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June Havoc
Actor
Born November 8, 1912Died March 28, 2010 (97 years)
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. 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.
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. 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.
Filmography
| 1987 | A Return to Salem's Lot · as Aunt Clara |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Thelma Vantay |
| 1980 | Can't Stop the Music · as Helen Morell |
| 1978 | The Paper Chase (TV Series) · as Mrs. Margaret Peters |
| 1977 | The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover · as Hoover's Mother |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Miranda Forsythe |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) · as Karen Thorne |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Madeline Markham |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Sally Kansas |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Panic (TV Series) |
| 1956 | The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV Series) · as Lorraine Gay |
| 1956 | Three for Jamie Dawn · as Lorrie Delacourt |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Molly Jeffrys |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Trixie Friganza |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Lil Anders |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Margo |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as (segment "happy Birthday, Aunt Sarah") |
| 1952 | Lady Possessed · as Jean Wilson |
| 1951 | Celanese Theatre (TV Series) · as Anna Christie |
| 1951 | Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Zophie |
| 1951 | Follow the Sun · as Norma |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Daisy Mayme Plunkett |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Millie |
| 1950 | Once a Thief · as Margie Foster |
| 1950 | Mother Didn't Tell Me · as Maggie Roberts |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Betty Macdonald |
| 1949 | Chicago Deadline · as Leona |
| 1949 | The Story of Molly X · as Molly X |
| 1949 | Red, Hot and Blue · as Sandra |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | When My Baby Smiles at Me · as Gussie Evans |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Kitty Sharpe |
| 1948 | The Iron Curtain · as Nina Karanova |
| 1947 | Gentleman's Agreement · as Elaine Wales |
| 1947 | Intrigue · as Mme. Tamara Baranoff |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Mary Carpenter |
| 1945 | Brewster's Millions · as Trixie Summers |
| 1944 | Timber Queen · as Lil Boggs |
| 1943 | Hi Diddle Diddle · as Leslie Quayle |
| 1943 | No Time for Love · as Darlene |
| 1943 | Hello Frisco, Hello · as Beulah Clancy |
| 1942 | My Sister Eileen · as Effie Shelton |
| 1942 | Powder Town · as Dolly Smythe |
| 1942 | Sing Your Worries Away · as Roxey Rochelle |
| 1942 | Four Jacks and a Jill · as Opal |