Phyllis Haver
Born
January 5, 1899
Died
November 19, 1960 (61 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Douglass, Kansas, USA
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)
1949
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
1943
A Small Town Idol
Mary Brown
1939
She Couldn't Say No
Showgirl
1930
Thunder
Zella
1929
The Office Scandal
Jerry Cullen
1929
Sal of Singapore
Sal
1928
The Battle of the Sexes
Marie Skinner
1928
Tenth Avenue
Lyla Mason
1928
Chicago
Roxie Hart
1927
The Wise Wife
Helen Blaisdell
1927
The Way of All Flesh
The Temptress
1927
The Fighting Eagle
Countess de Launay
1927
The Little Adventuress
Victoria Stoddard
1927
Nobody's Widow
Betty Johnson
1927
What Price Glory
Shanghai Mabel
1926
The Nervous Wreck
Sally Morgan
1926
3 Bad Men
Lily
1926
Fig Leaves
Alice Atkins
1926
Don Juan
Imperia (uncredited)
1926
Up in Mabel's Room
Phyllis Wells
1926
Hard Boiled
Justine Morton
1926
Other Women's Husbands
Roxana
1926
The Cave Man
Dolly Van Dream
1926
New Brooms
1925
The Golden Princess
Kate Kent
1925
Rugged Water
Myra Fuller
1925
After Business Hours
Sylvia Vane
1925
So Big
Dallas O'Meara
1924
One Glorious Night
Sarah Graham
1924
The Snob
Dorothy Rensheimer
1924
The Foolish Virgin
1924
The Midnight Express
Jessie Sybil
1924
The Perfect Flapper
Gertrude Trayle
1924
The Hollywood Kid
Self
1924
The Fighting Coward
Elvira
1924
Singer Jim Mckee
Mary Holden
1924
Lilies of the Field
Gertrude
1924
The Temple of Venus
Constance Lane
1923
The Common Law
Rita Terris
1923
The Balloonatic
The Young Woman
1923
The Christian
Polly Love
1923
Step Forward
Rodney's Sweetheart
1922
Bright Eyes
The Modest Maid
1921
Love and Doughnuts
The Baker's Sweetheart
1921
A Small Town Idol
Mary Brown
1921
Down on the Farm
Herself - in Prologue
1920
Hearts and Flowers
Prune Magnate's Daughter
1919
Why Beaches Are Popular
Bathing Girl
1919
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Minor Role (uncredited)
1919
It Pays to Exercise
Dental Assistant
1918
'49–'17
Young Bee Adams
1917
The Sultan's Wife
Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed)
1917
Sunshine
1916