June Havoc, died at 97

June Havoc,the younger sister of Louise, aka stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, whose memoir served as the basis for the original stage show, about a child forced into the entertainment industry from the age of 18 months., died at 97 in Connecticut.

June Havoc was much more successful onstage. Among her most important Broadway productions were Cole Porter’s Mexican Hayride (1944); Sadie Thompson (also 1944), replacing Ethel Merman in this musical based on W. Somerset Maugham’s short story "Rain"; That Ryan Girl (1945), in the title role; and a revival of Dinner at Eight (1966), as the society hostess played by Billie Burke in the 1933 George Cukor film.