---
name: "Juney Ellis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/juney-ellis"
fi1m_id: "juney-ellis"
imdb_id: "nm0254929"
tmdb_id: 112936
roles: []
born: "23 January 1909"
died: "27 July 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T20:51:30.269247+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Juney Ellis

## Identity

Juney Ellis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/juney-ellis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** juney-ellis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0254929
- **TMDB ID:** 112936
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112936

Actor. Born 23 January 1909 in Pasadena, California, USA.. Died 27 July 1997.

## Details

- **Born:** 23 January 1909, Pasadena, California, USA.
- **Died:** 27 July 1997
- **Also known as:** June C. Ellis, June Shafer, June Ellis
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 78 (1), 1980s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112936

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Earth Girls Are Easy*](https://film.one/film/earth-girls-are-easy.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Juney Ellis was an American actress. She was born on 23 January 1909 in Pasadena, California, and died on 27 July 1997 in Los Angeles, California. She appeared in numerous film and television roles from the 1950s to the 1990s, often credited as June C. Ellis or June Shafer.

Her credits include Mrs. Merkin in *Earth Girls Are Easy* (1988), Miss O'Herlihy in *Corrina, Corrina* (1994), and The Spy in *I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* (1977). She also had guest roles in series such as *I Love Lucy* (1955), *Perry Mason* (1957–1960), *The Twilight Zone* (1959), and *ER* (1995).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Earth Girls Are Easy* (1988), Fi1m 74, as Mrs. Merkin — [page](https://film.one/film/earth-girls-are-easy.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *An Affair to Remember* (1957), Fi1m 78, as Teacher (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/an-affair-to-remember.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *ER* (1994), series, as Sari — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Corrina, Corrina* (1994), as Miss O'Herlihy
- *Demonic Toys* (1992), as Old Woman
- *Dead Women in Lingerie* (1991), as Grandma
- *I Know My First Name Is Steven* (1989), series, as Miss Rebecca
- *Earth Girls Are Easy* (1988), as Mrs. Merkin — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/earth-girls-are-easy.md)
- *Mortuary Academy* (1988), as Widow
- *Marian Rose White* (1982), as Old Lady
- *I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* (1977), as The Spy
- *Bless the Beasts & Children* (1971), as Mom
- *Melody* (1971), as Miss Dimkins
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Nurse
- *Sky West and Crooked* (1966), as Mrs. Cheeseman
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Mrs. Shuster, Woman on Street (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Joe Dakota* (1957), as Ethel Cook
- *The Helen Morgan Story* (1957), as Waitress (uncredited)
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Lucy
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Mrs. Cowan
- *Valerie* (1957), as Nurse Linsey
- *An Affair to Remember* (1957), as Teacher (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/an-affair-to-remember.md)
- *The Last Wagon* (1956), Actor
- *Hey, Jeannie!* (1956), series, as Miss Jackson
- *Count Three and Pray* (1955), Actor
- *Drum Beat* (1954), as Mrs. Boddy (uncredited)
- *Father Knows Best* (1954), series, as Woman
- *The Long, Long Trailer* (1954), as Waitress (uncredited)
- *The Glass Wall* (1953), as Girl friend
- *The Magnetic Monster* (1953), as Spinster
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Miss Elkins
- *I Love Lucy* (1951), series, as Maid

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