June Havoc

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

51

Gender

Female

Birthday

1912-11-08

Day of death

2010-03-28 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

June Havoc

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 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

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • McMillan & Wife

    McMillan & Wife

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

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

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

  • The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

    The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

  • Panic!

    Panic!

  • Follow the Sun

    Follow the Sun

  • Once a Thief

    Once a Thief

  • Chicago Deadline

    Chicago Deadline

  • The Iron Curtain

    The Iron Curtain

  • The Story of Molly X

    The Story of Molly X

  • Mr. Broadway

    Mr. Broadway

  • Hey There

    Hey There

  • Sing Your Worries Away

    Sing Your Worries Away

  • Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

  • The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

    The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

  • No Time for Love

    No Time for Love

  • Timber Queen

    Timber Queen

  • Hello, Frisco, Hello

    Hello, Frisco, Hello

  • A Return to Salem's Lot

    A Return to Salem's Lot

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • When My Baby Smiles at Me

    When My Baby Smiles at Me

  • Mother Didn't Tell Me

    Mother Didn't Tell Me

  • Lady Possessed

    Lady Possessed

  • My Sister Eileen

    My Sister Eileen

  • Brewster's Millions

    Brewster's Millions

  • Gentleman's Agreement

    Gentleman's Agreement

  • Intrigue

    Intrigue

  • Hi Diddle Diddle

    Hi Diddle Diddle

  • Powder Town

    Powder Town

  • Willy

    Willy

  • Four Jacks and a Jill

    Four Jacks and a Jill

  • Three for Jamie Dawn

    Three for Jamie Dawn

  • Can't Stop the Music

    Can't Stop the Music

  • Magic Night

    Magic Night

  • Red, Hot and Blue

    Red, Hot and Blue

  • Casanova in Burlesque

    Casanova in Burlesque

  • Nightside

    Nightside

  • On the Jump

    On the Jump