June Squibb

June Squibb
Squibb in 2024
Born
June Louise Squibb

(1929-11-06) November 6, 1929 (age 94)[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1948–present
Spouses
Edward Sostek
(m. 1953; div. 1959)
Charles Kakatsakis
(m. 1959; died 1999)
Children1

June Louise Squibb (born November 6, 1929) is an American character actress.[2] She began her career making her Broadway debut in the musical Gypsy (1959). Her first film role was in the 1990 romantic comedy Alice by Woody Allen. She later had supporting roles in films The Age of Innocence (1993), In & Out (1997), Meet Joe Black (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Far from Heaven (2002).

For her role in the Alexander Payne directed comedy-drama film Nebraska (2013), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[3] She later appeared in films I'll See You in My Dreams (2015), Love the Coopers (2015), Other People (2016), Father Figures (2017), Blow the Man Down (2019), Palm Springs (2020), Hubie Halloween (2020), Palmer (2021), The Humans (2021), and Family Squares (2022). She also provided voice acting roles for the animated films Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), Toy Story 4 (2019), Soul (2020), and Inside Out 2 (2024). On television, she had recurring roles on Ghost Whisperer, Getting On, Shameless, Good Girls, and Little Voice.

In 2024, at the age of 94, Squibb starred in her first leading role, in the action comedy film Thelma.[4][5]

  1. ^ "June Squibb – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  2. ^ "The 32 Greatest Character Actors Working Today". Vulture. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  3. ^ Oldest Supporting Actress Winners, Oscars.org accessed 3/6/2022
  4. ^ "June Squibb Has Her First Lead Role at 94 — and Does Her Own Stunts Too: 'I Was So Proud of Myself' (Exclusive)". Peoplemag.
  5. ^ Fry, Naomi (January 29, 2024). "June Squibb: Film Actor by Her Sixties, Leading Woman by Her Nineties" – via www.newyorker.com.