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June Havoc in publicity photo for her 1954-55 tv show Willy on CBS on Sat nights
June Havoc in publicity photo for her 1954-55 tv show Willy on CBS on Sat nights
June Havoc in publicity photo for her 1954-55 tv show Willy on CBS on Sat nights

June Havoc in publicity photo for her 1954-55 tv show Willy on CBS on Sat nights

$ 3.12

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Original/Reproduction: Reproduction
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Size: 8" x 10"
  • Industry: Television
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Year: 1950-59
  • Condition: Like new Please see the detailed description below.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Style: Black & White
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Object Type: Photograph

    Description

    This is an 8 by 10 inch matte photograph of film and stage actress, author and director June Havoc.  Ms. Havoc is probably most widely known as the inspiration for the character Baby June and Dainty June in the musical
    Gypsy
    and as the sister of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee.  Ms. Havoc performed in silent films as a child and became a vaudeville headliner as a child, earning ,500 per week, which was more than the average worker earned in a year.
    Yet, by 1933, she was dancing in marathon dance contests just to eat.
    In the 1954-55 television season, Ms. Havoc starred in a weekly half hour series
    Willy
    .
    In some regards, the show was ahead of its time in that her character, Willa “Willy” Dodger, was an unmarried lawyer with her own legal practice in a small New England town.
    Lucille Ball had encouraged her to star in a weekly series, and the show was a Desilu production.
    Like
    I Love Lucy
    , the
    Willy
    show was filmed before a live studio audience.
    Her husband, William Spier, was the producer.
    Willy
    was broadcast on CBS at 10:30 p.m. on Saturdays opposite the popular NBC series,
    Your Hit Parade
    , and the show only lasted one season.  This photograph is a reproduction of a publicity photograph of Ms. Havoc as Willy and was distributed to newspapers and magazines for promotion of the series.