- June Angela received Broadway's Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations as Best Leading Actress for "Shogun" and starred opposite Danny Glover in the 2 person play "Yohen." Part of TV history, she starred with Pat Morita on the first Asian American Primetime TV Comedy series "Mr T and Tina." An Emmy and Grammy for her work on TV's "The Electric Company" series, she was a regular working with Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno from the pilot till the final show - episode seven hundred twenty. Performing since age 5, her extensive theater credits include Tuptim in the Broadway and London Palladium revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The King and I" with Yul Brynner and starring in works at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and the NY Public Theater among others. A Theatre Guild Award winner as Best Lead Actress, she was also honored for her work by Off-Broadway's Pan-Asian Repertory Theater. She was a regular on three TV series and recurred as the family psychic Madame Xing on "Fresh Off the Boat." On the comedy series "Mr. T and Tina" she played Pat Morita's daughter and years later played his daughter again, this time in a drama, the TV movie "Blind Alleys" in which Cloris Leachman played her mother. It was written by multi Award Winning writer David Henry Hwang.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- As Julie, she appeared in more first-run episodes of The Electric Company (1971) than any other member of the Short Circus. Moreover, she was the only Short Circus kid to be carried over from the series's debut through its finale (The first runner-ups were Melanie Henderson and Stephen Gustafson, who remained with the show from its pilot until its fourth season).
- Named her Short Circus character from The Electric Company (1971) Julie, after Julie Andrews.
- Real-life sister of actor Gene Profanato who played her TV brother Aki on Mr. T and Tina (1976).
- June Angela was nominated for the 1991 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Musical for "Shogun: The Musical".
- She enjoys narrating books and has recorded over 40 audio books voicing characters of all ages and accents, ranging from novels to non-fiction, as well as children's books.
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