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June Louise Squibb (born November 6, 1929) is an American actress. She has played supporting roles in various films such as ''Alice'', ''Scent of a Woman'', ''The Age of Innocence'', ''In & Out'', and ''Far from Heaven''. She has also performed on television series such as ''Ghost Whisperer'' and on Broadway, including performing in the original production of ''Gypsy''. She played the wife of Jack Nicholson in Alexander Payne's film ''About Schmidt'', and the wife of Bruce Dern in Payne's ''Nebraska'', for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.〔http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/86/nominees.html〕 Squibb appeared in ''The Jack and Triumph Show'' on Adult Swim alongside Jack McBrayer and Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog; she portrayed a retired actress who appeared with the title characters on a ''Lassie''-type series with a dark secret. ==Personal life== Squibb was born and raised in Vandalia, Illinois, the only child of JoyBelle (née Force; 1905–1996) and Lewis Squibb (1905–1996).〔http://www.filmreference.com/film/19/June-Squibb.html〕 Her mother was an avid golfer and well-known piano player who began playing for silent movies in the 1920s,〔()〕 and later entered piano competitions, winning the ''World Championship Old Time Piano Playing Contest'' in 1975 and 1976.〔http://www.theentertainersmovie.com/faye.html〕 Her father was in the insurance business and was in the Navy during World War II. Squibb's first husband was actor Edward Sostek; the two divorced. She is the widow of her second husband, acting teacher Charles Kakatsakis (1929–1999), with whom she has one child, Harry Kakatsakis, a filmmaker best known for his short film ''Admissions''. Squibb converted to Judaism when she married Edward Sostek in the 1950s; she still considers herself Jewish.〔()〕〔http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/.premium-1.577034〕 When asked about ageism in show business, Squibb has stated, "Well, it’s like anything else. I always feel, rules are meant to be broken."〔http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=james-h-kakatsakis&pid=156932156#fbLoggedOut〕〔http://www.historyforsale.com/html/prodetails.asp?bw=0&documentid=301743〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「June Squibb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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