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

For kids of the ’60s, it was a thrilling weekly ride and for adults revisiting it later, it became a time capsule of an era when television dared to mix earnest family drama with outlandish spectacle.

June Lockhart, beloved for her roles as a mother in Lassie and in Lost in Space, died on Oct. 23 at her Santa Monica, California home of natural causes. She was 100. Harlon Ball, Lockhart’s spokesman, ...

By Will Dunham (Reuters) -June Lockhart, who became the archetypal TV mom of the 1950s and 1960s with her roles on the campy ...