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Phyllis Haver
Born · January 5, 1899
Died · November 19, 1960 (61 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Douglass, Kansas, USA
Bio
From Wikipedia Phyllis Haver (January 6, 1899 – November 19, 1960) was an American actress of the silent film era. Haver auditioned for comedy producer Mack Sennett on a whim. Sennett hired her as one of his original Sennett Bathing Beauties. Within a few years, she appeared as a leading lady in two-reelers for Sennett Studios. Later, while signed with DeMille-Pathé, Haver played the part of Roxie Hart in the first film adaptation of Chicago in 1927, opposite Hungarian film actor Victor Varconi. One reviewer called her performance "astoundingly fine," and added that Haver "makes this combination of tragedy and comedy a most entertaining piece of work." She performed in the comedy film The Battle of the Sexes (1928), directed by D. W. Griffith, and appeared with Lon Chaney in his last silent film, Thunder (1929). Haver retired from the industry with two 'sound' films to her credit. In 1929, she married millionaire William Seeman with a service performed by New York Mayor James J. Walker at the home of Rube Goldberg, the cartoonist. The couple divorced in 1945. Haver retired in Sharon, Connecticut. She died at age 61 from an overdose of barbiturates in 1960, a suspected suicide. Haver left no survivors.
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
0.0
1949
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
0.0
1943
A Small Town Idol
Mary Brown
0.0
1939
She Couldn't Say No
Showgirl
0.0
1930
Thunder
Zella
0.0
1929
The Office Scandal
Jerry Cullen
0.0
1929
Sal of Singapore
Sal
5.0
1928
The Battle of the Sexes
Marie Skinner
5.2
1928
Tenth Avenue
Lyla Mason
0.0
1928
Chicago
Roxie Hart
5.7
1927
The Wise Wife
Helen Blaisdell
0.0
1927
The Way of All Flesh
The Temptress
6.9
1927
The Fighting Eagle
Countess de Launay
5.0
1927
The Little Adventuress
Victoria Stoddard
0.0
1927
Nobody's Widow
Betty Johnson
0.0
1927
What Price Glory
Shanghai Mabel
6.0
1926
The Nervous Wreck
Sally Morgan
5.9
1926
3 Bad Men
Lily
6.8
1926
Fig Leaves
Alice Atkins
5.8
1926
Don Juan
Imperia (uncredited)
6.5
1926
Up in Mabel's Room
Phyllis Wells
6.5
1926
Hard Boiled
Justine Morton
0.0
1926
Other Women's Husbands
Roxana
0.0
1926
The Cave Man
Dolly Van Dream
0.0
1926
New Brooms
0.0
1925
The Golden Princess
Kate Kent
0.0
1925
Rugged Water
Myra Fuller
0.0
1925
After Business Hours
Sylvia Vane
0.0
1925
So Big
Dallas O'Meara
0.0
1924
One Glorious Night
Sarah Graham
0.0
1924
The Snob
Dorothy Rensheimer
0.0
1924
The Foolish Virgin
0.0
1924
The Midnight Express
Jessie Sybil
3.0
1924
The Perfect Flapper
Gertrude Trayle
0.0
1924
The Hollywood Kid
Self
5.3
1924
The Fighting Coward
Elvira
4.8
1924
Singer Jim Mckee
Mary Holden
0.0
1924
Lilies of the Field
Gertrude
0.0
1924
The Temple of Venus
Constance Lane
0.0
1923
The Common Law
Rita Terris
0.0
1923
The Balloonatic
The Young Woman
6.3
1923
The Christian
Polly Love
0.0
1923
Step Forward
Rodney's Sweetheart
0.0
1922
Bright Eyes
The Modest Maid
0.0
1921
Love and Doughnuts
The Baker's Sweetheart
0.0
1921
A Small Town Idol
Mary Brown
6.0
1921
Down on the Farm
Herself - in Prologue
5.5
1920
Hearts and Flowers
Prune Magnate's Daughter
5.2
1919
Why Beaches Are Popular
Bathing Girl
0.0
1919
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Minor Role (uncredited)
5.3
1919
It Pays to Exercise
Dental Assistant
0.0
1918
'49–'17
Young Bee Adams
5.4
1917
The Sultan's Wife
Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed)
5.2
1917
Sunshine
0.0
1916