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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.

Known For

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Self

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

5.9

Aunt Clara

A Return to Salem's Lot

1987

7.5

Thelma Vantay

Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

Lady Abigail Austin

Murder, She Wrote

1984

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Helen Morell

Can't Stop the Music

1980

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Self

Magic Night

1980

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Hoover's Mother

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

1977

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Vantura Davis

Nightside

1973

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McMillan & Wife

1971

5.8

Self

Great Performances

1971

Credits

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

as Self

2003

7.0

A Return to Salem's Lot

as Aunt Clara

1987

5.9

Murder, She Wrote

as Thelma Vantay

1984

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Lady Abigail Austin

1984

7.5

Can't Stop the Music

as Helen Morell

1980

5.0

Magic Night

as Self

1980

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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

as Hoover's Mother

1977

4.9

Nightside

as Vantura Davis

1973

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McMillan & Wife

1971

6.9

Great Performances

as Self

1971

5.8

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

as Molly Jeffrys

1970

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Burke's Law

as Miranda Forsythe

1963

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The Outer Limits

as Karen Thorne

1963

7.8

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

1962

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

1961

5.4

Mr. Broadway

1957

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Panic!

1957

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Three for Jamie Dawn

as Lorrie Delacourt

1956

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Matinee Theater

1955

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Willy

as Wilma 'Willy' Dodger

1954

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General Electric Theater

as Margo

1953

6.4

Lady Possessed

as Jean Wilson

1952

5.1

Follow the Sun

as Norma

1951

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Lux Video Theatre

as Millie

1950

6.3

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

1950

6.8

Once a Thief

as Margie Foster

1950

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Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Maggie Roberts

1950

6.2

What's My Line?

as Self

1950

6.9

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Betty MacDonald

1950

5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Linda Duffield

1950

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as Crystal Davis

1950

5.6

Chicago Deadline

as Leona

1949

6.3

The Story of Molly X

as Molly X

1949

4.6

Red, Hot and Blue

as Sandra

1949

5.8

When My Baby Smiles at Me

as Gussie Evans

1948

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Studio One

as Kitty Sharpe

1948

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The Iron Curtain

as Nina Karanova

1948

5.8

Intrigue

as Mme. Tamara Baranoff

1947

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Gentleman's Agreement

as Elaine Wales

1947

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Brewster's Millions

as Trixie Summers

1945

6.8

Casanova in Burlesque

as Lillian Colman

1944

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Timber Queen

as Lil Boggs

1944

5.7

Hi Diddle Diddle

as Leslie Quayle

1943

6.4

No Time for Love

as Darlene

1943

6.8

Hello, Frisco, Hello

as Beulah Clancy

1943

6.3

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

1942

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My Sister Eileen

as Effie Shelton

1942

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Powder Town

as Dolly Smythe

1942

3.5

Sing Your Worries Away

as Roxey Rochelle

1942

5.5

Four Jacks and a Jill

as Opal

1942

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Hey There

as Child

1918

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On the Jump

as Child

1918

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