Barbara Billingsley, who will forever be remembered as June Cleaver on the classic sit-com Leave It to Beaver, passed away today at age 94. For my international friends, the show was about a "typical" American family in the late 50s-early 60s. The parents, Ward and June, and their sons Wally and Theodore, or Beaver. Miss Billingsley's character became the iconic mother everyone wished for. She cooked, cleaned, vacuumed while wearing a nice dress, pearls and heels! She made sure her family ate well- no snacks before meal times. No store-bought cookies for her family; she was always baking cookies or other delicious foods.
In the early 80s she made an appearance in the slapstick comedy Airplane! as a bilingual passenger; the language was jive! It was a hilarious scene and proved she could do other things besides tend house.
Her co-star, Hugh Beaumont, who played Ward Cleaver passed away in the 80s.
Needless to say, she will live on through DVD and reruns.
Eddie: Gee, Mrs. Cleaver. That's a pretty dress you have on.
June: Why thank you Eddie.
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