Awards
In 1952, Allyson won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress—Musical/Comedy, for Too Young to Kiss. In 1954, she was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting at the Venice Festival, for Executive Suite, in the same year that she was voted Most Popular Female Star by Photoplay magazine. In 1955, Allyson was named the ninth most popular movie star in the annual Quigley Exhibitors Poll and the second most popular female star (behind Grace Kelly). In 1985, she received the Cannes Festival Distinguished Service Award.
At the 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007), Allyson received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute, it included a clip of her smiling and laughing. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, she also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1537 Vine Street.
| “ | I couldn't dance, and, Lord knows, I couldn't sing, but I got by somehow. Richard Rodgers was always keeping them from firing me. | ” |
| — June Allyson, 1951, Interview. |
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