Phyllis Haver
Acting
1899-01-05 · Douglass, Kansas, USA
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
Down Memory Lane
1949 · Movie
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943 · Movie
A Small Town Idol
1939 · Movie
She Couldn't Say No
1930 · Movie
Thunder
1929 · Movie
The Office Scandal
1929 · Movie
The Shady Lady
1928 · Movie
Sal of Singapore
1928 · Movie
The Battle of the Sexes
1928 · Movie
Tenth Avenue
1928 · Movie
Chicago
1927 · Movie
The Wise Wife
1927 · Movie
The Way of All Flesh
1927 · Movie
The Fighting Eagle
1927 · Movie
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
1927 · Movie
Your Wife and Mine
1927 · Movie
The Little Adventuress
1927 · Movie
No Control
1927 · Movie
Nobody's Widow
1927 · Movie
What Price Glory
1926 · Movie
The Nervous Wreck
1926 · Movie
3 Bad Men
1926 · Movie
Fig Leaves
1926 · Movie
Don Juan
1926 · Movie
Up in Mabel's Room
1926 · Movie
Hard Boiled
1926 · Movie
Other Women's Husbands
1926 · Movie
The Cave Man
1926 · Movie
A Fight to the Finish
1925 · Movie
New Brooms
1925 · Movie
The Golden Princess
1925 · Movie
Rugged Water
1925 · Movie
After Business Hours
1925 · Movie
I Want My Man
1925 · Movie
Her Husband's Secret
1925 · Movie
So Big
1924 · Movie
One Glorious Night
1924 · Movie
The Snob
1924 · Movie
The Breath of Scandal
1924 · Movie
The Foolish Virgin
1924 · Movie
Single Wives
1924 · Movie
The Midnight Express
1924 · Movie
The Perfect Flapper
1924 · Movie
The Hollywood Kid
1924 · Movie
The Fighting Coward
1924 · Movie
Singer Jim Mckee
1924 · Movie
Lilies of the Field
1924 · Movie
The Temple of Venus
1923 · Movie
The Common Law
1923 · Movie
The Bolted Door
1923 · Movie
The Balloonatic
1923 · Movie
The Christian
1923 · Movie
Step Forward
1922 · Movie
Bright Eyes
1921 · Movie
Love and Doughnuts
1921 · Movie
A Small Town Idol
1921 · Movie
Love, Honor and Behave
1920 · Movie
Married Life
1920 · Movie
Down on the Farm
1920 · Movie
Hearts and Flowers
1919 · Movie
Why Beaches Are Popular
1919 · Movie
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919 · Movie
It Pays to Exercise
1918 · Movie
'49–'17
1917 · Movie
The Sultan's Wife
1917 · Movie
Sunshine
1916 · Movie