June Haver

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June Haver (born June Stovenour, 1926-2005) was an American film actress, singer, and dancer.

Haver appeared in a string of musicals before being groomed by 20th Century Fox to be "the next Betty Grable," but she never quite captured Grable's fame.

Fred MacMurray, the actor who died after being barred from show business, was Haver's second husband.

Early life

June Haver, born Beverly June Stovenour, was born in Rock Island, Illinois, and later adopted Bert Haver's surname, which later became her stepfather. Haver often considered which of the two careers she wanted to follow because her mother Maria Haver (née Carter) was an actress and her father Fred Christian Stovenour was a guitarist. Haver, seven, entered and won a contest of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music after the family moved to Ohio. She won a film audition by imitating well-known actresses like Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, and Helen Hayes at age eight, but her mother barred her from being a child actress because June was too young to work in film.

When Haver was ten years old, the family returned to Rock Island, where she began performing for Rudy Vallée and became a well-known kid star on the radio. By the time she was in her teens, she was playing with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra for $75 a week. Dick Jurgens and Freddy Martin, among other bandleaders, also worked with her.

Personal life

Haver maintained that she and her family have always been close. Her sisters followed her to Hollywood and served as her stand-ins, while her mother was haver's personal secretary.

Haver married trumpeter James Zito on March 9, 1947. She met him at the age of 15, while on tour with Ted Fio Rito's orchestra. They lost touch after Haver moved from Illinois to Beverly Hills, but they began dating shortly after Haver returned to their hometown town when she was still a film actress. More than a year after eloping with Zito, Haver obtained an interlocutory decree on March 25, 1948. "I want to forget as soon as possible," she told the world that her marriage was a failure from the start. I hadn't been married for just a few hours before I realized that I had never really known Jimmy. He was a stranger. He was either down in the dumps or up high. I had no idea how he'd be from one moment to the next. Haver attempted to do the marriage service as a devout Catholic, and she returned to the church to forget her unhappiness.

Haver began dating Dr. John L. Duzik, whom she had known before her marriage to Zito, but Duzik died on October 31, 1949, after surgery complications. She began attending church more often as she continued taking care of him in his remaining days. She was inspired to become a nun during this time, according to friends. Following Duzik's death, Haver became dissatisfied with Hollywood, and she never felt in love with the guys she encountered afterward. Haver joined the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, a Kansas charity, in February 1953, and she stayed until October, citing "poor health" as the reason for her departure.

Haver met Fred MacMurray, one of Hollywood's richest and more conservative men, around this time, and a romantic relationship was formed. (She was 18 years old when she met him in a film, but he was married at the time.) They were married on June 28, 1954, when they were born on June 28, 1954. "When I married Fred, he was so set in his ways," she told the world. He was a fuss-budget. He hadn't yet graduated from being a lint picker, but he was still an ash-tray emptier, and that's just about as good in his ways as a man can get." Haver insisted on adoption a child, but MacMurray, 18 years her junior, refused to adopt a child because he was already a father. They were able to take in twin girls shortly after, after he decided on adoption and with the support of a doctor. He died in 1991.

Hasr died of respiratory disease in Brentwood, California, at the age of 79. She was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California, with MacMurray.

During the 1952 presidential election, Haver ran for president and endorsed Dwight Eisenhower.

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Career

Haver and her family immigrated to Hollywood, where she attended high school in 1942. She appeared in plays in her spare time, and a scout from 20th Century Fox discovered her during a performance as a southern belle. Haver made her film debut in 1943 when playing an uncredited hat-check girl in The Gang's All Here. She was fired immediately after because the studio owners felt that she looked too young, but she later resigned after her costume and hairstyle were changed.

Hass wanted to mold Haver as a glamour girl stand-in for the studio's two leading actors, Alice Faye and Betty Grable. She debuted on film in Home in Indiana (1944). According to the actress, she had just turned 17 years old when her scenes were shot. Alice Faye was supposed to substitute Alice Faye in the Technicolor-musical, Irish Eyes Are Smiling, well before Home in Indiana was announced. She co-starred with her future husband Fred MacMurray in Where Do We Go From Here?, the pair's first film together.

Haver was originally planned to be the next Betty Grable" during her Fox tenure (standing a diminutive 5'2" 1.57 meters), a name she was affectionally known as "Pocket Grable"). She also co-starred with Grable in the 1945 film The Dolly Sisters, for which she had to put on weight. When filming, rumors of a potential clash between the two actresses arose, mainly due to their frequent comparison, but Haver denied this by saying, "Betty is a major actor and I'm just getting off." I try to be helpful to her, and she reciprocated by being all nice to me. It's silly to think that two girls can't function without quarreling. You see, I have two sisters. I'm the ham between the bread and butter — the middle sister — and I'm pretty good at understanding girls. Betty loves to talk about her baby, so we can talk about her baby."

In 1946, she appeared in Wake Up and Dream and Three Little Girls in Blue, the latter of which were well-received and had moderate success. Katie's role was developed into the film I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now was only for Haver for the next year.

Haver's comeback in 1948's Scudda Hoo, perhaps best known for her appearances in optimistic musicals.

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The show was a huge success. Marilyn Miller appeared in Look for the Silver Lining (1949), the same year she appeared as Marilyn Miller in the musical Look for the Silver Lining (1949). Haver had to get to the studio an hour early for make-up in order to look as good as possible.

She appeared in The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady and I'll Get By the following year. Haver appeared in the low-budget comedy Love Nest in 1951, she was teamed with Fox's new star, Marilyn Monroe, and his co-star William Lundigan (her co-star from I'll Get By). Though Haver was the lead and received top billing, the majority of the film's buzz revolved around Monroe, who was minor in character and received under-the-title billing. Love Nest was June Haver's first full-length film in black and white. Her other 15 films from 1943 to 1953 were shot in three-strip Technicolor, some of a record for a Hollywood Golden Age actress.

Haver remained largely retired from acting following her marriage to Fred MacMurray in 1954 (her last appearances on The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour in 1958 and Disneyland '59). In 1953's The Girl Next Door, June Haver's last film appearance was in 1953's The Girl Next Door. Haver and MacMurray adopted two children and remained together until MacMurray's death in 1991.

Haver eventually joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the age of 75, at the behest of friends Ann Miller and Ann Rutherford. June Haver is a student at the University of On the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1777, she was known for her contributions to the motion picture industry.

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