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** One of June Havoc's demands was that she be portrayed as only thirteen years old when she elopes with Tulsa. [[note]] In real life she was sixteen, but she believed she was thirteen due to Rose altering her daughters' birth certificates. [[/note]] Arthur Laurents refused to do this, however, because it would make Rose too unsympathetic when she decides not to go after June but instead make Louise the act's new star. The final script [[VagueAge never mentions Dainty June's real age]] and the part is usually cast with young adult actresses (although the 1962 film does portray her as thirteen).
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** One of June Havoc's demands was that she be portrayed as only thirteen years old when she elopes with Tulsa. [[note]] In real life she was sixteen, but she believed she was thirteen due to Rose altering her daughters' birth certificates. [[/note]] Arthur Laurents refused to do this, however, because it would make Rose too unsympathetic when she decides not to go after June but instead make Louise the act's new star. The final script [[VagueAge never mentions Dainty June's real age]] apart from the [[BlatantLies Blatant Lie]] that she's only nine, and the part is usually cast with young adult actresses (although the 1962 film does portray her as thirteen).
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** One of June Havoc's demands was that she be portrayed as only thirteen years old when she elopes with Tulsa. [[note]] In real life she was sixteen, but she believed she was thirteen due to Rose altering her daughters' birth certificates. [[/note]] Arthur Laurents refused to do this, however, because it would make Rose too unsympathetic when she decides not to go after June but instead make Louise the act's new star. The final script [[VagueAge never mentions Dainty June's real age]] and the part is usually cast with young adult actresses (although the 1962 film does portray her as thirteen).
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* DawsonCasting: During the timespan the show approximately covers, the real Rose Hovick was in her early thirties to early forties. Almost all the major actresses who have played her – 51-year-old Creator/EthelMerman, 55-year-old Creator/RosalindRussell, 49-year-old Creator/AngelaLansbury, 48-year-old Creator/BetteMidler, 55-year-old Creator/BernadettePeters, and 59-year-old Creator/PattiLuPone – have been much older, with only 43-year-old Creator/TyneDaly in the 1989 revival downplaying this tradition. Ditto for the actresses in their twenties who usually play the teenage Louise and June, although averted with 12-year-old Ann Jillian playing June in the 1962 film.
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* DawsonCasting: During the timespan the show approximately covers, the real Rose Hovick was in her early thirties to early forties. Almost all the major actresses who have played her – 51-year-old Creator/EthelMerman, 55-year-old Creator/RosalindRussell, 49-year-old Creator/AngelaLansbury, 53-year-old Creator/LindaLavin, 48-year-old Creator/BetteMidler, 55-year-old Creator/BernadettePeters, and 59-year-old Creator/PattiLuPone – have been much older, with only 43-year-old Creator/TyneDaly in the 1989 revival downplaying this tradition. Ditto for the actresses in their twenties who usually play the teenage Louise and June, although averted with 12-year-old Ann Jillian playing June in the 1962 film.
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* DawsonCasting: During the timespan the show approximately covers, the real Rose Hovick was in her late twenties to her late thirties or early forties. All the major actresses who have played her – 51-year-old Creator/EthelMerman, 55-year-old Creator/RosalindRussell, 49-year-old Creator/AngelaLansbury, 43-year-old Creator/TyneDaly, 48-year-old Creator/BetteMidler, 55-year-old Creator/BernadettePeters, and 59-year-old Creator/PattiLuPone – have been much older. Ditto for the actresses in their twenties who usually play the teenage Louise and June, although averted with 12-year-old Ann Jillian playing June in the 1962 film.
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* DawsonCasting: During the timespan the show approximately covers, the real Rose Hovick was in her late twenties to her late early thirties or to early forties. All Almost all the major actresses who have played her – 51-year-old Creator/EthelMerman, 55-year-old Creator/RosalindRussell, 49-year-old Creator/AngelaLansbury, 43-year-old Creator/TyneDaly, 48-year-old Creator/BetteMidler, 55-year-old Creator/BernadettePeters, and 59-year-old Creator/PattiLuPone – have been much older.older, with only 43-year-old Creator/TyneDaly in the 1989 revival downplaying this tradition. Ditto for the actresses in their twenties who usually play the teenage Louise and June, although averted with 12-year-old Ann Jillian playing June in the 1962 film.
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** Ethel Merman's demo recording of "Some People" has different dialogue between Rose and her father, where she negotiates with him and he finally agrees to give her fifty dollars with two percent interest. This was later replaced by his flat-out refusal to give her any money and her stealing from him.
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* DawsonCasting: During the timespan the show approximately covers, the real Rose Hovick was in her late twenties to her late thirties or early forties. All the major actresses who have played her – 51-year-old Creator/EthelMerman, 55-year-old Creator/RosalindRussell, 49-year-old Creator/AngelaLansbury, 43-year-old Creator/TyneDaly, 48-year-old Creator/BetteMidler, 55-year-old Creator/BernadettePeters, and 59-year-old Creator/PattiLuPone – have been much older. Ditto for the actresses in their twenties who usually play the teenage Louise and June, although averted with 12-year-old Ann Jillian playing June in the 1962 film.
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** The final dialogue between Rose and Louise didn’t originally have Rose admit that everything she did was really for herself. But tryout audiences complained that she never admitted it, so a few new lines of dialogue were added. Ethel Merman refused to say them at first, because in her view, Rose would never admit that she did it all for herself. But Jerome Robbins finally convinced her otherwise.
