Biography
June Havoc (born Ellen Evangeline Hovick) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer and stage director. She began performing as a child in vaudeville under her mother Rose Thompson Hovick and later appeared on Broadway and in Hollywood films. She also directed for the stage, both on and off-Broadway.
Havoc is known for her role as Elaine Wales in the film Gentleman's Agreement (1947). Other screen credits include Brewster's Millions (1945), Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) and When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948). On television she appeared in series such as The Outer Limits (1963) and Murder, She Wrote (1984), with her final acting role in a 1990 story arc on the soap opera General Hospital.
Her elder sister Louise became the burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee. Havoc wrote memoirs including Early Havoc (1959) and More Havoc (1980). She died in Stamford, Connecticut, on 28 March 2010.
