June Havoc was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, writer, and theater director. Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother. She later acted on Broadway and in Hollywood, and stage directed. She last appeared on television in 1990, on General Hospital. Havoc is also the younger sister of famous stripper Gypsy Rose Lee

She was born as Ellen Evangeline Hovick, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, probably in 1912, although she herself was uncertain of the year, according to The New York Times obituary. Other sources indicate 1913.

Her lifelong career in show business began when she was a child, billed as "Baby June". Her only sibling, Rose Louise Hovick, was called "Louise" by her family members. Their parents were Rose Thompson Hovick and John Olaf Hovick, a Norwegian-American, who worked as a newspaper advertising man.

Following their parents' divorce, the two sisters earned the family's income by appearing in vaudeville where often June's talent overshadowed Louise. Baby June got an audition with Alexander Pantages who had come to Seattle in 1902 to build theaters up and down the West Coast of the United States. Soon, she was launched in vaudeville and also appeared in Hollywood movies. She couldn?t speak until the age of three, but the films were all silent. She would cry for the cameras when her mother told her that the family's dog had died.

June Lockhart is an American actress, primarily in 1950s and 1960s TV, but with memorable performances on stage and in film as well. She is remembered as the mother on two TV series, Lassie and Lost in Space. She also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the hit CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction from 1968-1970.

Born in New York City, Lockhart is the daughter of Canadian-born actor Gene Lockhart, who came to fame on Broadway in 1933 in Ah, Wilderness!, and English-born actress Kathleen Arthur Lockhart. She made her acting debut opposite her parents in A Christmas Carol, in 1938. She also played supporting parts in films including Meet Me in St. Louis, Sergeant York, and The Yearling. In 1946, Lockhart played the title role in She-Wolf of London.

In 1948, Lockhart won a Tony Award for Outstanding Performance by a Newcomer for her role on Broadway in For Love or Money. And in 1951, she starred in Lawrence Riley’s biographical play Kin Hubbard opposite Tom Ewell. In the late 1950s she appeared in several popular television Westerns including: Wagon Train and Cimarron City on NBC and Gunsmoke, Have Gun ? Will Travel, and Rawhide on CBS.

In 1958, she was the narrator for Playhouse 90 ‘s telecast of the George Balanchine version of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, featuring Balanchine himself as Drosselmeyer, along with the New York City Ballet.

Karl Dane was a Danish comedian and actor known for his work in American films, mainly of the silent film era. He worked alongside Rudolph Valentino, John Gilbert, and King Vidor. In 1926, he teamed up with George K. Arthur to form the successful comedy duo Dane & Arthur. At the peak of his career, he was making $1500 a week.

In the 1930s, Dane was forced to quit his film career due to a nervous breakdown and trouble with his heavy accent. Unable to find work in the film industry, he eventually killed himself in 1934. His career decline and death have been cited as an example of the fate that befell many silent film stars who were unable to make the transition to sound films.

Dane was born Rasmus Karl Therkelsen Gottlieb in Turesensgade 23 in central Copenhagen, Denmark to Rasmus Carl Marius Gottlieb and Anne Cathrine Simonsen Gottlieb. He had two brothers: Reinald Marius and Viggo Eiler. His parents? marriage was apparently stormy; with his father having trouble with alcohol and money management. In 1903 Dane’s parents divorced, leaving him in the custody of his mother. His father was a glove maker by trade but enjoyed the theatre. At the turn of the century, he built a toy theatre which people began to pay to see; during this time, Dane and his brother Reinald would perform for the crowds. His father also worked as a curtain puller at the local theatre, to which his two sons accompanied him. Dane later said this would inspire him to act.

In 1900, Dane and his brother apprenticed as machinists, a job he would perform on and off throughout his life. In 1907, he began compulsory military service in the First Artillery Battalion. He was promoted to lance corporal. After being discharged from the military, he married dressmaker Carla Dagmar Hagen on September 10, 1910. The marriage produced two children: Ejlert Carl and Ingeborg Helene. With the outbreak of World War I, Dane was called back to duty. He was eventually promoted to corporal before being discharged in 1915.

