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Mildred June was born on December 23, 1905, in St Louis, Missouri. When she was a child her family moved to Kansas and eventually settled in California. She attended Hollywood high school and took dancing lessons. At the age of fifteen Mildred was discovered by producer Mack Sennett. She became one his bathing beauties and worked as an extra in his films. Mildred appeared in dozens of short films including Dog Shy with Charley Chase and Hook and Ladder with Hoot Gibson. She also starred in a series of two reel comedies with Billy Bevan. Although she enjoyed making comedies she dreamed of becoming a dramatic actress. Mildred married Herbert Edward Capps, a twenty-five year old dentist, in 1922. The following year she was given the lead in the drama The Greatest Menace. She was signed by Universal studios but her career never took off. Mildred returned to Mack Sennett's studio and appeared in the 1927 comedy Crazy To Act. She divorced her husband and had a brief romance with with real estate executive Jimmy Houston. Unfortunately by 1928 she was unemployed and battling a serious alcohol problem. Mildred married her second husband, Bud Sheehan, in 1930. Sadly he passed away a few years later. In 1936 she had a bit part in the Laurel and Hardy film Our Relations. It would her last acting role. On June 19, 1940 Mildred passed away from cirrhosis of the liver caused by her alcoholism. She was only thirty-four years old. Mildred was cremated and her ashes were buried at Hollywood Forever cemetery in Hollywood, California.

Crazy to Act
as Ethel St. John

When Seconds Count
as Elinor
Smith's Picnic
as Mrs. Smiley
The Battling Kangaroo
as Limber Lucy
Matrimony Blues

Dog Shy
as The Girl
Kick Me Again

The House of Flickers

Troubles of a Bride
as Mildred Patterson
A Deep Sea Panic

Hook and Ladder
as Sally Drennan

Fashionable Fakers
as Clara Ridder

Nip and Tuck
as Tuck's wife

The Greatest Menace
as Mrs. Charles W. Wright Jr

Crinoline and Romance
as Birdie Bevans

Manslaughter
as New Year's Guest (uncredited)

When Summer Comes
as The Heiress

Rich Men's Wives
as Estelle Davenport

The Crossroads of New York
as Waitress

Gymnasium Jim
as Jim's Sweetheart

On Patrol
as The Cop's Sweetheart

The Duck Hunter
as The Sportsman's Wife

The Rosary
as Alice Wilton

Be Reasonable
as The Only Girl
Love and Doughnuts
as The Society Belle

Love, Honor and Behave
as (uncredited)

Down on the Farm
as Minor Role
Up in Alf's Place
as Bathing Girl (uncredited)