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Rose Evangeline Hovick (née Thompson; August 31, 1890 – January 28, 1954) was an American talent manager best known as the mother of two famous performing daughters: burlesque artist Gypsy Rose Lee and actress and dancer June Havoc. Her career as her daughters' manager is dramatized in the musical Gypsy .
Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette famous for her striptease act. Her 1957 memoir was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy .
8 apr 2004 · As Gypsy Rose Lee, she became famous in burlesque as a classy and witty strip tease artist. She, her little sister June (later known as June Havoc, 1912?-2010), and her monstrous stage mother, Rose Thompson Hovick, passed into show biz legend when her bestselling 1957 memoir, Gypsy, became a Broadway smash.
20 lug 2012 · Rose Thompson Hovick, whose offspring included Gypsy Rose Lee, the burlesque queen, and June Havoc, the actress, is remembered as the ultimate stage mother thanks to the 1959 Broadway musical...
11 ott 2013 · Rose Thompson Hovick, mother of June Havoc and Gypsy Rose Lee, went down in theatrical history as "The Stage Mother from Hell" after her immortalization on Broadway in Gypsy: A Musical Fable. Yet the musical was 75 percent fictionalized by playwright Arthur Laurents, tailored to fit the larger-than-life personality of Broadway star ...
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30 mar 2010 · Her parents Rose Thompson Hovick, depicted as the indomitable Momma Rose in “Gypsy,” and John Olav Hovick separated when June was only a baby. Constantly traveling between vaudeville dates,...
Carolyn Quinn's "Mama Rose's Turn" reveals the true story of Rose Thompson Hovick, who led a troupe of performing children in the 1920s and 1930s. The book challenges the fictionalized portrayal of Hovick in the musical Gypsy by Arthur Laurents and Jule Styne.
