Rose Thompson Hovick [SEP] date of death
Rose Thompson Hovick
Rose Evangeline Hovick (née Thompson; August 31, 1890 – January 28, 1954) was 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".
Life and career.
Rose Evangeline Thompson was born in Wahpeton, North Dakota, in 1890, the daughter of Anna (née Egle) and Charles J. Thompson. Her maternal grandparents were German.
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various birth certificates for both her daughters to evade child labor laws. Her life-long career in show business began when she was a child, billed as "Baby June."
Her sister, entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee (born as Rose Louise Hovick), was called "Louise" by her family members. Their parents were Rose Thompson Hovick, of German descent, and John Olaf Hovick (c. 1885-1952), the son of Norwegian immigrants, who worked as an advertising agent and reporter at "The