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.
Movie | Down Memory Lane | (archive footage) | 1949-08-01 |
Movie | Happy Times and Jolly Moments | (archive footage) | 1943-01-01 |
Movie | The Office Scandal | Jerry Cullen | 1929-03-03 |
Movie | Thunder | Zella | 1929-07-08 |
Movie | Tenth Avenue | Lyla Mason | 1928-08-06 |
Movie | Sal of Singapore | Sal | 1928-11-04 |
Movie | The Battle of the Sexes | Marie Skinner | 1928-10-12 |
Movie | The Way of All Flesh | The Temptress | 1927-10-01 |
Movie | The Little Adventuress | Victoria Stoddard | 1927-04-11 |
Movie | The Fighting Eagle | Countess de Launay | 1927-08-28 |
Movie | The Wise Wife | Helen Blaisdell | 1927-10-23 |
Movie | Chicago | Roxie Hart | 1927-12-23 |
Movie | Hard Boiled | Justine Morton | 1926-06-06 |
Movie | The Cave Man | Dolly Van Dream | 1926-02-06 |
Movie | Up in Mabel's Room | Phyllis Wells | 1926-06-20 |
Movie | Other Women's Husbands | Roxana | 1926-03-17 |
Movie | Fig Leaves | Alice Atkins | 1926-08-22 |
Movie | What Price Glory | Shanghai Mabel | 1926-11-23 |
Movie | The Nervous Wreck | Sally Morgan | 1926-10-09 |
Movie | 3 Bad Men | Lily | 1926-08-28 |
Movie | Don Juan | Imperia (uncredited) | 1926-08-06 |
Movie | After Business Hours | Sylvia Vane | 1925-06-16 |
Movie | Rugged Water | Myra Fuller | 1925-08-17 |
Movie | The Fighting Coward | Elvira | 1924-03-14 |
Movie | Singer Jim Mckee | Mary Holden | 1924-03-03 |
Movie | Lilies of the Field | Gertrude | 1924-02-29 |
Movie | The Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
Movie | The Perfect Flapper | Gertrude Trayle | 1924-05-25 |
Movie | So Big | Dallas O'Meara | 1924-12-28 |
Movie | One Glorious Night | Sarah Graham | 1924-12-01 |
Movie | The Snob | Dorothy Rensheimer | 1924-11-10 |
Movie | The Midnight Express | Jessie Sybil | 1924-06-01 |
Movie | The Christian | Polly Love | 1923-01-14 |
Movie | The Balloonatic | The Young Woman | 1923-01-22 |
Movie | The Common Law | Rita Terris | 1923-08-30 |
Movie | The Temple of Venus | Constance Lane | 1923-11-11 |
Movie | A Small Town Idol | Mary Brown | 1921-02-13 |
Movie | Love and Doughnuts | The Baker's Sweetheart | 1921-09-14 |
Movie | Bright Eyes | The Modest Maid | 1921-12-24 |
Movie | Down on the Farm | Herself - in Prologue | 1920-04-17 |
Movie | Yankee Doodle in Berlin | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1919-03-02 |
Movie | Hearts and Flowers | Prune Magnate's Daughter | 1919-06-22 |
Movie | Why Beaches Are Popular | Bathing Girl | 1919-05-10 |
Movie | It Pays to Exercise | Dental Assistant | 1918-02-24 |
Movie | The Sultan's Wife | Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed) | 1917-09-29 |
Movie | '49–'17 | Young Bee Adams | 1917-10-15 |