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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Thunder | Zella | 1929-07-08 |
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The Office Scandal | Jerry Cullen | 1929-03-03 |
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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 Way of All Flesh | The Temptress | 1927-10-01 |
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The Wise Wife | Helen Blaisdell | 1927-10-23 |
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Nobody's Widow | Betty Johnson | 1927-01-12 |
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The Fighting Eagle | Countess de Launay | 1927-08-28 |
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The Little Adventuress | Victoria Stoddard | 1927-04-11 |
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Hard Boiled | Justine Morton | 1926-06-06 |
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The Nervous Wreck | Sally Morgan | 1926-10-09 |
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Don Juan | Imperia (uncredited) | 1926-08-06 |
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Up in Mabel's Room | Phyllis Wells | 1926-06-20 |
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The Cave Man | Dolly Van Dream | 1926-02-06 |
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3 Bad Men | Lily | 1926-08-28 |
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What Price Glory | Shanghai Mabel | 1926-11-23 |
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Fig Leaves | Alice Atkins | 1926-08-22 |
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Other Women's Husbands | Roxana | 1926-03-17 |
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New Brooms | 1925-10-12 | |
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After Business Hours | Sylvia Vane | 1925-06-16 |
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The Golden Princess | Kate Kent | 1925-10-05 |
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Rugged Water | Myra Fuller | 1925-08-17 |
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One Glorious Night | Sarah Graham | 1924-12-01 |
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The Fighting Coward | Elvira | 1924-03-14 |
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The Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
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Singer Jim Mckee | Mary Holden | 1924-03-03 |
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The Midnight Express | Jessie Sybil | 1924-06-01 |
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The Snob | Dorothy Rensheimer | 1924-11-10 |
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So Big | Dallas O'Meara | 1924-12-28 |
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Lilies of the Field | Gertrude | 1924-02-29 |
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The Perfect Flapper | Gertrude Trayle | 1924-05-25 |
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The Foolish Virgin | 1924-08-15 | |
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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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The Christian | Polly Love | 1923-01-14 |
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The Common Law | Rita Terris | 1923-08-30 |
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Step Forward | Rodney's Sweetheart | 1922-04-13 |
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A Small Town Idol | Mary Brown | 1921-02-13 |
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Love and Doughnuts | The Baker's Sweetheart | 1921-09-14 |
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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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Why Beaches Are Popular | Bathing Girl | 1919-05-10 |
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Yankee Doodle in Berlin | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1919-03-02 |
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It Pays to Exercise | Dental Assistant | 1918-02-24 |
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'49–'17 | Young Bee Adams | 1917-10-15 |
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The Sultan's Wife | Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed) | 1917-09-29 |
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Sunshine | 1916-05-06 |
