Editing Gypsy Rose Lee (section)

==Early life==
Rose Louise Hovick was born in [[Seattle]], Washington, on January 8, 1911;<ref name="Abbott1">Karen Abbott (2010) ''American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare, The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee'', New York: Random House; {{ISBN|1-4000-6691-3}}; {{OCLC|608296594}}</ref><ref>[http://www.legacy.com/news/legends-and-legacies/the-untalented-gypsy-rose-lee/430/ Birthdate given as January 8], legacy.com; accessed September 16, 2015.</ref><ref name="Abbott2">{{cite book|last=Abbott|first=Karen|title=American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZjUYn60itMYC&pg=PA405|year=2012|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-0-8129-7851-3|page=405}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|Abbott (2012) presents a photocopy of an apparently non-certified certificate of live birth with some handwritten parts, from the King County Health Department, Record# 193, File # 1388, indicates January 8, 1911, although Lee always gave January 9 as her date of birth.}} however, she always gave January 9 as her date of birth.<ref name="Abbott1"/><ref name="Abbott2"/> She was known as Louise to her family. Her sister, actress [[June Havoc]], was born in 1912. Their mother, [[Rose Thompson Hovick]], forged various birth certificates for each of her daughters—older when needed to evade varying state child labor laws, and younger for reduced or free train fares. The girls were unsure until later in life what their years of birth were.<ref name="Abbott1"/><ref name=vanity/>

Their mother had married [[Norwegian-American]] John Olaf Hovick, a newspaper-advertising salesman and a reporter at ''[[The Seattle Times]]''.<ref>"This is a story of three women whose dreams clashed" (July 16, 1980), ''Boston Globe'', p. 1.</ref><ref>Noralee Frankel (2009) ''Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee'', Oxford University Press US; {{ISBN|978-0-19-536803-1}}<!-- page(s) needed --></ref><ref>Erik Lee Preminger (2004) ''My G-string mother: and home and backstage with Gypsy Rose Lee'', Frog Books; {{ISBN|978-1-58394-096-9}}, p. 186.</ref> They married on May 28, 1910, in Seattle.<ref>King County Department of Executive Services, Records and Licensing Division, Marriage Returns, 1891–1947, Marriage Certificates, 1855–1990, Office of the Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, [http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ Digital Archives], Source: King County Auditor, Marriage Certificates, 1855–1969; Marriage Returns, 1891–1947. King County Archives, Seattle, WA.</ref> They divorced on August 20, 1915.<ref>National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 – March 31, 1925; Roll #: 2708; Volume #: Roll 2708 - Certificates: 513300-513899, February 12–14, 1925; Ancestry.com (U.S. Passport Applications, 1795–1925).</ref> Rose Thompson married her second husband, Judson Brennerman, a traveling salesman, on May 26, 1916, at a Unitarian church in Seattle, with the Rev. J. D. A. Powers officiating.<ref>Ancestry.com. Washington, Marriage Records, 1865–2004 from Washington State Archives. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Archives.</ref>

After Hovick and Brennerman divorced, June supported the family by appearing in [[vaudeville]], being billed "Tiniest Toe Dancer in the World" when she was only {{frac|2|1|2}}.<ref name=vanity/> Rose and June went to Hollywood for two years where June appeared in short films directed by [[Hal Roach]].<ref name=vanity/> Louise was left behind while June and her mother were on the road. She had an elementary education, unlike June who was taught to read by [[stagehand]]s.<ref name=vanity/> Much to her mother's displeasure, June eloped with Bobby Reed, a dancer in their act, in December 1928, after a performance in [[Topeka, Kansas]], at the [[Jayhawk Theatre]] and went on to pursue a brief career in [[marathon dancing]], a more profitable vocation than [[tap dance|tap dancing]].<ref name=vanity>[[Laura Jacobs]] (March 2003) "Taking it all off", ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', Vol. 511, p. 198.</ref>