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name: "June Havoc"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 November 1912"
died: "28 March 2010"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-20T01:42:06.791468+00:00"
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# June Havoc

Actor. Born 8 November 1912 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Died 28 March 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 November 1912, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **Died:** 28 March 2010
- **Also known as:**  June Hovick, June Hovik, Ellen Evangeline Hovick
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Havoc, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239864, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0369896/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41255

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947), Fi1m 64, as Elaine Wales — [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemans-agreement.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Return to Salem's Lot* (1987), as Aunt Clara
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Thelma Vantay, Lady Abigail Austin
- *Can't Stop the Music* (1980), as Helen Morell
- *The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover* (1977), as Hoover's Mother
- *Nightside* (1973), as Vantura Davis
- *McMillan & Wife* (1971), series, Actor
- *The Boy Who Stole the Elephant* (1970), as Molly Jeffrys
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Miranda Forsythe
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Karen Thorne
- *Mr. Broadway* (1957), Actor
- *Panic!* (1957), series, Actor
- *Three for Jamie Dawn* (1956), as Lorrie Delacourt
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *Willy* (1954), series, as Wilma 'Willy' Dodger
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Margo
- *Lady Possessed* (1952), as Jean Wilson
- *Follow the Sun* (1951), as Norma
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Millie
- *Once a Thief* (1950), as Margie Foster
- *Mother Didn't Tell Me* (1950), as Maggie Roberts
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Betty MacDonald, Linda Duffield, Crystal Davis
- *Chicago Deadline* (1949), as Leona
- *The Story of Molly X* (1949), as Molly X
- *Red, Hot and Blue* (1949), as Sandra
- *When My Baby Smiles at Me* (1948), as Gussie Evans
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Kitty Sharpe
- *The Iron Curtain* (1948), as Nina Karanova
- *Intrigue* (1947), as Mme. Tamara Baranoff
- *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947), as Elaine Wales — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemans-agreement.md)
- *Brewster's Millions* (1945), as Trixie Summers
- *Casanova in Burlesque* (1944), as Lillian Colman
- *Timber Queen* (1944), as Lil Boggs
- *Hi Diddle Diddle* (1943), as Leslie Quayle
- *No Time for Love* (1943), as Darlene
- *Hello, Frisco, Hello* (1943), as Beulah Clancy
- *Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6* (1942), Actor
- *My Sister Eileen* (1942), as Effie Shelton
- *Powder Town* (1942), as Dolly Smythe
- *Sing Your Worries Away* (1942), as Roxey Rochelle
- *Four Jacks and a Jill* (1942), as Opal
- *Hey There* (1918), as Child
- *On the Jump* (1918), as Child

## Gallery

- ![June Havoc](https://film.one/media/person/1235579/gallery-845f30d2d908.jpg) June Havoc — Theater World magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/June_Havoc_-_1950s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of June Havoc promoting her appearance in a 1952 play.](https://film.one/media/person/1235579/gallery-4ca45a435cc8.jpg) Photo of June Havoc promoting her appearance in a 1952 play. — Photographer-Vandamm, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/June_Havoc_1952.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![This is a publicity photograph of June Havoc in an episode of "The Outer Limits" in 1964 used to promote the program.](https://film.one/media/person/1235579/gallery-1ce2540851fb.jpg) This is a publicity photograph of June Havoc in an episode of "The Outer Limits" in 1964 used to promote the program. — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/June_Havoc_photo_from_Outer_Limits_in_1964.jpg/1280px-June_Havoc_photo_from_Outer_Limits_in_1964.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 1964: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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