I have to tell you that June Cleaver had a job in ‘The New Leave It to Beaver.’ She did. Sure, she was a council woman.
BARBARA BILLINGSLEY
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Barbara Billingsley on grandma
Barbara Billingsley8 quotes · See all“I have to tell you that June Cleaver had a job in ‘The New Leave It to Beaver.’ She did. Sure, she was a council woman.”
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Barbara BillingsleyBarbara Billingsley She went to work. She wasn’t a sit-at-home grandma. She went out, got a job.
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