June Wilkinson was a born performer. She danced on stage at twelve and, at 15, became the youngest topless dancer at London’s venerable Windmill Theater. While on a promotional tour of the United States, the young star-to-be caught the eye of publisher Hugh Hefner. He immediately arranged for a photoshoot for the 18-year old and June made her first of seven Playboy pictorials in 1958. Hef christened her “The Bosom” and exaggerated June’s already impressive measurements in promotional material as “45-22-35.” (June later admitted that the actual figures weren’t that far off.)
In 1960, June was cast in the low-budget voodoo adventure Macumba Love. She followed up with roles in the stage productions of Norman, Is That You?, The Marriage-Go-Round and Come Blow Your Horn. Director John Cassavetes cast her in a small role in the 1962 biopic Too Late Blues with Bobby Darin.
Although she made her final appearance in Playboy in 1962, June’s photos appeared in men’s magazines, newspapers and advertisements for over twenty years, making her one of the most photographed women of the era.
In 1972, June met NFL quarterback Dan Pastoirini and the two were married the following year. They had a daughter before divorcing in 1982. June never remarried. In 1997, at the age of 57, June posed nude for Playboy one final time for a special “Then and Now” feature.
After many years out of the spotlight, June passed away in July 2015 at the age of 85.