June Havoc was a leading star on the vaudeville stage, billed as Baby June while performing as a child. She later had a long career in Hollywood, appearing in films and television.
She was born Ellen Evangeline Hovick in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on November 8, 1912. She and her older sister, Louise, were trained as performers from an early age by their overbearing stage mother, Rose Thompson Hovick. June abandoned the act as a teenager, running off to get married. Louise achieved fame on the burlesque circuit as stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.
June resumed her acting career on stage in the late 1930s, and was soon appearing in films. She starred with Victor McLaglen in the light sci-fi film Powder Town in 1942. She also starred in the 1951 psychological thriller Lady Possessed with James Mason.
She was displeased with the way she was depicted in her sister’s 1957 memoir Gypsy, which also...
She was born Ellen Evangeline Hovick in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on November 8, 1912. She and her older sister, Louise, were trained as performers from an early age by their overbearing stage mother, Rose Thompson Hovick. June abandoned the act as a teenager, running off to get married. Louise achieved fame on the burlesque circuit as stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.
June resumed her acting career on stage in the late 1930s, and was soon appearing in films. She starred with Victor McLaglen in the light sci-fi film Powder Town in 1942. She also starred in the 1951 psychological thriller Lady Possessed with James Mason.
She was displeased with the way she was depicted in her sister’s 1957 memoir Gypsy, which also...
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