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