June Havoc

Not to be confused with June Haver.

June Havoc
Havoc c. 1944
Born
Ellen Evangeline Hovick

(1912-11-08)November 8, 1912[1]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DiedMarch 28, 2010(2010-03-28) (aged 97)
Stamford, Connecticut, US
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
  • stage director
  • memoirist
  • playwright
Years active1918–1997
Known for
Spouse(s)Bobby Reed (a.k.a. Weldon Hyde)
(m. 1928; div. 193?)
Donald S. Gibbs
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(m. 1935; div. 1942)​

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(m. 1948; died 1973)​
Children1
MotherRose Thompson Hovick
RelativesGypsy Rose Lee (sister)
AwardsAmerican Theater Hall of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Signature

June Havoc (born Ellen Evangeline Hovick;[2] November 8, 1912 – March 28, 2010)[3][4] was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, stage director and memoirist.[5]

Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother Rose Thompson Hovick, born Rose Evangeline Thompson.[6] June later acted on Broadway and in Hollywood, and stage-directed, both on and off-Broadway. She last acted on television in 1990 in a story arc on the soap opera General Hospital, and she last appeared on television as herself in interviews in the "Vaudeville" episode of American Masters in 1997 [7] and in "The Rodgers & Hart: Thou Swell, Thou Witty" episode of Great Performances in 1999. Her elder sister Louise gravitated to burlesque and became the well-known striptease performer Gypsy Rose Lee.

  1. ^ Many sources cite 1913 but Havoc in her late years endorsed the earlier year, although a copy of her birth certificate has not been made available.
  2. ^ Ancestry Library Edition[verification needed]
  3. ^ Beck, Kathrine K. (April 8, 2004). "Historylink.org". Historylink.org. Archived from the original on December 23, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  4. ^ Frankel, Noralee (2009). Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-536803-1. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYTobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ McLellan, Dennis (March 29, 2010). "Los Angeles Times obituary". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  7. ^ Vaudeville episode, American Masters(1999) Winstar TV & Video dvd WHE73060 accessed on August 19, 2020.