June Haver

June Haver

Adopted twin daughters, Kathryn and Laurie, with Fred MacMurray.

Co-starred with Betty Grable in The Dolly Sisters (1945) which is the only musical the two made together, even though Haver was nicknamed "the Pocket Grable".

First husband, Jimmy Zito, was a trumpeter whom she met while performing as a teenage "big band" singer for Ted Fio Rito's band. The marriage lasted barely a year (1947-1948). Shortly after, she was engaged to a dentist, John Duzik, but he died following routine surgery before they had a chance to marry.

Had been engaged to studio dentist, John Duzik when he died unexpectedly from complications from surgery. Shortly afterward, in February of 1953, she joined a convent in Xavier, Kansas with the intention of becoming a nun. Was happy there until a serious illness forced her to leave and return to California in September 1953. Although she had planned to return to the convent after her recovery, she never did.

Haver was her stepfather's name.



In 1996 she sold her and her late husband's 1,500-acre Healdsburg ranch to the Gallo family. She maintained a home in Brentwood. She died in her Brentwood estate in 2005.

Made her musical debut playing the piano at age 7 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. By age 11 she was appearing on local radio as a writer, emcee and star.

Measurements: 34-23-35 (studio stats from 1953), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Mother Marie Stovenour was a former actress.

Nicknamed the "pocket Grable," she was making $3,500 a week at 20th Century Fox when she said goodbye to it all and became a novice nun in the Sisters of Charity convent.

She appeared in the 1942 Beverly Hills High School production of "Ever Since Eve".


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