June Walker June Walker June Walker (June 14, 1900 – February 3, 1966) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared on Broadway in such plays as "Green Grow the Lilacs", "The Farmer Takes a Wife", and "Twelfth Night". She was the first actress to portray the character of Lorelei Lee, in the 1926 Broadway production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". She played Linda Loman to Thomas Mitchell's Willy in the 1949 touring company of "Death of a Salesman". She toured as Vinnie in "Life with Father" In 1926, she married British actor Geoffrey Kerr (born January 26, 1895 — died July
Fredric March whereupon director Elia Kazan cast Lee J. Cobb as Willy, and Arthur Kennedy as one of Willy's sons, Biff Loman, two men that the director had worked with in the film "Boomerang" (1947). March later regretted turning down the role and finally played Willy Loman in Columbia Pictures's 1951 film version of the play, directed by Laslo Benedek, receiving his fifth and final Oscar nomination as well as a Golden Globe Award. March also played one of two leads in "The Desperate Hours" (1955) with Humphrey Bogart. Bogart and Spencer Tracy had both insisted upon top billing and Tracy withdrew,