Editing June Havoc (section)

===Vaudeville===
[[File:June Havoc photo of Ms. Havoc as Baby June from 1916-17 lg.jpg|thumb|left|Baby June {{circa|1916–1917}}]][[File:DaintyJuneAd.jpg|thumb|right|November 13, 1927 ad in ''The Decatur Review'' By age 15, "Baby June" had become "Dainty June."]] 
Following their parents' divorce, the two sisters earned the family's income by appearing in [[vaudeville]], where June's talent often overshadowed Louise's. Baby June got an audition with [[Alexander Pantages]], who had come to [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]] 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 could not 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Havoc|first=June|title=Early Havoc|year=1959|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York|oclc=721747|page=20}}</ref>

In December 1928, Havoc, in an effort to escape her overbearing mother, eloped with Bobby Reed, a boy in the vaudeville act. Weeks later after performing at the Jayhawk Theatre in [[Topeka, Kansas]], on December 29, 1928, June's mother, Rose, reported Reed to the Topeka Police, and he was arrested. Rose pulled out a concealed gun when she met Bobby at the police station, intending to shoot him, but the gun didn't fire because the safety was on. She then physically attacked her son-in-law, and the police had to pry her off the hapless Reed. June subsequently left both her family and the act. Though the marriage didn't last long, the two remained friends.{{cn|date=May 2025}}