#june mack

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Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979) // dir. Russ Meyer

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Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)

dir. Russ Meyer

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[surra-de-bunda]

June Mack in Scoop Magazine No 12 (1983).

The Mistress of Hollywood

June Mack was June Cassandra Mincher. Born in Louisiana in January 1955. Eighth child in a family of dirt-poor, hardscrabble, ex-sharecroppers. Food was always in short supply. Love and affection were non-existent. June grew up ignored and forgotten. She retreated to a fantasy world. Took refuge in TV re-runs of old movies. Harlow. Lombard. Monroe. Vampy, trampy blondes. Women with smooth skin and pointed noses. A southern Black girl didn’t have the luxury of idols that looked like her. Then June hit puberty. She got curves, got noticed, and got options. Suddenly life happened. No more hopping tables at the local Hi-D-Ho. She got attention and exploited it. She parlayed it into cash the most old-fashioned way. She took control on the vinyl tuck and roll, pleasing the light-skinned boys she barely even knowed. Her new found power bought a one-way greyhound ticket out of the south. Double time. As fast as shit through a goose. She had one destination in mind. Hollywoodland. Home of the movie princesses she loved. She grabbed a lease on a small apartment and a part-time job as a nurse. She sprung for a new wardrobe. A different kind of clothing. Attire that would get noticed. She placed an ad in the underground newspaper. “Sexy Black & Indian. 56-26-42. Private Apt. Come Worship My Body. Call Raven. Generous Men Only.” She took clients. The bucks rolled in before the first month’s rent was due. But June had greater ambition than being a part time nurse, part time sex worker, full time dreamer. She wanted to be someone. She wanted a whole new identity. Several of them in fact. At one point, she had at least 33 aliases. June Mack was just one. Her face and body had to change. Not just for the johns, but to erase every detail from where she came. She spent $20k on cosmetic surgery. Quacks pumped silicone into her face, hips, cheeks. She bought a pointed nose just like her idols, and a chin to match. She expanded her chest to a blouse-busting 66 inches. The new June emerged. She stood out in any company.

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[bitter69uk]

“She was a big character with an intimidating presence. A hard shell with a soft centre, and she had friends to match. She got on best with the dispossessed. Those who lived in the shadows and margins. Street hookers, sexual hustlers, gay porn actors, transsexuals. She understood their desire to re-invent. To them, she was a friend, a mother figure, an advocate, a fag hag. She liked being needed. She occasionally called herself Junkyard Sal. Just like the old days. It made her feel important again.”

The crucial Rialto Report (dedicated to documenting the golden age of adult entertainment) has outdone itself with its latest podcast installment exhuming the turbulent life and brutal premature death of African American actress, porn model and dominatrix June Mack (1955 - 1984). For connoisseurs of cult cinema, Mack is best remembered for playing Junkyard Sal in the 1979 Russ Meyer sexploitation film Beneath the Valley of the Utra-Vixens. She was murdered under murky circumstances aged just 29 – and The Rialto Report is finally getting to the bottom of the story once and for all! Listen here. 

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Kitten Natividad: Oh my God! The voice they used on her [June] was not her own. She had a tiny little voice like a little girl and she acted like a little girl. She giggled all the time. On her way to work she would have like a gallon of ice cream on her lap as she drove. She’d get to work and she’d say “I just killed a gallon of ice cream.” And I’d go “Shut up!” She was nice. Very nice. Very shy. Russ got her through Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert was dating her at the time. He kept telling Russ “You’ve got to meet June. She’s something else!” Then Russ said “OK” When he met her, he said “I’m going to use her.” Then we all went to hear jazz. We all dressed up in miniskirts and low cuts. Of course everybody saw us come in. We went to one of the most expensive restaurants and everybody dropped their forks! (laughs) It was fun. Where we sat during the meal Russ would say “OK, girls - get up and go to the bathroom. I want to see these guys choke on their food!” He was a brat.

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June Mack (1955-1984)

American actress and model.

June Mack (26.02.1955 - 03.05.1984) 

She was an actress, known for Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens  (1979). Listed twice in the California Death Records under the surnames "Mincher" and "Robinson".

June was murdered when a drug dealer was going to shoot her boyfriend, aged 29.