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.
Acted in 57
1940s
- 1949
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
- 1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
1930s
- 1939
A Small Town Idol
Mary Brown
- 1930
She Couldn't Say No
Showgirl
1920s
- 1929
Thunder
Zella
The Office Scandal
Jerry Cullen
- 1928
The Shady Lady
Lola Mantell
Sal of Singapore
Sal
The Battle of the Sexes
Marie Skinner
- 1927
Chicago
Roxie Hart
The Wise Wife
Helen Blaisdell
The Way of All Flesh
The Temptress
The Fighting Eagle
Countess de Launay
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Martha Rankin
The Little Adventuress
Victoria Stoddard
Nobody's Widow
Betty Johnson
- 1926
What Price Glory
Shanghai Mabel
The Nervous Wreck
Sally Morgan
3 Bad Men
Lily
Up in Mabel's Room
Phyllis Wells
Hard Boiled
Justine Morton
Other Women's Husbands
Roxana
The Cave Man
Dolly Van Dream
- 1925
A Fight to the Finish
Mary Corbett
New Brooms
Movie
The Golden Princess
Kate Kent
Rugged Water
Myra Fuller
After Business Hours
Sylvia Vane
I Want My Man
Drusilla
Her Husband's Secret
Pansy La Rue
- 1924
So Big
Dallas O'Meara
The Snob
Dorothy Rensheimer
The Breath of Scandal
Clara Simmons
The Foolish Virgin
Jane Sanderson
Single Wives
Marion Eldridge
The Midnight Express
Jessie Sybil
The Perfect Flapper
Gertrude Trayle
The Fighting Coward
Elvira
Singer Jim Mckee
Mary Holden
Lilies of the Field
Gertrude
- 1923
The Temple of Venus
Constance Lane
The Common Law
Rita Terris
The Bolted Door
Natalie Judson
The Balloonatic
The Young Woman
The Christian
Polly Love
- 1921
Bright Eyes
The Modest Maid
A Small Town Idol
Mary Brown
- 1920
Love, Honor and Behave
Mrs. Milton Robbin
1910s
- 1919
Hearts and Flowers
Prune Magnate's Daughter
Why Beaches Are Popular
Bathing Girl
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1917
'49 – '17
Young Bee Adams
The Sultan's Wife
Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed)
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1920s
- 1924
The Hollywood Kid
Self
- 1920
Down on the Farm
Herself - in Prologue