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June Marlowe (originally Gisella Goetten)
(November 6, 1903 - March 10, 1984) was an
American actor|actress, most notable for appearing
in six Our Gang short subjects as the lovely
schoolteacher Miss Crabtree.

Marlowe, a native of St. Cloud, Minnesota, was a
prolific actress in silent films during the 1920s,
appearing in films opposite John Barrymore and Rin
Tin Tin. Marlowe didn't make an easy transfer over
to talking pictures, and by 1930 was starting to
drift away from acting.

By chance, she happened to meet Our Gang director
Robert F. McGowan one day in a Los Angeles,
California department store. He was searching for
an actress to portray the schoolteacher in the
series, and after producer Hal Roach suggested
that Marlowe, a brunette, wear a blond wig to
match Jackie Cooper's hair, she got the part.

The three Our Gang films which pair Marlowe with
Jackie Cooper's character, Teacher's Pet (1930),
School's Out (1930), and Love Business (1931), are
among the three most famous films in the series.
She also has a small role in 1931's Little Daddy.
Besides her work in Our Gang, Marlowe also
appeared in fellow Roach stars Laurel and Hardy's
first feature film, Pardon Us.

After Cooper left Our Gang in 1931 to appear in
MGM features, Marlowe's Miss Crabtree character
was used in only two more shorts, 1931's Shiver My
Timbers and 1932's Readin' and Writin.

In 1933, Marlowe married Hollywood businessman
Rodney Sprigg, and she retired from motion
pictures to become a housewife. In her later
years, she suffered from Parkinson's disease,
dying from complications caused by it on March 10,
1984.