Phyllis Haver

Born: 1899-01-05 in Douglass, Kansas, USA

Died: 1960-11-19

Known For: Acting

Biography

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

1949

Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)

1929

The Office Scandal as Jerry Cullen
Thunder as Zella

1928

The Battle of the Sexes as Marie Skinner
Sal of Singapore as Sal
The Shady Lady as Lola Mantell
Tenth Avenue as Lyla Mason

1927

No Control as Nancy Flood
Chicago as Roxie Hart
The Fighting Eagle as Countess de Launay
The Way of All Flesh as The Temptress
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary as Martha Rankin
The Wise Wife as Helen Blaisdell
Your Wife and Mine as Phyllis Warren
Nobody's Widow as Betty Johnson
The Little Adventuress as Victoria Stoddard

1926

3 Bad Men as Lily
Don Juan as Imperia (uncredited)
Fig Leaves as Alice Atkins
Up in Mabel's Room as Phyllis Wells
Other Women's Husbands as Roxana
Hard Boiled as Justine Morton
What Price Glory as Shanghai Mabel
The Nervous Wreck as Sally Morgan
The Cave Man as Dolly Van Dream

1925

I Want My Man as Drusilla
Her Husband's Secret as Pansy La Rue
The Golden Princess as Kate Kent
After Business Hours as Sylvia Vane
New Brooms
A Fight to the Finish as Mary Corbett
Rugged Water as Myra Fuller

1924

Single Wives as Marion Eldridge
Lilies of the Field as Gertrude
The Breath of Scandal as Clara Simmons
The Midnight Express as Jessie Sybil
The Perfect Flapper as Gertrude Trayle
So Big as Dallas O'Meara
Singer Jim Mckee as Mary Holden
The Fighting Coward as Elvira
The Snob as Dorothy Rensheimer
The Foolish Virgin as Jane Sanderson
One Glorious Night as Sarah Graham
The Hollywood Kid as Self

1923

The Bolted Door as Natalie Judson
The Balloonatic as The Young Woman
The Temple of Venus as Constance Lane
The Christian as Polly Love
The Common Law as Rita Terris

1922

Step Forward as Rodney's Sweetheart

1921

Love and Doughnuts as The Baker's Sweetheart
Bright Eyes as The Modest Maid
A Small Town Idol as Mary Brown

1920

Married Life as College Belle
Love, Honor and Behave as Mrs. Milton Robbin
Down on the Farm as Herself - in Prologue

1919

Yankee Doodle in Berlin as Minor Role (uncredited)
Hearts and Flowers as Prune Magnate's Daughter
Why Beaches Are Popular as Bathing Girl

1918

It Pays to Exercise as Dental Assistant

1917

'49–'17 as Young Bee Adams
The Sultan's Wife as Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed)

1916

Sunshine