More Havoc

by June Havoc

June Havoc worked professionally since the age of two. In More Havoc she writes of casting calls, early marriage, modeling, a love affair with an older man, motherhood, her first success on Broadway in Pal Joey, Hollywood movies during World War 11 and life on the Super Chief between on coast and the other.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Memoir

277 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1980

About the author

Birth name Ellen June Evangeline Hovick. Canadian-born American actress, dancer, writer, and stage director.

Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother Rose Thompson Hovick.She later acted on Broadway and in Hollywood, and stage-directed, both on and off-Broadway. She last appeared on television in 1990 in a story arc on the soap opera General Hospital. Her elder sister Louise gravitated to burlesque and became the well-known ecdysiast Gypsy Rose Lee.

Havoc was married three times & has authored books about her life.

Reviews

[Mick Meyers]

not what i expected,it didn't keep my interest and only rated it as two stars.

[Jake Van Hoorn]

A structural mess of a book that reads like an act of revenge against her mother and sister. Essential reading for anyone playing June in a production of Gypsy but otherwise simply a poorly written second memoir that’s largely made up.

[Amy]

I was very excited to read this after having played June in Gypsy many moons ago. But it felt as if no one had ever edited the book. The thoughts were in such disarray that I couldn't finish it.

[Richard]

Interesting actor's memoir. Enjoyed this look into the vaudeville years. The writing was kind of heavy handed.