- Built an apartment house in Westwood, CA in 1949 after learning that her sister couldn't get an apartment because she had a child and a puppy. The grounds were fenced in for the youngsters' safety, and each apartment had closets with miniature hangers for the youngsters' clothes. Haver refused to rent to anyone without children.
- 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.
- According to daughter Kate, June and husband Fred MacMurray were introduced to each other by John Wayne.
- 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.
- Adopted twin daughters, Kathryn and Laurie, with Fred MacMurray.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ms. Haver (Mrs. MacMurray) is survived by her adopted daughters, Kate and Laurie MacMurray; a stepson, Robert MacMurray; a stepdaughter, Susan Pool; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
- Haver was her stepfather's name.
- Her mother, Marie Stovenour, was a former actress.
- In 1996 she sold her and her late husband (Fred MacMurray) 1,750-acre Healdsburg ranch to the Gallo family. She maintained a home in Brentwood. She died in her Brentwood estate in 2005.
- She appeared in the 1942 Beverly Hills High School production of "Ever Since Eve".
- 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".
- When Haver was interviewed for a book that was being researched about the Halvern home's architect, Haver confirmed that there were, indeed, secret passages built into the house, but she didn't go into details. This writer was present in the home during that interview.
- She and her husband were staunch Republicans and personal friends of Ronald Reagan.
- In the film 'Where Do We Go From Here' she was due to sing 'Moral'. Filming started in late 44 and by the time it was completed the war was over and Moral was no longer an issue.
- Until her death, Ms. Haver lived at 485 Halvern Dr. in Brentwood Heights, the home where Fred MacMurray had lived with his first wife. The home is still there, and the exterior is essentially unchanged as of December, 2021.
- Although she appeared on television in a number of awards and celebration specials, she acted in only one series, as herself in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957).
- Interred with her Husband Fred MacMurray at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA, in the Mausoleum, D1, Room 7.
- Her surname is pronounced "Hay-ver" (with a long "a") and not "Hav-ver" (as rhyming with "have her").
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