Phyllis Haver
Acting
Born 1899-01-05
Died 1960-11-19
Douglass, Kansas, USA
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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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Acting
58 credits
Married Life
No Control
3 Bad Men
Single Wives
Fig Leaves
The Balloonatic
Down Memory Lane
Love, Honor and Behave
The Golden Princess
'49–'17
Don Juan
The Bolted Door
Sal of Singapore
Down on the Farm
Lilies of the Field
I Want My Man
The Wise Wife
Singer Jim Mckee
The Shady Lady
The Battle of the Sexes
The Midnight Express
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
So Big
Bright Eyes
Her Husband's Secret
A Fight to the Finish
The Way of All Flesh
Your Wife and Mine
The Nervous Wreck
Chicago
A Small Town Idol
The Snob
Love and Doughnuts
Up in Mabel's Room
The Hollywood Kid
Other Women's Husbands
The Fighting Eagle
Rugged Water
The Temple of Venus
The Fighting Coward
The Cave Man
What Price Glory
The Common Law
The Breath of Scandal
The Christian
Hearts and Flowers
Nobody's Widow
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
She Couldn't Say No
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Tenth Avenue
A Small Town Idol
Hard Boiled
The Foolish Virgin
The Little Adventuress
The Office Scandal
After Business Hours
Step Forward
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