Most Recent Role: Himself on CMT Insider
Alias Name(s): June Carter
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Maces Springs, Virginia, USA
Birthday: 6-23-1929
Birth Name: Valerie June Carter
Date of Death: 5-15-2003
Cause of Death: Complications from heart surgery she underwent on May 7, 2003
Place of death: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Alias Name(s): June Carter
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Maces Springs, Virginia, USA
Birthday: 6-23-1929
Birth Name: Valerie June Carter
Date of Death: 5-15-2003
Cause of Death: Complications from heart surgery she underwent on May 7, 2003
Place of death: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
For much of her life, Cash could have played second fiddle in a famous family. Instead, she shaped herself into a star in her own right, although she often put her family obligations ahead of career.
Her mother, aunt and uncle, performing as the Carter Family, were a pioneering force in country music's leap from regional sound to mainstream popular music in the 1920s. Hits such as "Will...
Most Recent Appearance
July 16, 2005
Saturday 16 July 2005 on CMT
CMT Insider sat down with Faith Hill to talk about her latest hit Mississippi Girl and upcoming CD, her recent appearance in Rome for the Live 8 concert, and to find out what else she has planned for the year; Keith Urban and songwriter Rodney Crowell were honored recently for Urban’s latest...
According to June, Johnny's song "Ring Of Fire" helped her work out her feelings for Johnny.
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She has confessed she fell in love with Johnny when she was married to someone else.
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It was her mother who taught June how to play the autoharp and guitar.
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June once starred in an episode of Dr. Quinn, Medical Woman with her husband, Johnny Cash. They were husband and wife in the episode, as they were in real life.
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The best-of album released by her son, John Carter Cash, won two Grammy's. It was titled Wildwood Flower.
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John Carter Cash: (talking about June) She was very open-minded and eager and excited.
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Carl Smith: [June was] a natural born clown, if there ever was one.
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Rosanne Cash: If being a wife were a corporation, June would have been a CEO. It was her most treasured role.
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June Carter Cash: (on Johnny) I have always enjoyed being a part of his life. I've always loved him, and he's always loved me.
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June Carter Cash: (on her marriage & career) I stayed in submission to my husband, and he allowed me to do anything I wanted to. I felt like I was lucky to have that kind of romance.
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Other Appearances
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The Edge of Night
Elaine "Cookie" Pollock Thomas Christopher #1 (1962) |
The Johnny Cash Show
Series Regular |
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The Secret Storm
Amy Ames Britton Kincaid #3 (1960) |
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Austin City Limits
Johnny Cash with The Carter Family Herself |
Beat-Club
Johnny Cash Herself |
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CMT Insider
July 16, 2005 Himself |
Dinah
September 2, 1975 Herself |
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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Saving Souls Sister Ruth |
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
The Most Fatal Disease Sister Ruth |
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The Edge of Night
The Edge of Night was television's first 30 minute soap opera. The program premiered the same day as As The World Turns which was also (at the time) 30 minutes long. While the show did begin on... more
The Johnny Cash Show
Country music legend Johnny Cash hosted this one hour musical variety show on ABC. He was backed up by the regular members of his road show, and his guests spanned the spectrum of popular music.... more The Secret Storm
This long-running soap opera was originally titled THE STORM WITHIN. The title wasn't appealing to one of the show's sponsors, Bisodol (an antacid), who was worried it would inspire images of an... more
The Edge of Night was television's first 30 minute soap opera. The program premiered the same day as As The World Turns which was also (at the time) 30 minutes long. While the show did begin on... more
The Johnny Cash ShowCountry music legend Johnny Cash hosted this one hour musical variety show on ABC. He was backed up by the regular members of his road show, and his guests spanned the spectrum of popular music.... more The Secret Storm
This long-running soap opera was originally titled THE STORM WITHIN. The title wasn't appealing to one of the show's sponsors, Bisodol (an antacid), who was worried it would inspire images of an... more
