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June Havoc

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Actor 1912–2010 On stage 19361987

June Havoc (born Ellen Evangeline Hovick; November 8, 1912 – March 28, 2010) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, stage director and memoirist. Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother Rose Thompson Hovick, born Rose Evangeline Thompson. June later acted on Broadway and in Hollywood, and stage-directed, both on and off-Broadway. She last acted on television in 1990 in a story arc on the soap opera General Hospital, and she last appeared on television as herself in interviews in the "Vaudeville" episode of American Masters in 1997 and in "The Rodgers & Hart: Thou Swell, Thou Witty" episode of Great Performances in 1999. Her elder sister Louise gravitate…

On stage 15 productions, 51 years

1936 Forbidden Melody New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Macklin Megley 32 perf.
1940 Pal Joey Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 374 perf.
1944 Mexican Hayride Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Hassard Short, John Kennedy 481 perf.
1944 Sadie Thompson Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Caton 60 perf.
1945 Dream Girl Coronet Theatre · Original 348 perf.
1945 Dunnigan's Daughter John Golden Theatre · Original · directed by Elia Kazan 38 perf.
1945 The Ryan Girl Plymouth Theatre · Original 48 perf.
1950 Affairs of State Royale Theatre · Original 610 perf.
1958 The Infernal Machine Phoenix Theatre · Original · directed by Herbert Berghof 40 perf.
1959 The Beaux Stratagem Phoenix Theatre · Revival · directed by Stuart Vaughan 16 perf.
1959 The Warm Peninsula Helen Hayes Theatre · Original · directed by Warren Enters 86 perf.
1966 Dinner at Eight Alvin Theatre · Revival · directed by Tyrone Guthrie 127 perf.
1975 Habeas Corpus Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Dunlop 95 perf.
1977 Annie Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Martin Charnin 2,377 perf.
1987 Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott! Palace Theatre · Original · directed by Fritz Holt 1 perf.

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Worked with more than once9 names

William A Lee 2 productions
Van Johnson 2 productions
Tom Bosley 2 productions
Keene Curtis 2 productions
Dorothy Loudon 2 productions
Claire Anderson 2 productions
Celeste Holm 2 productions
Arthur Gondra 2 productions
Arlene Francis 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • I was connected to this story in a very special way. The last actress to play Miss Hannigan on Broadway was June Havoc, Gypsy Rose Lee’s sister. In the early 1980s she was in her mid-sixties, but she could still sing, dance, and tell a joke like no one’s business. Coming into the company of any established show is hard, but I had heard th…ebooks/Berloni, Bill/Broadway Tails_ Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars - Bill Berloni & Jim Hanrahan.txt
  • When I remember Gypsy , I remember two great ladies, June Havoc and Bernadette Peters, and how their love for animals continues to inspire me.ebooks/Berloni, Bill/Broadway Tails_ Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars - Bill Berloni & Jim Hanrahan.txt
  • As the musical neared its Philadelphia opening, David Merrick hadn’t been able to clear the legal rights to use June Havoc’s name. In a letter to the author, Sondheim notes that Havoc refused to be portrayed beyond the age of nine and so the name of Claire was substituted for June because Havoc threatened to sue if Merrick didn’t settle w…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Bobby Clark, June Havoc, George Givot, Wilbur Evans, Luba Malina, Corinna Mura, Paul Haakon, Edith Meiser, Bill Callahan, Candy Jonesebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Mexican Hayride . Bobby Clark (in his squaw disguise) and June Havoc culting up during the “Count Your Blessings” number.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • A : The aptly named June Havoc, the former Dainty June and Mama Rose’s real-life daughter, did when the 1944 musical Sadie Thompson closed prematurely. The closing notice went up on New Year’s Eve. She recalled: “[A.P. Waxman] was a little man; everyone loathed him. On closing night, he called the cast out onto the stage. I did not come o…ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt

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