June Squibb, the acclaimed stage and screen actress who earned an Academy Awards nomination and worked alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, was recently seen enjoying a rare outing in Los Angeles.
The 96-year-old performer appeared in good spirits during the weekend sighting, smiling warmly before stepping into the passenger seat of a waiting vehicle.
Squibb first began her career in entertainment during the early 1950s on stage before eventually making her way to New York’s theater scene. Her passion for performing led her to Broadway, where she built a strong reputation through a number of productions.
Her transition to film came much later in life. Squibb made her big-screen debut in the 1990 romantic comedy Alice, written and directed by Woody Allen.
Over the decades, she has shared the screen with an impressive list of Hollywood stars, including Brad Pitt, Daniel Day-Lewis, Mia Farrow and Al Pacino.
One of her most celebrated performances came in the 2013 drama Nebraska, in which she starred opposite Bruce Dern and Will Forte. Her portrayal earned widespread praise from critics and led to numerous award nominations, including nods at the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
During her recent daytime outing, Squibb opted for a relaxed yet stylish look, wearing a bright red top paired with black trousers. She completed the outfit with a long gold necklace before climbing into a silver truck that took her to her next destination.
Born in November 1929 in Vandalia, Illinois, Squibb later moved to Ohio in 1951, where she performed at the Cleveland Play House.
Her theater career soon expanded to New York. In 1958 she appeared in the off-Broadway musical The Boy Friend, and a year later she stepped into the role of Electra in the Broadway production Gypsy: A Musical Fable at the Broadway Theatre.
Reflecting on that production in a past interview with The Guardian, Squibb said she had always admired the show, particularly the legendary performance of Ethel Merman.
She later returned to Broadway in 1968 with the musical The Happy Time and continued appearing in numerous stage productions throughout the 1970s.
More recently, she took the stage in the Broadway play Marjorie Prime, where she performed alongside Cynthia Nixon, Danny Burstein and Christopher Lowell at the Helen Hayes Theater. The production ran from December until February 15.
In the play, Squibb portrayed an elderly woman navigating memory loss in a future shaped by artificial intelligence.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times last year, Squibb reflected on her lifelong dedication to acting.
“I’ve always said that I knew from the moment I came into the world that I was meant to be an actress,” she explained.
Although she spent decades on stage, Squibb didn’t begin appearing regularly in film and television until later in life. After her debut in Alice, she went on to appear in films such as Scent of a Woman with Pacino and Chris O’Donnell, and The Age of Innocence alongside Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder and Michelle Pfeiffer.
In 1998 she appeared in Meet Joe Black with Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.
Throughout the 2000s she made guest appearances in television series such as Two and a Half Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ghost Whisperer and Cold Case. She also played Pearl in more than 20 episodes of the long-running soap opera The Young and the Restless.
In recent years, Squibb has remained active in the entertainment industry. She appeared in projects such as Toy Story 4, Thelma, Inside Out 2 and the upcoming animated sequel Zootopia 2.
She also took on a leading role in Eleanor the Great, the 2025 directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson.
Looking back on her career during an interview with AARP, Squibb said she has no regrets about beginning her film career later in life, explaining that her many years in theater were deeply fulfilling.
As she approaches her 97th birthday, the veteran actress has no plans to slow down. Speaking to Bustle earlier this year, she admitted that aging has changed her physically, but her passion for performing remains strong.
“I still get excited when I read a script,” she said.
Squibb continues to stay busy with new projects, including the upcoming short film It Happened One Night, proving that her love for acting remains as strong as ever.
