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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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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The Wise Wife | Helen Blaisdell | 1927-10-23 |
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The Fighting Eagle | Countess de Launay | 1927-08-28 |
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The Way of All Flesh | The Temptress | 1927-10-01 |
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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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Chicago | Roxie Hart | 1927-12-23 |
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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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What Price Glory | Shanghai Mabel | 1926-11-23 |
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Up in Mabel's Room | Phyllis Wells | 1926-06-20 |
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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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Don Juan | Imperia (uncredited) | 1926-08-06 |
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Other Women's Husbands | Roxana | 1926-03-17 |
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The Cave Man | Dolly Van Dream | 1926-02-06 |
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Rugged Water | Myra Fuller | 1925-08-17 |
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The Golden Princess | 1925-10-05 | |
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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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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 Foolish Virgin | 1924-08-15 | |
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Singer Jim Mckee | Mary Holden | 1924-03-03 |
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The Perfect Flapper | Gertrude Trayle | 1924-05-25 |
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The Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
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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 Fighting Coward | Elvira | 1924-03-14 |
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The Temple of Venus | Constance Lane | 1923-11-11 |
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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 Balloonatic | The Young Woman | 1923-01-22 |
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Step Forward | Rodney's Sweetheart | 1922-04-13 |
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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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A Small Town Idol | Mary Brown | 1921-02-13 |
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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 |
