June Havoc
June Havoc (born Ellen Evangeline Hovick; November 8, 1912 – March 28, 2010) was an American actress, dancer, stage director and memoirist.
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Havoc c. 1944 | |
| Born | Ellen Evangeline Hovick November 8, 1912 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | March 28, 2010 (aged 97) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1918–1995 |
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| Spouse(s) | Bobby Reed (a.k.a. Weldon Hyde) (m. 1928; div. 193?) Donald S. Gibbs
(m. 1935; div. 1942)William Spier
(m. 1948; died 1973) |
| Children | 1 |
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| Relatives | Gypsy Rose Lee (sister) |
| Awards | Hollywood Walk of Fame |
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Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother Rose Thompson Hovick, born Rose Evangeline Thompson. 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 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.