- According to Laura Wagner, author of a full-length article on June in "Films of the Golden Age", June developed a huge crush on James Cagney while filming her best film Ceiling Zero (1936) but he never knew that. The movie also remained her favorite.
- Daughter of Harry M. Grabiner who was vice president of the Cleveland Indians and a former vice president of the Chicago White Sox.
- Nominated for the Sarah Siddons Award for her stage performance in "Life with Father", she later co-chaired the Sarah Siddons Award gala in 2002, the year Chita Rivera was honored for her performance in "The Visit" and has been active in theater fundraisers.
- Retired from acting in 1965 after 30 years in the motion picture business.
- June Travis passed away on April 14, 2008, four months away from what would have been her 94th birthday on August 7.
- Following her death, she was interred at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
- Attended the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Chicago.
- Had two daughters with her husband Fred Friedlob: Cathy and June Friedlob.
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