Phyllis Haver
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 5, 1899
- Died
- November 19, 1960
- Birthplace
- 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
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
The Shady Lady 1928
as Lola Mantell
Sal of Singapore 1928
as Sal
The Battle of the Sexes 1928
as Marie Skinner
- Tenth Avenue
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 Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary 1927
as Martha Rankin
- Your Wife and Mine
Your Wife and Mine 1927
as Phyllis Warren
The Little Adventuress 1927
as Victoria Stoddard
No Control 1927
as Nancy Flood
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
A Fight to the Finish 1925
as Mary Corbett
New Brooms 1925
Actor
The Golden Princess 1925
as Kate Kent
Rugged Water 1925
as Myra Fuller
After Business Hours 1925
as Sylvia Vane
I Want My Man 1925
as Drusilla
Her Husband's Secret 1925
as Pansy La Rue
So Big 1924
as Dallas O'Meara
- One Glorious Night
One Glorious Night 1924
as Sarah Graham
The Snob 1924
as Dorothy Rensheimer
The Breath of Scandal 1924
as Clara Simmons
The Foolish Virgin 1924
as Jane Sanderson
Single Wives 1924
as Marion Eldridge
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 Bolted Door 1923
as Natalie Judson
The Balloonatic 1923
as The Young Woman
The Christian 1923
as Polly Love
- Step Forward
Step Forward 1922
as Rodney's Sweetheart
Bright Eyes 1921
as The Modest Maid
- Love and Doughnuts
Love and Doughnuts 1921
as The Baker's Sweetheart
A Small Town Idol 1921
as Mary Brown
Love, Honor and Behave 1920
as Mrs. Milton Robbin
Married Life 1920
as College Belle
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
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
Sunshine 1916
Actor
Credits from TMDB.