Born Dorothea Heermance in New York City, Collyer chose to use her mother's maiden name when she decided to pursue acting. She had her first starring role in 1927 when she starred in East Side, West Side. She did a total of eleven films during the silent film era, and unlike many of that period she made a successful transition to sound movies.
In 1928 she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars", an honor her future sister-in-law Marian Shockley would also receive later on in 1932. In 1930 Collyer starred opposite Louise Dresser and Joyce Compton in The Three Sisters, and that same year she starred with Claudia Dell in Sweet Kitty Bellairs. She starred in nineteen films from 1930 to 1936. She took a break from acting for the period of the 1940s, either by choice or due to her not receiving starring roles. During the 1950s she returned to acting, having a regular role on the television series The Stu Erwin Show from 1951 through 1955. She played in one episode of the 1958 series Playhouse 90, then retired.
She remained in Los Angeles, dying at the age of 61 on March 16, 1968, of bronchial pneumonia.
References
June Collyer at the Internet Movie Database
June Collyer at TV.com
June Collyer, Silent Ladies
June Collyer at Find A Grave
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NAME
Collyer, June
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Heermance, Dorothea
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Film actress
DATE OF BIRTH
1906-8-19
PLACE OF BIRTH
New York City, New York
DATE OF DEATH
1968-3-16
PLACE OF DEATH
Los Angeles, California
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