Phyllis Haver
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 5, 1899
- Died
- November 19, 1960 (aged 61)
- Birthplace
- Douglass, Kansas, USA
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.
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Filmography
Down Memory Lane
Movie · as (archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie · as (archive footage)
A Small Town Idol
Movie · as Mary Brown
She Couldn't Say No
Movie · as Showgirl
Thunder
Movie · as Zella
The Office Scandal
Movie · as Jerry Cullen
Tenth Avenue
Movie · as Lyla Mason
Sal of Singapore
Movie · as Sal
The Battle of the Sexes
Movie · as Marie Skinner
The Shady Lady
Movie · as Lola Mantell
Nobody's Widow
Movie · as Betty Johnson
The Little Adventuress
Movie · as Victoria Stoddard
The Fighting Eagle
Movie · as Countess de Launay
The Wise Wife
Movie · as Helen Blaisdell
The Way of All Flesh
Movie · as The Temptress
Chicago
Movie · as Roxie Hart
No Control
Movie · as Nancy Flood
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Movie · as Martha Rankin
Your Wife and Mine
Movie · as Phyllis Warren
What Price Glory
Movie · as Shanghai Mabel
Fig Leaves
Movie · as Alice Atkins
Other Women's Husbands
Movie · as Roxana
The Nervous Wreck
Movie · as Sally Morgan
Hard Boiled
Movie · as Justine Morton
3 Bad Men
Movie · as Lily
Up in Mabel's Room
Movie · as Phyllis Wells
The Cave Man
Movie · as Dolly Van Dream
Don Juan
Movie · as Imperia (uncredited)
Rugged Water
Movie · as Myra Fuller
The Golden Princess
Movie · as Kate Kent
New Brooms
Movie
After Business Hours
Movie · as Sylvia Vane
I Want My Man
Movie · as Drusilla
A Fight to the Finish
Movie · as Mary Corbett
Her Husband's Secret
Movie · as Pansy La Rue
The Hollywood Kid
Movie · as Self
So Big
Movie · as Dallas O'Meara
The Perfect Flapper
Movie · as Gertrude Trayle
The Snob
Movie · as Dorothy Rensheimer
The Midnight Express
Movie · as Jessie Sybil
The Fighting Coward
Movie · as Elvira
Singer Jim Mckee
Movie · as Mary Holden
The Foolish Virgin
Movie · as Jane Sanderson
One Glorious Night
Movie · as Sarah Graham
Lilies of the Field
Movie · as Gertrude
Single Wives
Movie · as Marion Eldridge
The Breath of Scandal
Movie · as Clara Simmons
The Temple of Venus
Movie · as Constance Lane
The Christian
Movie · as Polly Love
The Balloonatic
Movie · as The Young Woman
The Common Law
Movie · as Rita Terris
The Bolted Door
Movie · as Natalie Judson
Step Forward
Movie · as Rodney's Sweetheart
Bright Eyes
Movie · as The Modest Maid
Love and Doughnuts
Movie · as The Baker's Sweetheart
A Small Town Idol
Movie · as Mary Brown
Down on the Farm
Movie · as Herself - in Prologue
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie · as Mrs. Milton Robbin
Married Life
Movie · as College Belle
Hearts and Flowers
Movie · as Prune Magnate's Daughter
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)
Why Beaches Are Popular
Movie · as Bathing Girl
It Pays to Exercise
Movie · as Dental Assistant
'49 – '17
Movie · as Young Bee Adams
The Sultan's Wife
Movie · as Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed)
Sunshine
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