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 | She Couldn't Say No | Showgirl | 1930-02-15 |
Movie | The Office Scandal | Jerry Cullen | 1929-03-03 |
Movie | Thunder | Zella | 1929-07-08 |
Movie | Tenth Avenue | Lyla Mason | 1928-08-06 |
Movie | The Battle of the Sexes | Marie Skinner | 1928-10-12 |
Movie | Sal of Singapore | Sal | 1928-11-04 |
Movie | The Little Adventuress | Victoria Stoddard | 1927-04-11 |
Movie | The Fighting Eagle | Countess de Launay | 1927-08-28 |
Movie | Chicago | Roxie Hart | 1927-12-23 |
Movie | The Way of All Flesh | The Temptress | 1927-10-01 |
Movie | The Wise Wife | Helen Blaisdell | 1927-10-23 |
Movie | Hard Boiled | Justine Morton | 1926-06-06 |
Movie | Other Women's Husbands | Roxana | 1926-03-17 |
Movie | Up in Mabel's Room | Phyllis Wells | 1926-06-20 |
Movie | The Cave Man | Dolly Van Dream | 1926-02-06 |
Movie | The Nervous Wreck | Sally Morgan | 1926-10-09 |
Movie | What Price Glory | Shanghai Mabel | 1926-11-23 |
Movie | Don Juan | Imperia (uncredited) | 1926-08-06 |
Movie | 3 Bad Men | Lily | 1926-08-28 |
Movie | Fig Leaves | Alice Atkins | 1926-08-22 |
Movie | After Business Hours | Sylvia Vane | 1925-06-16 |
Movie | Rugged Water | Myra Fuller | 1925-08-17 |
Movie | New Brooms | 1925-10-12 | |
Movie | The Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
Movie | The Fighting Coward | Elvira | 1924-03-14 |
Movie | Lilies of the Field | Gertrude | 1924-02-29 |
Movie | The Perfect Flapper | Gertrude Trayle | 1924-05-25 |
Movie | Singer Jim Mckee | Mary Holden | 1924-03-03 |
Movie | So Big | Dallas O'Meara | 1924-12-28 |
Movie | The Midnight Express | Jessie Sybil | 1924-06-01 |
Movie | One Glorious Night | Sarah Graham | 1924-12-01 |
Movie | The Snob | Dorothy Rensheimer | 1924-11-10 |
Movie | The Foolish Virgin | 1924-08-15 | |
Movie | The Christian | Polly Love | 1923-01-14 |
Movie | The Balloonatic | The Young Woman | 1923-01-22 |
Movie | The Temple of Venus | Constance Lane | 1923-11-11 |
Movie | The Common Law | Rita Terris | 1923-08-30 |
Movie | Step Forward | Rodney's Sweetheart | 1922-04-13 |
Movie | A Small Town Idol | Mary Brown | 1921-02-13 |
Movie | Bright Eyes | The Modest Maid | 1921-12-24 |
Movie | Love and Doughnuts | The Baker's Sweetheart | 1921-09-14 |
Movie | Down on the Farm | Herself - in Prologue | 1920-04-17 |
Movie | Why Beaches Are Popular | Bathing Girl | 1919-05-10 |
Movie | Yankee Doodle in Berlin | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1919-03-02 |
Movie | Hearts and Flowers | Prune Magnate's Daughter | 1919-06-22 |
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 |
Movie | Sunshine | 1916-05-06 |