Lost in Space, the iconic science fiction series, is in cultural conversation again because of actress June Lockhart's sad ...

LOS ANGELES -- June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or up in the stratosphere in “Lost In Space,” has died. She was 100.

"Give me a child at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life." So the fanatical teacher of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) liked to say. And so the TV networks have repeatedly proved.

Lockhart remained active long after Lost in Space, appearing often in episodic television as well as in recurring roles in ...