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June Havoc
Actor

June Havoc

8 Nov 1912Born
28 Mar 2010Died
97Age at death
42Credits

Biography

June Havoc (born Ellen June Evangeline Hovick), was a Canadian American actress, dancer, writer, and stage director.

Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother Rose Thompson Hovick. She later acted on Broadway and in Hollywood, and stage-directed, both on and off-Broadway. She last appeared on television in 1990 in a story arc on the soap opera General Hospital. Her elder sister Louise gravitated to burlesque and became the well-known striptease performer Gypsy Rose Lee.

Following their parents' divorce, the two sisters earned the family's income by appearing in vaudeville, where June's talent often overshadowed Louise's.

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Baby June got an audition with Alexander Pantages, who had come to Seattle, Washington in 1902 to build theaters up and down the west coast of the United States. Soon, she was launched in vaudeville and also appeared in Hollywood movies. She could not speak until the age of three, but the films were all silent. She would cry for the cameras when her mother told her that the family's dog had died.

In December 1928, Havoc, in an effort to escape her overbearing mother, eloped with Bobby Reed, a boy in the vaudeville act. Weeks later after performing at the Jayhawk Theatre in Topeka, Kansas, Rose reported Reed to the Topeka Police, and he was arrested. Rose had a concealed gun on her when she met Bobby at the police station. She pulled the trigger, but the safety was on. She then physically attacked her soon-to-be new son-in-law, and the police had to pry her off the hapless Reed. June soon married him, leaving both her family and the act. The marriage did not last, but the two remained on friendly terms. June's only child was a daughter, born April Rose Hyde. A marriage license, dated November 30, 1928 for Ellen Hovick and Weldon Hyde, would seem to indicate that Bobby Reed's real name was Weldon Hyde. April became an actress in the 1950s known as April Kent. She predeceased her mother, dying in Paris in 1998.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1987A Return to Salem's LotFilm: Aunt Clara
  2. 1984Murder, She WroteSeries: Thelma Vantay, Lady Abigail Austin (1 episode)
  3. 1980Can't Stop the MusicFilm: Helen Morell
  4. 1977The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverFilm: Hoover's Mother
  5. 1973NightsideFilm: Vantura Davis
  6. 1971McMillan & WifeSeries (1 episode)
  7. 1970The Boy Who Stole the ElephantFilm: Molly Jeffrys
  8. 1963Burke's LawSeries: Miranda Forsythe (1 episode)
  9. 1963The Outer LimitsSeries: Karen Thorne (1 episode)
  10. 1957Mr. BroadwayFilm: Trixie Friganza
  11. 1957Panic!Series (1 episode)
  12. 1956Three for Jamie DawnFilm: Lorrie Delacourt
  13. 1955Matinee TheaterSeries (1 episode)
  14. 1954WillySeries: Wilma 'Willy' Dodger (25 episodes)
  15. 1953General Electric TheaterSeries: Margo (1 episode)
  16. 1952Lady PossessedFilm: Jean Wilson
  17. 1951Follow the SunFilm: Norma
  18. 1950Lux Video TheatreSeries: Millie (1 episode)
  19. 1950Once a ThiefFilm: Margie Foster
  20. 1950Mother Didn't Tell MeFilm: Maggie Roberts
  21. 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries: Betty MacDonald, Linda Duffield, Crystal Davis (1 episode)
  22. 1949Chicago DeadlineFilm: Leona
  23. 1949The Story of Molly XFilm: Molly X
  24. 1949Red, Hot and BlueFilm: Sandra
  25. 1948When My Baby Smiles at MeFilm: Gussie Evans
  26. 1948Studio OneSeries: Kitty Sharpe (1 episode)
  27. 1948The Iron CurtainFilm: Nina Karanova
  28. 1947IntrigueFilm: Mme. Tamara Baranoff
  29. 1947Gentleman's AgreementFilm: Elaine Wales
  30. 1945Brewster's MillionsFilm: Trixie Summers
  31. 1944Casanova in BurlesqueFilm: Lillian Colman
  32. 1944Timber QueenFilm: Lil Boggs
  33. 1943Hi Diddle DiddleFilm: Leslie Quayle
  34. 1943No Time for LoveFilm: Darlene
  35. 1943Hello, Frisco, HelloFilm: Beulah Clancy
  36. 1942Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6Film
  37. 1942My Sister EileenFilm: Effie Shelton
  38. 1942Powder TownFilm: Dolly Smythe
  39. 1942Sing Your Worries AwayFilm: Roxey Rochelle
  40. 1942Four Jacks and a JillFilm: Opal
  41. 1918Hey ThereFilm: Child
  42. 1918On the JumpFilm: Child

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