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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The Battle of the Sexes | Marie Skinner | 1928-10-12 |
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Sal of Singapore | Sal | 1928-11-04 |
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The Shady Lady | Lola Mantell | 1928-12-16 |
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Tenth Avenue | Lyla Mason | 1928-08-06 |
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Your Wife and Mine | Phyllis Warren | 1927-08-01 |
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No Control | Nancy Flood | 1927-04-07 |
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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 Fighting Eagle | Countess de Launay | 1927-08-28 |
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The Little Adventuress | Victoria Stoddard | 1927-04-11 |
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Nobody's Widow | Betty Johnson | 1927-01-12 |
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The Wise Wife | Helen Blaisdell | 1927-10-23 |
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The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary | Martha Rankin | 1927-08-08 |
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Don Juan | Imperia (uncredited) | 1926-08-06 |
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Hard Boiled | Justine Morton | 1926-06-06 |
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3 Bad Men | Lily | 1926-08-28 |
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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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What Price Glory | Shanghai Mabel | 1926-11-23 |
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The Nervous Wreck | Sally Morgan | 1926-10-09 |
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Fig Leaves | Alice Atkins | 1926-08-22 |
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The Cave Man | Dolly Van Dream | 1926-02-06 |
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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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Rugged Water | Myra Fuller | 1925-08-17 |
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Her Husband's Secret | Pansy La Rue | 1925-02-22 |
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A Fight to the Finish | Mary Corbett | 1925-11-01 |
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I Want My Man | Drusilla | 1925-03-22 |
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The Breath of Scandal | Clara Simmons | 1924-09-01 |
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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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The Foolish Virgin | Jane Sanderson | 1924-08-15 |
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Lilies of the Field | Gertrude | 1924-02-29 |
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One Glorious Night | Sarah Graham | 1924-12-01 |
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The Snob | Dorothy Rensheimer | 1924-11-10 |
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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 Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
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The Fighting Coward | Elvira | 1924-03-14 |
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The Perfect Flapper | Gertrude Trayle | 1924-05-25 |
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The Common Law | Rita Terris | 1923-08-30 |
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The Balloonatic | The Young Woman | 1923-01-22 |
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The Bolted Door | Natalie Judson | 1923-03-05 |
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The Christian | Polly Love | 1923-01-14 |
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The Temple of Venus | Constance Lane | 1923-11-11 |
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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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Bright Eyes | The Modest Maid | 1921-12-24 |
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Love and Doughnuts | The Baker's Sweetheart | 1921-09-14 |
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Down on the Farm | Herself - in Prologue | 1920-04-17 |
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Married Life | College Belle | 1920-06-15 |
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Love, Honor and Behave | Mrs. Milton Robbin | 1920-11-22 |
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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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Hearts and Flowers | Prune Magnate's Daughter | 1919-06-22 |
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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 |
