June Shelley
- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Art Department
June Hammerstein, after starring in Edge of Hell (1956), a part Hugo Haas wrote for
her, married Ramblin' Ramblin' Jack Elliott and they set off to travel their way
around the world with music. They spent 5 years all over Europe and
which point, June left Jack and worked on the film Exodus (1960) in Israel.
She then headed for the Far East, where she acted in Japanese and
American film in Japan and dubbed over 300 Japanese films into English.
She was Shirley MacLaine's stand-in in in the film Ma geisha (1962) and had a small role
in Les 3 soldats de l'aventure (1964). Returning to Europe, she lived in France for 17 years and
was married to writer Sidney Shelley. She became _The Rolling Stones''s
personal assistant when they came to France for a tax exile in the
70's. She also acted in several films that were shot in Paris, among
them: Le chevalier des sables (1965), Trois chambres à Manhattan (1965) and Enigme à Central Park (1967). She returned to America in 1980 and
worked for ABC for 13 years, followed by 5 years at RKO. She wrote a
book about her life which has been optioned for a film. She is
currently writing a screenplay based on the book.
