June Faibish Claman

October 6, 1930 - September 29, 2021 June Faibish Claman, beloved wife of the late Dr. Morris Claman, cherished mother of Danielle, Holly, Shoshana, Liz, Brook, and loving grandmother of 8 died peacefully and surrounded by her family, Wednesday, September 29th at her Beverly Hills, California home of 57 years. She was 90. June was born in Jansen, Saskatchewan. While studying theatre at the University of Saskatchewan, she auditioned before visiting scouts from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London who accepted her for the class of 1953 which counted Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud among its council. She moved to California in 1963 and went on to star in Shakespeare productions at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, the Mark Taper Forum, and in the Jack O'Brien-directed production of "Pygmalion" at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. She also appeared at Beverly Hills High School's Theater 40. She marked her final 20 years of her stage career as a resident artist of Glendale's 'A Noise Within.'. Her television roles included "Frasier," "Golden Girls," "Party of Five," "General Hospital," "Days of Our Lives, and "Beverly Hills, 90210," in which she played Shannen Doherty and Jason Priestly's grandmother. Her wry humor when auditioning for television roles with her Royal Academy training was legendary among L.A.'s acting community. While reading for a "MacGyver" role that called for a 'Beverly Hills matron in a white Jaguar,' she quipped in her trans-Atlantic theatre accent to the casting agents, "Does it help that I AM a Beverly Hills matron with a white Jaguar?"She also appeared in films including Michael Ritchie's "The Couch Trip" and Bryan Spicer's "For Richer or Poorer."June will be achingly missed by her devoted family and friends around the world from America to Canada to Britain, China to India, and New Zealand to Israel. She was a lady and true original.