June Havoc

June Havoc

Known for

Acting

Born

November 8, 1912

Birthplace

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died

March 28, 2010 (aged 97)

Biography

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 Alexande...

Best known work

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
1984
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lot
1987
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
1963
Can't Stop the Music
Can't Stop the Music
1980
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
1945
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
1950
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
1948
McMillan & Wife
McMillan & Wife
1971

Filmography

  1. 2003

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

    as Self

  2. 1997

    Vaudeville

    as Self

  3. 1987

  4. 1984

    Murder, She WroteTV

    as Thelma Vantay (1 episode), as Lady Abigail Austin (1 episode)

  5. 1980

    Can't Stop the Music

    as Helen Morell

  6. 1980

  7. 1977

  8. 1973

    Nightside

    as Vantura Davis

  9. 1971

  10. 1971

    Great PerformancesTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  11. 1970

  12. 1963

    Burke's LawTV

    as Miranda Forsythe (1 episode)

  13. 1963

    The Outer LimitsTV

    as Karen Thorne (1 episode)

  14. 1962

    The Merv Griffin ShowTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  15. 1961

    The Mike Douglas ShowTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  16. 1957

    Mr. Broadway

    as Trixie Friganza

  17. 1957

  18. 1956

    Three for Jamie Dawn

    as Lorrie Delacourt

  19. 1955

  20. 1954

    WillyTV

    as Wilma 'Willy' Dodger (25 episodes)

  21. 1953

    General Electric TheaterTV

    as Margo (1 episode)

  22. 1952

    Lady Possessed

    as Jean Wilson

  23. 1951

  24. 1950

    Lux Video TheatreTV

    as Millie (1 episode)

  25. 1950

    The Colgate Comedy HourTV

    as Self (1 episode)

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