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)
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
- The Office Scandal as Jerry Cullen
- Thunder as Zella
1928
- The Battle of the Sexes as Marie Skinner
- The Shady Lady as Lola Mantell
- Sal of Singapore as Sal
- Tenth Avenue as Lyla Mason
1927
- No Control as Nancy Flood
- The Way of All Flesh as The Temptress
- The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary as Martha Rankin
- The Fighting Eagle as Countess de Launay
- Your Wife and Mine as Phyllis Warren
- Chicago as Roxie Hart
- Nobody's Widow as Betty Johnson
- The Wise Wife as Helen Blaisdell
- The Little Adventuress as Victoria Stoddard
1926
- 3 Bad Men as Lily
- Fig Leaves as Alice Atkins
- Other Women's Husbands as Roxana
- Don Juan as Imperia (uncredited)
- The Nervous Wreck as Sally Morgan
- Up in Mabel's Room as Phyllis Wells
- The Cave Man as Dolly Van Dream
- What Price Glory as Shanghai Mabel
- Hard Boiled as Justine Morton
1925
- I Want My Man as Drusilla
- Her Husband's Secret as Pansy La Rue
- A Fight to the Finish as Mary Corbett
- Rugged Water as Myra Fuller
- The Golden Princess as Kate Kent
- New Brooms
- After Business Hours as Sylvia Vane
1924
- The Midnight Express as Jessie Sybil
- So Big as Dallas O'Meara
- Single Wives as Marion Eldridge
- Lilies of the Field as Gertrude
- The Breath of Scandal as Clara Simmons
- Singer Jim Mckee as Mary Holden
- The Fighting Coward as Elvira
- The Hollywood Kid as Self
- The Perfect Flapper as Gertrude Trayle
- The Foolish Virgin as Jane Sanderson
- One Glorious Night as Sarah Graham
- The Snob as Dorothy Rensheimer
1923
- The Balloonatic as The Young Woman
- The Temple of Venus as Constance Lane
- The Common Law as Rita Terris
- The Bolted Door as Natalie Judson
- The Christian as Polly Love
1922
- Step Forward as Rodney's Sweetheart
1921
- Bright Eyes as The Modest Maid
- A Small Town Idol as Mary Brown
- Love and Doughnuts as The Baker's Sweetheart
1920
- Married Life as College Belle
- Down on the Farm as Herself - in Prologue
- Love, Honor and Behave as Mrs. Milton Robbin
1919
- Why Beaches Are Popular as Bathing Girl
- Yankee Doodle in Berlin as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Hearts and Flowers as Prune Magnate's Daughter
1918
- It Pays to Exercise as Dental Assistant
1917
- The Sultan's Wife as Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed)
- '49 – '17 as Young Bee Adams