1899-01-05 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.
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Down Memory Lane | (archive footage) | 1949-08-01 |
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments | (archive footage) | 1943-01-01 |
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A Small Town Idol | Mary Brown | 1939-02-11 |
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She Couldn't Say No | Showgirl | 1930-02-15 |
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The Office Scandal | Jerry Cullen | 1929-03-03 |
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Thunder | Zella | 1929-07-08 |
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Sal of Singapore | Sal | 1928-11-04 |
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Tenth Avenue | Lyla Mason | 1928-08-06 |
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The Battle of the Sexes | Marie Skinner | 1928-10-12 |
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Chicago | Roxie Hart | 1927-12-23 |
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The Wise Wife | Helen Blaisdell | 1927-10-23 |
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The Way of All Flesh | The Temptress | 1927-10-01 |
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No Control | Nancy Flood | 1927-04-07 |
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The Little Adventuress | Victoria Stoddard | 1927-04-11 |
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The Fighting Eagle | Countess de Launay | 1927-08-28 |
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Nobody's Widow | Betty Johnson | 1927-01-12 |
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3 Bad Men | Lily | 1926-08-28 |
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Hard Boiled | Justine Morton | 1926-06-06 |
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Don Juan | Imperia (uncredited) | 1926-08-06 |
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The Nervous Wreck | Sally Morgan | 1926-10-09 |
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The Cave Man | Dolly Van Dream | 1926-02-06 |
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Up in Mabel's Room | Phyllis Wells | 1926-06-20 |
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Other Women's Husbands | Roxana | 1926-03-17 |
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Fig Leaves | Alice Atkins | 1926-08-22 |
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What Price Glory | Shanghai Mabel | 1926-11-23 |
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Rugged Water | Myra Fuller | 1925-08-17 |
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The Golden Princess | Kate Kent | 1925-10-05 |
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After Business Hours | Sylvia Vane | 1925-06-16 |
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New Brooms | 1925-10-12 | |
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Single Wives | Marion Eldridge | 1924-07-24 |
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Singer Jim Mckee | Mary Holden | 1924-03-03 |
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Lilies of the Field | Gertrude | 1924-02-29 |
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The Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
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One Glorious Night | Sarah Graham | 1924-12-01 |
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The Foolish Virgin | 1924-08-15 | |
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The Perfect Flapper | Gertrude Trayle | 1924-05-25 |
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The Midnight Express | Jessie Sybil | 1924-06-01 |
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So Big | Dallas O'Meara | 1924-12-28 |
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The Fighting Coward | Elvira | 1924-03-14 |
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The Snob | Dorothy Rensheimer | 1924-11-10 |
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The Christian | Polly Love | 1923-01-14 |
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The Common Law | Rita Terris | 1923-08-30 |
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The Temple of Venus | Constance Lane | 1923-11-11 |
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The Balloonatic | The Young Woman | 1923-01-22 |
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Step Forward | Rodney's Sweetheart | 1922-04-13 |
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Love and Doughnuts | The Baker's Sweetheart | 1921-09-14 |
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A Small Town Idol | Mary Brown | 1921-02-13 |
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Bright Eyes | The Modest Maid | 1921-12-24 |
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Down on the Farm | Herself - in Prologue | 1920-04-17 |
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Hearts and Flowers | Prune Magnate's Daughter | 1919-06-22 |
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Yankee Doodle in Berlin | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1919-03-02 |
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Why Beaches Are Popular | Bathing Girl | 1919-05-10 |
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It Pays to Exercise | Dental Assistant | 1918-02-24 |
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The Sultan's Wife | Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed) | 1917-09-29 |
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'49–'17 | Young Bee Adams | 1917-10-15 |
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Sunshine | 1916-05-06 |
