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.

June Lockhart, the actor best known for her role as the matriarch in the TV series "Lassie," has died, her family spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. She was 100 years old. Lockhart died of natural ...

June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers, whether at home in "Lassie" or up in the stratosphere in "Lost In Space," has died. She was 100.Related video above: ...

Bill Mumy picked the perfect song to play in honor of the 60th anniversary of Lost in Space. The former child star, who played Will Robinson on the 1960s sci-fi series, took to Instagram on Sept. 15 ...

"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.

When it comes to the sci-fi genre, one undeniable gift that the 1960s gave to pop culture was, of course, the original Star Trek in America and, through the BBC in England, Doctor Who. At the same ...

LOS ANGELES — June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in "Lassie" or up in the stratosphere in "Lost In Space," has died. She was 100. Lockhart ...

LOS ANGELES — June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or up in the stratosphere in “Lost in Space,” has died. She was 100. Lockhart ...

June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers, whether at home in “Lassie” or up in the stratosphere in “Lost In Space,” has died. She was 100. Lockhart died ...