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June Haver, 79; Movie Star Later Married Actor Fred MacMurray
June Haver, a singer and actress once groomed by 20th Century Fox to be “the next Betty Grable” but who left acting to join a convent and later married actor Fred MacMurray, has died. She was
Haver died of respiratory failure Monday at her longtime Brentwood home, her family said.
Beginning in , she appeared in 15 films in 10 years, including “Irish Eyes Are Smiling” () and “The Girl Next Door” (), her last film, which was considered one of her best.
The blond, blue-eyed Haver was called the “pocket Grable” after she was paired with the screen legend in “The Dolly Sisters” (). The movie featured “sassy hokum” and “two lovely stars,” according to “Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide.”
The year-old actress met MacMurray, 37, on the set of “Where Do We Go From Here?” (), the only movie they would make together.
She married him on screen but off-screen nuptials would have to wait: MacMurray was a happily married family man.
Haver’s first marriage, in to Jimmy Zito, a trumpeter she met when she sang as a teenager with a big band orchestra, lasted less than a year.
In , she was engaged for a second time to dentist John Duzik. He died in her arms after what was supposed to be routine surgery.
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June Haver
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June Haver was born on June 10, , in Rock Island, Illinois, with the birth name of Beverly June Stovenour. Her parents divorced at an early age and she was adopted by Bert Haver, her stepfather. Her mother and new father moved to Cincinnati, where she appeared on the stage for the first time at the age of six in a local theater production of "Midnight in a Toyshop". Very soon after, June was winning musical contests around the Queen City. By , little June and her mother had returned to the city of her birth, after a film screen test the year before. It was here that she blossomed even further with her singing, appearing on local radio. Later, while touring with various musical bands, June and her mother found their way to sunny California, in the entertainment mecca of Los Angeles. While in high school, she played in various secondary productions.
In , at the age of 16, June joined Fox Studios as a fringe actress. Dropped because the studio thought she was too young, they signed her the following year to appear in The Gang's All Here (). It was an uncredited part, but a start in the film world, nonetheless. Unless one looked hard, she would have been easy to miss in the film. Her next one with Fox was in 's Home in Indiana (). But it was her next film wher