People stopped me on the street and said ‘I can’t live up to you.’ Of course, they’re referring to June Cleaver.

She went to work. She wasn’t a sit-at-home grandma. She went out, got a job.
BARBARA BILLINGSLEY

Grandma Hob Home Work
You know, and we did – 20-year hiatus we had – and we went back and made 105 new ones. And so I really feel very strongly that there are certain things I won’t do.
BARBARA BILLINGSLEY

Black Certain Hiatus Made Thing Twenty
I feel that I can’t do certain things that have sent to me, scripts, because I think that really – I’ve been June Cleaver for so many years, because we went back.
BARBARA BILLINGSLEY

June Thinking Years
June Cleaver didn’t keep her house in perfect order, the prop man did it.
BARBARA BILLINGSLEY

June Men Order People
People stopped me on the street and said ‘I can’t live up to you.’ Of course, they’re referring to June Cleaver.
BARBARA BILLINGSLEY

June People Stop Street
Don’t think your dreams don’t come true, because they do. You’d better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly – one day I am doing the ‘Beaver’ show and I said, ‘This is the show I have always wanted to do.’
BARBARA BILLINGSLEY

Dream Thinking Wish
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

Grandma Home Jobs
Yes, I always played the bad woman. I actually did.
BARBARA BILLINGSLEY

Always Bad Play Woman

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