June Evelyn Bronson Cleaver is a principal character in the American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver.

[1] June is played by Barbara Billingsley in both the pilot, "It's a Small World" (which aired in April 1957 on Studio '57), and in the original television series.

Janine Turner played June in the 1997 spin-off film adaptation of the original series, Leave It to Beaver.

June mentions that she was taught a formal curtsey in the event that she married a diplomat and Aunt Martha frequently proudly refers to their common Bronson lineage.

Apparently, he was a practical man, for, according to June, he discouraged her as a child from buying an opal ring in a jewelry store window and urged her instead to spend her money on a pair of galoshes.

June's older son, Wally, is a good student and popular with everyone while young Beaver has a difficult time staying out of trouble.

In one episode, she entertains the ladies in her social club only to see the event ruined by Beaver's monkey who despoils the foods on the dining table.

When the boys arrive home from school, June can be found in the kitchen chopping salad vegetables, basting a roast, or icing a cake.

Like most TV middle class sitcom families of the era, the Cleavers eat breakfast and lunch in the kitchen while their dinners are full scale affairs in the dining room.

June is ladylike and slightly formal in personal appearance, always seen with perfectly coiffed hair and tasteful facial makeup.

She wears stylish slacks about the house in a few early episodes, but for most of the series her wardrobe consists of simple but elegant dresses, suits, or skirts paired with blouses or sweaters and high-heeled pumps for shoes.

June is thrilled when her sons are invited to cotillions and birthday parties but wrinkles her nose with disgust when they bring home wriggling earthworms or rain-soaked clothing.

June does not completely trust Ward's Uncle Billy because he fills her sons' heads with fancies of irresponsible living.

June has four grandchildren; in addition to Beaver's sons, Wally (an attorney) and his wife, Mary Ellen, have two children: Kelly (11 in 1985) and baby Kevin.