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June Havoc
June Havoc (1912-2010) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, writer, and stage director.
Born Ellen June Evangeline Hovick on November 8, 1912 in Vancouver, British Columb...visualizza altroJune Havoc (1912-2010) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, writer, and stage director.
Born Ellen June Evangeline Hovick on November 8, 1912 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, she made her professional debut at the age of two, on her toes, her first Hollywood movie at three. At five she was headlining in vaudeville as “Dainty Baby June” (alongside her sister Louise, later known as the Doll Girl, and then Gipsy Rose Lee). She first achieved stardom on Broadway in the musical-comedy version of John O’Hara’s Pal Joey, becoming in constant demand in New York, Hollywood, and London.
New York theatergoers saw her in title roles in The Ryan Girl, Elmer Rice’s Dream Girl, S. N. Behrman’s Dunnigan’s Daughter, Rouben Mamoulian’s Sadie Thompson, and Michael Todd’s Mexican Hayride.
In 1957 Havoc won critical acclaim for her performance as Jocasta in Jean Cocteau’s The Infernal Machine at New York’s Phoenix Theatre, and as Titania in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut. On television, in addition to appearing in her own series, Willy, she starred in adaptations of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie, W. Somerset Maugham’s Cakes and Ale, and a dozen other dramas.
June Havoc was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960: one at 6618 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to the motion picture industry, and the other at 6413 Hollywood Boulevard for television. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 1964 for Marathon ‘33, which she wrote. She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2000.
June Havoc died in Stamford, Connecticut on March 28, 2010, aged 97.visualizza meno