A 5½ x 3½ page from an autograph album signed in person by June Thorburn (1931 – 1967), the popular English actress whose career was cut short by her death in an airplane crash. Thorburn was born in Karachi, then part of British India, where her father was a colonel in the Indian Army. When he retired from the military, they moved back to Britain and June started her career in acting. She made her movie debut in 1952, and quickly worked her way up from supporting roles to female leads. One of her most notable roles in the mid-1950s was in the comedy-drama Touch and Go (1955), starring Jack Hawkins. Other leading roles included the comedy True as a Turtle (1957) and costume dramas such as Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961) and The Scarlet Blade (1963). Her most notable film appearance was as the Forest Queen in Tom Thumb (1958). During the early 1960s, she also appeared regularly on British television, including episodes of Danger Man, with Patrick McGoohan, No Hiding Place and Richard The Lionheart. Thorburn was pregnant with her third child when, returning to London from Spain on Iberia Flight 062, the plane crashed at Blackdown, Sussex, killing all 37 people on board.