June Havoc (born Ellen June Evangeline Hovick), was a Canadian American actress, dancer, writer, and stage director.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/2003
A Return to Salem's Lot
Character:Aunt Clara
Release Date:11/09/1987
Can't Stop the Music
Character:Helen Morell
Release Date:20/06/1980
Magic Night
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/1980
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Character:Hoover's Mother
Release Date:01/12/1977
Nightside
Character:Vantura Davis
Release Date:15/04/1973
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Character:Molly Jeffrys
Release Date:20/09/1970
Mr. Broadway
Character:
Release Date:11/05/1957
Three for Jamie Dawn
Character:Lorrie Delacourt
Release Date:08/07/1956
Lady Possessed
Character:Jean Wilson
Release Date:26/01/1952
Follow the Sun
Character:Norma
Release Date:22/05/1951
Once a Thief
Character:Margie Foster
Release Date:07/07/1950
Mother Didn't Tell Me
Character:Maggie Roberts
Release Date:03/03/1950
Chicago Deadline
Character:Leona
Release Date:03/11/1949
The Story of Molly X
Character:Molly X
Release Date:01/11/1949
Red, Hot and Blue
Character:Sandra
Release Date:05/09/1949
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Character:Gussie Evans
Release Date:10/11/1948
The Iron Curtain
Character:Nina Karanova
Release Date:16/06/1948
Intrigue
Character:Mme. Tamara Baranoff
Release Date:06/12/1947
Gentleman's Agreement
Character:Elaine Wales
Release Date:11/11/1947
Brewster's Millions
Character:Trixie Summers
Release Date:07/04/1945
Casanova in Burlesque
Character:Lillian Colman
Release Date:19/02/1944
Timber Queen
Character:Lil Boggs
Release Date:13/01/1944
Hi Diddle Diddle
Character:Leslie Quayle
Release Date:02/08/1943
No Time for Love
Character:Darlene
Release Date:09/04/1943
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Character:Beulah Clancy
Release Date:26/03/1943
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Character:
Release Date:05/10/1942
My Sister Eileen
Character:Effie Shelton
Release Date:24/09/1942
Powder Town
Character:Dolly Smythe
Release Date:07/06/1942
Sing Your Worries Away
Character:Roxey Rochelle
Release Date:06/03/1942
Four Jacks and a Jill
Character:Opal
Release Date:23/01/1942
Hey There
Character:Child
Release Date:28/04/1918
On the Jump
Character:Child
Release Date:31/03/1918
Television Appearances
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Thelma Vantay
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Lady Abigail Austin
McMillan & Wife
Character:
Great Performances
Character:Self
Burke's Law
Character:Miranda Forsythe
The Outer Limits
Character:Karen Thorne
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Panic!
Character:
Matinee Theater
Character:
Willy
Character:Wilma 'Willy' Dodger
General Electric Theater
Character:Margo
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Millie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Betty MacDonald
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Linda Duffield
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Crystal Davis
Studio One
Character:Kitty Sharpe
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