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And later in the 1960s, Lockhart explored far-off planets as the matriarch Maureen Robinson in the kitsch adventure series Lost in Space.
The daughter of two actors, Lockhart was born in New York in 1925.
Her family moved to Los Angeles a decade later.
She made her screen debut in MGM's 1938 movie adaptation of A Christmas Carol, starring alongside her parents as the Cratchit family.
Bill Clinton once described the White House Family Theatre as, quote, the best perk of the White House.
The snug 40-ish seat venue provided a retreat for presidents and their guests for more than 80 years after its conversion from a cloakroom by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942.
He watched hundreds of films there, starting with All the President's Men.
Richard Nixon saw Patton about the controversial World War II General George S. Patton multiple times during the Vietnam War.
Matt Lambros is a theatre historian.
Lambros says he hopes the Trump administration will build a new theatre.
The White House did not respond to NPR's request for comment.
June Lockhart was one of television's most beloved mothers.
She cared for an adopted son and a famous dog as Ruth Martin in the popular series Lassie from 1958 to 1964.
And later in the 1960s, Lockhart explored far-off planets as the matriarch Maureen Robinson in the kitsch adventure series Lost in Space.
The daughter of two actors, Lockhart was born in New York in 1925.
Her family moved to Los Angeles a decade later.
She made her screen debut in MGM's 1938 movie adaptation of A Christmas Carol, starring alongside her parents as the Cratchit family.