Phyllis Haver

Known for ActingBorn 1899-01-05Died 1960-11-19Douglass, 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.Read more

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She Couldn't Say No

Nobody's Widow

No Control

A Fight to the Finish

Her Husband's Secret

Singer Jim Mckee

The Foolish Virgin

The Christian

The Bolted Door

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

Thunder

The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary

Your Wife and Mine

The Golden Princess

So Big

One Glorious Night

The Breath of Scandal

Step Forward

Married Life

Tenth Avenue

The Shady Lady

The Little Adventuress

Other Women's Husbands

Hard Boiled

The Cave Man

Rugged Water

Single Wives

The Temple of Venus

Love, Honor and Behave

It Pays to Exercise

Down Memory Lane

Up in Mabel's Room

The Office Scandal

The Wise Wife

New Brooms

After Business Hours

I Want My Man

The Perfect Flapper

The Snob

Lilies of the Field

The Common Law

Bright Eyes

Love and Doughnuts

Why Beaches Are Popular

3 Bad Men

A Small Town Idol

Don Juan

The Way of All Flesh