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   Apr 8, 2004 · Seattle-born Rose Louise Hovick had her first brush with fame at age one, winning a healthy baby contest. As Gypsy Rose Lee, she became famous in burlesque as a classy and witty strip tease artist. She, her little sister June (later known as June Havoc, 1912?-2010), and her monstrous stage mother, Rose Thompson Hovick, passed into show biz ...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rose_Thompson_HovickRose Thompson Hovick - Wikipedia

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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.

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   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 Musical Fable.

5. www.newworldencyclopedia.org › entry › Gypsy_Rose_LeeGypsy Rose Lee - New World Encyclopedia

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   Gypsy Rose Lee (also known as Rose Louise Hovick and Louise Hovick) (February 9, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American actress, burlesque entertainer, and writer, whose 1957 memoir, which included a scathing portrait of her domineering mother, was made into the stage musical and film, Gypsy.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gypsy_Rose_LeeGypsy Rose Lee - Wikipedia

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   Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette famous for her striptease act. Her 1957 memoir was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy .

7. archive.nytimes.com › artsbeatRose’s Turn: Mother of ‘Gypsy’ to Get a Biography

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   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 musical...

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   Who is Rose Thompson Hovick?

   • 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 Musical Fable. Yet the musical was 75 percent fictionalized by playwright Arthur Laurents and condensed for the stage. Rose's full story is even more striking."

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   Who is Thompson Hovick?

   • Thompson Hovick became known as the ultimate stage mother by way of the musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable, based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. Originally staged in 1959, Gypsy – with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by Arthur Laurents – has been performed in countless venues on stage and in film.

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   Why did Hovick tell Rose he was a newspaperman?

   • Later, Rose told her daughters that her own mother had warned her against marrying a Norwegian, as his wife would always come second to the animals in the barn. When Rose accused him of being a tight-fisted Norwegian farmer, Hovick reminded her he was actually a newspaperman.

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   Why did Rose Hovick die?

   • According to Lee's son Erik Preminger, Hovick killed the man because the boarder had made a pass at Lee while she was at the boardinghouse. However, this incident was explained away as a suicide. Rose Hovick died from colon cancer in 1954. With their mother dead, the sisters now felt free to write about Rose Hovick without risking a lawsuit.

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9. www.broadwayworld.com › article › Carolyn-Quinn-PensCarolyn Quinn Pens Rose Thompson Hovick Biography MAMA ROSE'S ...

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   Oct 24, 2013 · Author Carolyn Quinn reveals the woman behind the legend, juxtaposing the facts of her life with the fictional accounts portrayed in Gypsy. Born fearless on the North Dakota prairie in 1892, Rose...