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Stage Name |
Birth Name | | June Havoc |
Ellen Evangeline
Hovick |
At the age of two, June would work in a few
Harold Lloyd Shorts. Originally a Vaudeville performer by the
age of five and later as "Dainty Baby June and her Newsboy
Songsters" with June as the star and Louise in a supporting
role in a vaudeville act with her mother Rose and older sister
"Gypsy Rose Lee." ( June was sister to the famous
stripper/actress - Gypsy
Rose Lee.)
June would marry one of the performers in the
Baby Jane production by the age of thirteen and left the act.
When she was 17, she started entering Dance
Marathons in San Francisco in 1933 under the name of June
Reed. Later, June would dance in a total of six marathons
and she held the all time marathon record of 3,600 hours ( For
about 5 months) in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1934.
June's mother Rose Thompson-Hovick (father
was John Hovick), was a "Burlesque Queen" herself. June
stopped doing marathons and vaudeville and went on to became a
successful movie Actress, Author as well as a Dancer.
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Birth Place |
Birth Date |
Spouse |
Offspring |
| Vancouver, BC, Canada |
11/8/1913 |
Bobby Reed (1929) |
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Donald S. Gibbs (1935) |
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William Spier (1949) |
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Dance Types |
Dance Partners |
Music Titles |
| Ballroom |
Elmer
"Sparkplug" Dupree |
n/a |
| Tap |
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| Marathon Dancer |
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Night Clubs |
Theaters |
Stage |
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1936
- New Amsterdam |
1933
- Marathon '33 |
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1940
- Ethel Barrymore Theatre |
1936
- Forbidden Melody |
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1944
- Alvin Theatre |
1940
- Pal Joey |
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1944
- Majestic Theatre |
1944
- Mexican Hayride |
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1944
- Winter garden Theatre |
1944
- Sadie Thompson |
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1945
- John Golden Theatre |
1945
- Dunnigan's Daughter |
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1945
- Plymouth Theatre |
1945
- The Ryan Girl |
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1950
- Royale Theatre |
1952
- Affairs of State (2/11/1952) |
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1959
- Helen Hayes Theatre |
1959
- The Warm Peninsula |
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1963
- ANTA Playhouse |
1963
- Marathon 33 |
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1966
- Alvin Theatre |
1966
- Dinner at Eight |
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1975
- Martin Beck Theatre |
1975
- Habeas Corpus |
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1977
- Alvin Theatre |
1977
- Annie |
Films |
Television |
Publications |
| 1941 - Four Jacks
and a Jill |
n/a |
1/1942 - Film Fun |
| 1942 - Sing your
Worries Away |
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1959 - Early Havoc |
| 1942
- Powder Town |
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1980 - "More Hovick" |
| 1942 - My Sister
Eileen |
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???? - NY Times article |
| 1943
- Hello Frisco, Hello [DVD] |
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1998 - Marathon 33 |
| 1943 - No Time
for Love |
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Gypsy: A Memoir |
| 1944 - Timber
Queen |
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| 1945 - Brewster's
Millions |
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| 1947
- Gentleman's Agreement [DVD] |
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| 1948 - When my
Baby Smile at Me |
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| 1949 - Chicago
Deadline |
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| 1950 - Once a
Thief |
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| 1951
- Follow the Sun [DVD] |
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| 1956 - Three for
Jamie Dawn |
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| 1977 - Private
Files of J. Edgar Hoover |
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| The Man With The Big Sombrero |
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| 2003 - Broadway:
The Golden Age, By Those Who Were There |
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- NOTE: Last Name sometimes spelt: Hovic, Havoc, Hovick
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