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Phyllis Haver
Actor
Born January 5, 1899Died November 19, 1960 (61 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 1968 | The Great Stone Face · as The Young Woman |
| 1949 | Down Memory Lane · as (archive Footage) |
| 1929 | Thunder · as Zella |
| 1928 | Sal of Singapore · as Sal |
| 1928 | The Battle of the Sexes · as Marie Skinner |
| 1927 | Chicago · as Roxie Hart |
| 1927 | The Way of All Flesh · as The Temptress |
| 1927 | The Fighting Eagle · as Countess De Launay |
| 1926 | What Price Glory · as Shanghai Mabel |
| 1926 | The Nervous Wreck · as Sally Morgan |
| 1926 | 3 Bad Men · as Lily |
| 1926 | Fig Leaves · as Alice Atkins |
| 1926 | Don Juan · as Imperia (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Up in Mabel's Room · as Phyllis Wells |
| 1925 | A Fight to the Finish · as Mary Corbett |
| 1925 | |
| 1925 | The Golden Princess · as Kate Kent |
| 1924 | The Midnight Express · as Jessie Sybil |
| 1924 | The Fighting Coward · as Elvira |
| 1924 | Lilies of the Field · as Gertrude |
| 1923 | The Balloonatic · as The Young Woman |
| 1921 | A Small Town Idol · as Mary Brown |
| 1919 | Yankee Doodle in Berlin · as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1917 | '49-'17 · as Young Bee Adams |