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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.
Apr 8, 2004 · The mother, Rose Thompson Hovick, was a teenaged bride fresh from a convent school when she married Jack Olaf Hovick. At 19, she gave birth to the 12-pound Rose Louise on January 8, 1911, at 4314 Frontenac Street in West Seattle.
Jul 20, 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...
Oct 11, 2013 · I researched Rose Thompson Hovick's story with one thought in mind: to find out the truth about this fascinating, and often maligned or misunderstood, stage mother who became a theatrical legend after she had passed away in 1954.
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- Carolyn Quinn
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- University Press of Mississippi
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.
Hers is the show business saga you think you already know--butyou ain't seen nothin' yet. Rose Thompson Hovick, mother of JuneHavoc and Gypsy Rose Lee...
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Oct 24, 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...
