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June Havoc

June Havoc

Birthday: 1912-11-08 | Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1987
A Return to Salem's Lot

as    Aunt Clara

1954
Willy

as    Wilma 'Willy' Dodger

1952
Lady Possessed

as    Jean Wilson

1950
Once a Thief

as    Margie Foster

1949
Chicago Deadline

as    Leona

1949
The Story of Molly X

as    Molly X

1949
Red Hot and Blue

as    Sandra

1948
The Iron Curtain

as    Nina Karanova

1947
Gentleman's Agreement

as    Elaine Wales

1947
Intrigue

as    Mme. Tamara Baranoff

1943
Hello, Frisco, Hello

as    Beulah Clancy

1943
Hi Diddle Diddle

as    Leslie Quayle

1942
My Sister Eileen

as    Effie Shelton

1942
Four Jacks and a Jill

as    Opal