June Havoc (born November 8, 1913)Historylink.org is an American actress, dancer, writer, and theater director. Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother. She later acted on Broadway and in Hollywood, and stage directed (both on and off-Broadway). She last appeared on television in 1990, on General Hospital. She resides in Wilton, Connecticut.[1] "Wilton Collects...Skip Heydt Delights in His Microcosmic World," by Nancy Maar, article in Wilton Magazine, Winter/Spring 2004; accessed on July 3, 2006

Early life and career

She was born Ellen Evangeline Hovick in Vancouver, British Columbia. Some sources indicate that her birth name was Ellen June Hovick. She was actually born in 1913 rather than 1916, which is usually cited as her year of birth. June Havoc's show business career began in her early childhood as "Baby June."
Her older sister, Rose Louise Hovick, best known as Gypsy Rose Lee was known as Louise to her family. Their mother was Rose Thompson Hovick and their father was John Olaf Hovick, a newspaper advertising man.