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