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

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

Step Forward as Rodney's Sweetheart

1921

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

1920

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

1919

Hearts and Flowers as Prune Magnate's Daughter
Yankee Doodle in Berlin as Minor Role (uncredited)
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