June Havoc was the younger sister of famed stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. She was photographed in 1983.
Havoc, the younger sister of famed stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, never reached the fame of her sister, but had a varied, successful theater career that stretched from 1918 into the next century. 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. It 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 play was based on a memoir of the older daughter, Louise, who grew up to be Gypsy Rose Lee. Havoc made no effort to obstruct the show, though she detested it. “It meant so much to (Gypsy), her precious illusion; it made her into an ingenue at last,” Havoc remarked bitterly in 1998. “And I loved my si …
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