tom, Thorsten Kaye, and Katherine Kelly Lang in The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)
The Bold and the Beautiful
3.5
TV Series
  • Soundtrack("Love is a Simple Thing")

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Actress



  • Walter Matthau in Play of the Week (1959)
    Play of the Week
    7.2
    TV Series
    • 1960
  • Fireside Theatre (1949)
    Fireside Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • 1949
  • Kaye Dowd, Robert Duke, Barbara Perry, and David Street in An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945)
    An Angel Comes to Brooklyn
    5.5
    • Kay
    • 1945

Writer



  • Kaye Dowd, Robert Duke, Barbara Perry, and David Street in An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945)
    An Angel Comes to Brooklyn
    5.5
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1945

Soundtrack



  • CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979)
    CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley
    7.8
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "Monotonous"
    • 2005
  • Heather Tom, Thorsten Kaye, and Katherine Kelly Lang in The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)
    The Bold and the Beautiful
    3.5
    TV Series
    • writer: "Love is a Simple Thing"
    • 1990–1991
  • Sebastian Cabot in Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
    Miracle on 34th Street
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • lyrics: "Open Your Eyes and Dream"
    • 1973
  • Dean Martin in The Dean Martin Show (1965)
    The Dean Martin Show
    8.1
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "Love Is a Simple Thing" (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948)
    Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
    7.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Love Is a Simple Thing" (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Robert Clary, Alice Ghostley, Ronny Graham, Harry Horner, and Eartha Kitt in New Faces (1954)
    New Faces
    5.2
    • lyrics: "He Takes Me Off His Income Tax", "Penny Candy", "Love Is a Simple Thing", "Time for Tea", "Monotonous"
    • performer: "Penny Candy", "Time for Tea" (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
    The Ed Sullivan Show
    7.9
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "Love Is a Simple Thing"
    • 1952
  • Lloyd Bridges and Lorna Gray in Hideout (1949)
    Hideout
    6.0
    • lyrics: "Alma Mater" (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Kaye Dowd, Robert Duke, Barbara Perry, and David Street in An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945)
    An Angel Comes to Brooklyn
    5.5
    • writer: "New Song"
    • 1945
  • Tom Keene and Lynne Roberts in Girls of the Big House (1945)
    Girls of the Big House
    5.5
    • lyrics: "Alma Mater' (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers, and Trigger in Man from Oklahoma (1945)
    Man from Oklahoma
    6.2
    • lyrics: "Skies Are Bluer", "Man from Oklahoma" (uncredited)
    • 1945

Personal details

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  • Born
    • June 22, 1912
    • Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • Died
    • May 16, 2004
    • Culver City, California, USA(Parkinson's disease)
  • Spouses
      Sidney Carroll1940 - November 3, 1988 (his death, 3 children)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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    She is the mother of composer Jonathan Carroll by her second husband Sidney Carroll. Composer 'Steve Reich' is her son from her first marriage.

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