June Carroll

Lyricist - singer - actress Born in 1917, Detroit, Michigan Died on 16.05.2004 of complications of Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles. Sister of Broadway producer Leonard Sillman. Mother of composer Steve Reich, from her first marriage with Leonard Reich. Mother of the authors David Carroll and Jonathan Carroll (2) from her second marriage with Broadway screenwriter Sidney Carroll. Appeared in the Broadway musical "New Faces" of 1952, singing the Murray Grand standard, "Guess Who I Saw Today", as well as two songs that she also wrote "Penny Candy" and "Love Is A Simple Thing".