JUNE HAVOC- The "real" Baby June portrayed in the Broadway Musical "Gypsy." Also: Hollywood Actress in "Gentleman's Agreement" (Academy Award for Best Picture in 1947) SIGNED Vintage 3 x 5 Index Card.

Listing includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA) by James Spence Authentication (JSA)  included.
The $20 Fee for the COA was PREPAID

PLEASE NOTE: The 20 PHOTOS ARE NOT for sale. They're only shown as a visual reference for the listing. They include: a variety of publicity stills, movie and stage posters (the original poster from "Gypsy"), a photo of her sister Gypsy Rose Lee, Havoc with Gregory Peck (Gentleman's Agreement"), Havoc with the Broadway cast of "Annie," Havoc performing the role of Mrs. Lovett in the musical "Sweeney Todd" and the cover from her first book "Early Havoc."

The card will be protected with cardboard and bubble wrap. It will be shipped with USPS First Class Mail.

ABOUT THE AUTOGRAPHED CARD-
June Havoc signed the card in 1969. She was working in New York and promoting her book "Early Havoc." My Aunt and Uncle (who were eager autograph hunters) saw her in the audience at a Broadway play and asked for her autograph.

ABOUT JUNE HAVOC-
June Havoc (1912 – 2010) was a Canadian American actress, dancer, stage director and writer. June's childhood story, during the early days of vaudeville as Baby June, was immortalized in the Broadway musical "Gypsy." She was the "real" younger sister of the well-known stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. " The musical "Gypsy" portrayed June and her older sister (Louise) as they were raised in the world of show business by their ambitious mother Rose. Mama "Rose" was played on Broadway by Ethel Merman and actress Rosalind Russell in the 1962 film version. The movie also starred Natalie Wood in the role of "Gypsy."

With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents,  "Gypsy" is considered one of the best musicals ever written. The 1959 show has been revived several times since, with stars Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Tyne Daly and Patti Lupone. The plot focuses on the archetypal stage mother, Mama Rose, who ferociously pushes her daughter "Baby June" into vaudeville stardom at age 6 while her older sister struggles to compete.The musical play was based on
a memoir of the older daughter, Louise, who grew up to be Gypsy Rose Lee. June Havoc made no effort to obstruct the show, but she hated it. In 1998, Havoc bitterly said "It meant so much to (Gypsy), her precious illusion; it made her into an ingenue at last.
I loved my sister, but loathed her life." June Havoc defended their Mama Rose. "Mother was very prim, and she was tiny and lovely with big blue eyes. She was endearing and alluring beyond belief. If she had drive and ambition, what's wrong with that?"

In her later career, June Havoc became successful on both the stage and screen. While she never reached the fame of her sister, Havoc had a varied, successful theater career that stretched from 1918 into the next century. She made her professional debut at the age of 2 and worked in silent films. At the age of 5, June was a headliner in vaudeville, earning $1500 a week. After
the demise of vaudeville and during the Depression,she worked as a model and made her Broadway debut in 1936. She was a statuesque blond beauty and began appearing in Broadway plays and musicals. In 1940, Havoc's performance  in "Pal Joey" brought her to Hollywood. She did feature roles in 26 films including "My Sister Eileen," "Hello, Frisco Hello" with Alice Faye), "Intrigue" (with George Raft), Gentleman's Agreement" (Best Picture in 1947 with Gregory Peck) and "Red Hot and Blue." But Havoc's major forte was the stage. She appeared in more than a dozen productions on Broadway, including Cole Porter's "Mexican Hayride" and "Sadie Thompson" (both in 1944) Her last role  on Broadway was in the 1980s, when she played the evil Miss Hannigan in "Annie." On TV, Havoc also appeared as herself in  "Great Performances" and in a role on
the soap opera "General Hospital."

In 1963, Havoc wrote and directed a Broadway play about her experience, "Marathon '33." The play got her nominated for a Tony Award, along with actress Julie Harris, who starred as a young vaudevillian named June. She also wrote 2 memoirs: "Early Havoc" (1969) and "More Havoc" (1980). Havoc died in 2010 at the age of 97.