Overview
- She died peacefully of natural causes on Oct. 23 at her Santa Monica home, with her daughter June Elizabeth and granddaughter Christianna present.
- She became a household name as Ruth Martin in Lassie (1958–64) and as Dr. Maureen Robinson in Lost in Space (1965–68).
- The family asks that donations be made to the Entertainment Community Fund, ProPublica and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People/International Hearing Dog Inc.
- Born to actors Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, she debuted in A Christmas Carol (1938) and won a Tony Award for her 1947 Broadway debut in For Love or Money.
- Her association with space exploration led to NASA’s Exceptional Public Achievement Medal in 2014, and co-star Jon Provost remembered her as his “other” mother.