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