Karl Malden was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than seven decades, he featured in classic Marlon Brando films such as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and One-Eyed Jacks. Among other notable film roles were Archie Lee Meighan in Baby Doll, Zebulon Prescott in How the West Was Won and General Omar Bradley in Patton. His best-known role was on television as Lt. Mike Stone on the 1970s crime drama, The Streets of San Francisco. During the 1980s, he was spokesman for American Express Travelers Cheques, reminding cardholders “Don’t leave home without them”.

Malden, the eldest of three brothers, was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Gary, Indiana. His Serbian father, Petar Sekulovi?, worked in the steel mills and as a milkman, and his mother, Minnie Sekulovich, was a Czech seamstress and actress. The Sekulovich family roots trace back to Podosoje near the city of Bile?a in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Malden spoke only the Serbian language until he was in kindergarten, though was fluent till his death. Malden’s father had a passion for music, and organized a choir. As a teenager, Malden joined the Karageorge Choir. In addition, his father produced Serbian plays at his church and taught acting. A young Malden took part in many of these plays, which included a version of Jack and the Beanstalk, but mostly centered on the community’s Serbian heritage. In high school, he was a popular student and the star of the basketball team. He participated in the drama department, and was narrowly elected senior class president. Among other roles, he played Pooh Bah in The Mikado. After graduating from Emerson High School in 1931 with high marks, he briefly planned to leave Gary for Arkansas, where he hoped to win an athletic scholarship, but college officials did not admit him owing to his refusal to play any sport besides basketball. From 1931 until 1934, he worked in the steel mills, as had his father.

He changed his name from Mladen Sekulovich to Karl Malden at age 22. He anglicized his first name by switching the letters “l” and “a” and making it his last name; then he proceeded to take his grandfather’s first name. This was because the first theatre company he was in wanted him to shorten his name for the marquee. He thought they wanted to fire him and were using his name as an excuse, although this was not the case, so he changed it to give them no excuse.

Malden often found ways to say “Sekulovich” in films and television shows in which he appears. For example, as General Omar Bradley in Patton, as his troops slog their way through enemy fire in Sicily, Malden says “Hand me that helmet, Sekulovich” to another soldier. In Dead Ringer, as a police detective in the squad room, Malden tells another detective: “Sekulovich, gimme my hat.” In Fear Strikes Out, Malden, playing Jimmy Piersall’s father John, introduces Jimmy to a baseball scout named Sekulovich. In Birdman of Alcatraz, as a prison warden touring the cell block, Malden recites a list of inmates’ names, including Sekulovich. Malden’s father was not pleased, as he told his son ‘Mladen, no Sekulovich has ever been in prison!’ Perhaps the most notable usage of his real name was in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco. Malden’s character in the program, Mike Stone, employed a legman with that name, who did various errands. Also, in On the Waterfront, in which Malden plays the priest, among the names of the officers of Local 374 called out in the courtroom scene is Mladen Sekulovich, Delegate.

Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress of film, television and stage.

Hepburn holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins with four, from 12 nominations. Hepburn won an Emmy Award in 1976 for her lead role in Love Among the Ruins, and was nominated for four other Emmys, two Tony Awards and eight Golden Globes. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Hepburn as the greatest female star in the history of American cinema.

Hepburn grew elderly and developed essential tremor, a chronic neurological condition that causes involuntary shaking of the head, hands, and feet.

Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the daughter of suffragette Katharine Martha Houghton and Dr. Thomas Norval Hepburn, who was a successful urologist from Virginia with Maryland roots. Her siblings were Thomas Houghton Hepburn, Richard Houghton Hepburn, Robert Houghton Hepburn, Marion Houghton Hepburn Grant and Margaret Houghton Hepburn Perry .