Phyllis Haver
Acting • Born 1899-01-05 – Died 1960-11-19
Biography
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.
Filmography
65 credits
The Temple of Venus
Movie • 1923
Constance Lane
Rugged Water
Movie • 1925
Myra Fuller
What Price Glory
Movie • 1926
Shanghai Mabel
The Golden Princess
Movie • 1925
Kate Kent
The Hollywood Kid
Movie • 1924
Self
Nobody's Widow
Movie • 1927
Betty Johnson
Hearts and Flowers
Movie • 1919
Prune Magnate's Daughter
The Little Adventuress
Movie • 1927
Victoria Stoddard
Tenth Avenue
Movie • 1928
Lyla Mason
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Movie • 1919
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Christian
Movie • 1923
Polly Love
The Fighting Eagle
Movie • 1927
Countess de Launay
The Wise Wife
Movie • 1927
Helen Blaisdell
The Balloonatic
Movie • 1923
The Young Woman
Chicago
Movie • 1927
Roxie Hart
The Battle of the Sexes
Movie • 1928
Marie Skinner
Fig Leaves
Movie • 1926
Alice Atkins
The Way of All Flesh
Movie • 1927
The Temptress
Sal of Singapore
Movie • 1928
Sal
Down on the Farm
Movie • 1920
Herself - in Prologue
Other Women's Husbands
Movie • 1926
Roxana
Bright Eyes
Movie • 1921
The Modest Maid
Love and Doughnuts
Movie • 1921
The Baker's Sweetheart
The Nervous Wreck
Movie • 1926
Sally Morgan
Hard Boiled
Movie • 1926
Justine Morton
'49–'17
Movie • 1917
Young Bee Adams
3 Bad Men
Movie • 1926
Lily
Thunder
Movie • 1929
Zella
So Big
Movie • 1924
Dallas O'Meara
Up in Mabel's Room
Movie • 1926
Phyllis Wells
The Perfect Flapper
Movie • 1924
Gertrude Trayle
The Snob
Movie • 1924
Dorothy Rensheimer
The Sultan's Wife
Movie • 1917
Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed)
The Office Scandal
Movie • 1929
Jerry Cullen
The Midnight Express
Movie • 1924
Jessie Sybil
The Fighting Coward
Movie • 1924
Elvira
The Common Law
Movie • 1923
Rita Terris
A Small Town Idol
Movie • 1921
Mary Brown
Step Forward
Movie • 1922
Rodney's Sweetheart
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie • 1943
(archive footage)
New Brooms
Movie • 1925
The Cave Man
Movie • 1926
Dolly Van Dream
Singer Jim Mckee
Movie • 1924
Mary Holden
The Foolish Virgin
Movie • 1924
Jane Sanderson
Don Juan
Movie • 1926
Imperia (uncredited)
It Pays to Exercise
Movie • 1918
Dental Assistant
After Business Hours
Movie • 1925
Sylvia Vane
One Glorious Night
Movie • 1924
Sarah Graham
Why Beaches Are Popular
Movie • 1919
Bathing Girl
A Small Town Idol
Movie • 1939
Mary Brown
Lilies of the Field
Movie • 1924
Gertrude
Sunshine
Movie • 1916
Down Memory Lane
Movie • 1949
(archive footage)
She Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1930
Showgirl
Single Wives
Movie • 1924
Marion Eldridge
No Control
Movie • 1927
Nancy Flood
The Shady Lady
Movie • 1928
Lola Mantell
The Breath of Scandal
Movie • 1924
Clara Simmons
I Want My Man
Movie • 1925
Drusilla
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Movie • 1927
Martha Rankin
A Fight to the Finish
Movie • 1925
Mary Corbett
Her Husband's Secret
Movie • 1925
Pansy La Rue
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie • 1920
Mrs. Milton Robbin
Married Life
Movie • 1920
College Belle
The Bolted Door
Movie • 1923
Natalie Judson