June Haver, 79, the sunny film actress of 1940s musicals who was promoted as "Hollywood's sweetest star" but whose personal turmoil caused her to flee briefly to a convent in Kansas, died of ...

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.

LOS ANGELES – June Haver (search), the sunny blond star of 1940s musicals who was promoted as the next Betty Grable (search) but gave up her career to briefly enter a convent, has died.

The Classic Film Society will begin its fourth season Saturday with a screening of a rarely seen classic slice of Americana titled "Home in Indiana," featuring Rock Island native June Haver.

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.