30 Gorgeous Photos of June Knight in the 1930s

Born 1913 as Margaret Rose Valliquietto, American actress, dancer and singer appeared in the last Ziegfeld Follies show, Hot-Cha! (1932) at the age of 19. She featured in four other Broadway shows, Take A Chance (1932), Jubilee (1935) (where she introduced the Cole Porter classic “Begin the Beguine”), The Would-Be Gentleman (1946) (her only non-musical) and Sweethearts (1947).

Knight also had a short-lived film career, appearing in 12 films from 1930 to 1940, most notably in Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), in which she sang the hit song “I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’” with co-star Robert Taylor.

Knight died in 1987, aged 74, following complications from a stroke. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for her contribution to the motion picture industry. Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of a young June Knight in the 1930s.