Phyllis Haver
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieDown Memory Lane
1949
(archive footage)
movieHappy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
(archive footage)
movieA Small Town Idol
1939
Mary Brown
movieShe Couldn't Say No
1930
Showgirl
movieThunder
1929
Zella
movieThe Office Scandal
1929
Jerry Cullen
movieThe Shady Lady
1928
Lola Mantell
movieThe Battle of the Sexes
1928
Marie Skinner
Tenth Avenue
1928
Lyla Mason
movieChicago
1927
Roxie Hart
movieThe Wise Wife
1927
Helen Blaisdell
movieThe Way of All Flesh
1927
The Temptress
movieThe Fighting Eagle
1927
Countess de Launay
movieThe Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
1927
Martha Rankin
Your Wife and Mine
1927
Phyllis Warren
movieThe Little Adventuress
1927
Victoria Stoddard
movieNo Control
1927
Nancy Flood
movieNobody's Widow
1927
Betty Johnson
movieWhat Price Glory
1926
Shanghai Mabel
movieThe Nervous Wreck
1926
Sally Morgan
movieFig Leaves
1926
Alice Atkins
movieDon Juan
1926
Imperia (uncredited)
movieUp in Mabel's Room
1926
Phyllis Wells
movieHard Boiled
1926
Justine Morton
movieThe Cave Man
1926
Dolly Van Dream
movieA Fight to the Finish
1925
Mary Corbett
movieThe Golden Princess
1925
Kate Kent
movieRugged Water
1925
Myra Fuller
movieAfter Business Hours
1925
Sylvia Vane
movieI Want My Man
1925
Drusilla
movieHer Husband's Secret
1925
Pansy La Rue
movieSo Big
1924
Dallas O'Meara
One Glorious Night
1924
Sarah Graham
movieThe Snob
1924
Dorothy Rensheimer
movieThe Breath of Scandal
1924
Clara Simmons
movieThe Foolish Virgin
1924
Jane Sanderson
movieSingle Wives
1924
Marion Eldridge
movieThe Midnight Express
1924
Jessie Sybil
movieThe Perfect Flapper
1924
Gertrude Trayle
movieSinger Jim Mckee
1924
Mary Holden
movieLilies of the Field
1924
Gertrude
movieThe Temple of Venus
1923
Constance Lane
movieThe Common Law
1923
Rita Terris
movieThe Bolted Door
1923
Natalie Judson
movieThe Balloonatic
1923
The Young Woman
movieThe Christian
1923
Polly Love
Step Forward
1922
Rodney's Sweetheart
movieBright Eyes
1921
The Modest Maid
Love and Doughnuts
1921
The Baker's Sweetheart
movieA Small Town Idol
1921
Mary Brown
movieLove, Honor and Behave
1920
Mrs. Milton Robbin
movieMarried Life
1920
College Belle
movieDown on the Farm
1920
Herself - in Prologue
movieHearts and Flowers
1919
Prune Magnate's Daughter
movieWhy Beaches Are Popular
1919
Bathing Girl
movieYankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
Minor Role (uncredited)
It Pays to Exercise
1918
Dental Assistant
movie'49–'17
1917
Young Bee Adams
movieThe Sultan's Wife
1917
Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed)