June Havoc

Biography

June Havoc, born Ellen Evangeline Hovick on November 8, 1912, was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, stage director, and memoirist. She began her career as a child vaudeville performer under her mother's tutelage before transitioning to Broadway and Hollywood, where she also directed productions on and off-Broadway. Havoc's elder sister Louise became the renowned striptease performer Gypsy Rose Lee.