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.

"Give me a child at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life." So the fanatical teacher of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) liked to say. And so the TV networks have repeatedly proved.

A Tony Award winner and daughter of actor Gene Lockhart, she also starred in 'Meet Me in St. Louis' and 'Petticoat Junction.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor June Lockhart, affectionately known as Lassie ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Lockhart died on Oct. 23 at age 100 of natural causes in Santa Monica, Calif., according to ...