June Evelyn Bronson Cleaver is a principal character in the American
television sitcom Leave It to Beaver. June and her husband, Ward, are
often invoked as the archetypal suburban parents of the 1950s. The
couple are the parents of two sons, Wally and "Beaver". Wally is
twelve years old and in the seventh grade when the series opens;
Beaver is seven years old ("almost eight") and in the second grade.
Episodes followed the escapades of Wally and Beaver and usually ended
with a moral lesson delivered to the boys, but also often included
reminders of childhood and minor lessons for the parents through the
adventures of their boys. She was included in Yahoo's Top 10 TV Moms
from Six Decades of Television for the time period 1957â€"1963.June is
played by Barbara Billingsley in both the pilot, "It's a Small World"
(which aired in April 1957 on Studio '57), and in the original
television series. Billingsley also plays the character in the show's
television reunion movie, Still the Beaver (1983), and the show's
sequel series, The New Leave It to Beaver (1985â€"1989). In the sequel
series, Wally and Beaver are both parents, and June is a grandmother.
Janine Turner played June in the 1997 spin-off film adaptation of the
original series, Leave It to Beaver. Billingsley made a cameo
appearance in the spin-off film as Aunt Martha.June is played by
Barbara Billingsley in both the pilot, "It's a Small World" (which
aired in April 1957 on Studio '57), and in the original television
series. Billingsley also plays the character in the show's television
reunion movie, Still the Beaver (1983), and the show's sequel series,
The New Leave It to Beaver (1985â€"1989). In the sequel series, Wally
and Beaver are both parents, and June is a grandmother. Janine Turner
played June in the 1997 spin-off film adaptation of the original
series, Leave It to Beaver. Billingsley made a cameo appearance in the
spin-off film as Aunt Martha.June's birthplace is mentioned in one
episode as East St. Louis while Ward is teasing her about her
upbringing and they are discussing how they met. June attended
boarding school as a youngster and was captain of the school's
basketball team. At one point in her young years, she was a student of
Cornelia Rayburn, the principal of Beaver's school. It is implied that
June had an affluent upper middle class upbringing (contrasted with
Ward's middle class childhood) which may in part account for June's
fastidious and fashionable clothing tastes throughout the series. June
mentions that she was taught a formal curtsey in the event that she
married a diplomat and Aunt Martha frequently proudly refers to their
common Bronson lineage. Ward also mentions the Bronson clan's concerns
about Ward providing for June in a manner she is accustomed to at
their wedding. June mentions her father occasionally. Apparently, he
was a practical man, for, according to June, he discouraged her as a
child from buying an opal ring in a jewelry store window and urged her
instead to spend her money on a pair of galoshes.As a teen, June knew
and dated Ward Cleaver, a farmer's son. Ward lived in nearby Shaker
Heights. The two attended State college together. June kept her maiden
name, Bronson, as one of her middle names after marrying Ward. Ward
and June have two sons, Wally and Theodore aka "Beaver". June's oldest
son, Wally, is a good student and popular with everyone while young
Beaver has a difficult time staying out of trouble. The Cleavers live
initially at 485 Mapleton Drive and move to 211 Pine Street at the
beginning of the third season. June Cleaver Top Movies & Young Movies