June Lockhart Dies at 100

June Lockhart, the beloved actress best known as the maternal figures on Lassie and as Dr. Maureen Robinson on Lost in Space, died peacefully of natural causes at her Santa Monica home on Oct. 23 at 9:20 p.m.; she was 100 and was surrounded by family, including her daughter June Elizabeth and granddaughter Christianna. The family said services will be private and requested donations in lieu of flowers to The Actors Fund, ProPublica and International Hearing Dog. Lockhart’s career spanned nearly nine decades — she debuted on stage as a child and appeared on screen at 13 in MGM’s A Christmas Carol — and she became a household name on television from the late 1950s onward. Her honors included a 1947 Tony/Best Newcomer recognition and multiple Emmy nominations, and she later served as a public advocate for NASA. Her daughter said Lockhart considered acting her craft but that her true passions were journalism, politics, science and space exploration, and colleagues and fans paid tribute to her lasting influence.