R.I.P.
Actress June Havoc passed away on Sunday at her home in Stamford, Connecticut due to natural causes.
She was a former child vaudeville star, whose life with her sister Gypsy Rose Lee and overbearing stage mother was portrayed in the musical Gypsy.
When June was 2, she was playing the circuit and billed as the "Tiniest Toe Dancer in the World." As she got older, her mother kept her in the same act and in at attempt to move on, June married a boy from the act.
She was just a teenager and entered dance marathons to survive. Havoc went on to star in Four Jacks and a Jill, My Sister Eileen, Gentleman's Agreement, Pal Joey and The June Havoc Show.
June even received a Tony nomination for best director in a play she also wrote, Marathon '33.
She was 97-years-old.
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Pete And Kerry, Famewhoring Together!
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OMG! Did they find drugs at the scene?!?!
May she rest in peace… but absolutelly those 97 years were well lived.
June Havoc and Vera-Ellen they don't make them like they used to!
wow she must have lived a long interesting life
Thanks Perez for still recognizing old time stars that pass. She and those of her era when things were simpler will be missed.
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Great name.
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she's hot for 97!
Wow, finally a mention of the real Hollywood the way it was. Not akk the wannabe reality stars. Thank you. I sure bet she was an interesting woman with many stories to tell.
Rest in Peace… God knows you earned a long rest.
Someone already said it, but thanks from me too, for letting us know about those that paved the way in Hollywood. I don't know if they were more classy (probably) than today's stars but I like to think they were.
Very interesting life! RIP!
Re: Paris France – She certainly did! Good to see you! ox SP
Hello everybody my names June… what's yours!!!!
Re: Pee-Riz – Just Redbull and estrogen.
So she isn't gay? How did this make it onto your site then?
awww R*I*P
kudos, perez. old hollywood and vaudeville deserves the celebration that your millions of hits brings.
VALE june havoc.
i love old movies and my sister eileen was a favorite. rip and deepest
sympathy to her family.
Nice to know that she was able to die at home
and be surrounded by all the things she so loved
Beautiful and highly talented woman! A good life lived!
Actors and actresses of those days were multi-talented (singing, dancing, acting) which isn't as prominent in the actors and actresses of today, one exception, of course is the gorgeous and multi-talented, Hugh Jackman….love him! 