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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.
Birth Name
Phyllis O'Haver
Born
Friday, 06 January 1899
Died
Saturday, 19 November 1960
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Buster Keaton: The Great Stone Face | The Young Woman | 1968 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
Down Memory Lane | Character in Sennett Shorts / archive footage | 1949 |
She Couldn't Say No | Showgirl | 1930 |
Thunder | Zella | 1929 |
The Office Scandal | Jerry Cullen | 1929 |
The Shady Lady | Lola Mantell | 1929 |
Sal of Singapore | Sal | 1928 |
The Battle of the Sexes | Marie Skinner | 1928 |
Tenth Avenue | Lyla Mason | 1928 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Buster Keaton: The Great Stone Face | The Young Woman | 1968 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
Down Memory Lane | Character in Sennett Shorts / archive footage | 1949 |
She Couldn't Say No | Showgirl | 1930 |
Thunder | Zella | 1929 |
The Office Scandal | Jerry Cullen | 1929 |
The Shady Lady | Lola Mantell | 1929 |
Sal of Singapore | Sal | 1928 |
The Battle of the Sexes | Marie Skinner | 1928 |
Tenth Avenue | Lyla Mason | 1928 |
Chicago | Roxie Hart | 1927 |
The Wise Wife | Helen Blaisdell | 1927 |
The Way of All Flesh | The Temptress | 1927 |
The Fighting Eagle | Countess de Launay | 1927 |
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary | Martha Rankin | 1927 |
Your Wife and Mine | Phyllis Warren | 1927 |
The Little Adventuress | Victoria Stoddard | 1927 |
The Nervous Wreck | Sally Morgan | 1926 |
3 Bad Men | Lily | 1926 |
Fig Leaves | Alice Atkins | 1926 |
Don Juan | Imperia | 1926 |
Up in Mabel's Room | Phyllis Wells | 1926 |
Other Women's Husbands | Roxana | 1926 |
The Golden Princess | Kate Kent | 1925 |
Rugged Water | Myra Fuller | 1925 |
After Business Hours | Sylvia Vane | 1925 |
One Glorious Night | Sarah Graham | 1924 |
The Breath of Scandal | Clara Simmons | 1924 |
The Foolish Virgin | Jane Sanderson | 1924 |
Single Wives | Marion Eldridge | 1924 |
The Midnight Express | Jessie Sybil | 1924 |
The Perfect Flapper | Gertrude Trayle | 1924 |
The Hollywood Kid | Phyllis Haver / Self | 1924 |
Singer Jim McKee | Mary Holden | 1924 |
Lilies of the Field | Gertrude | 1924 |
The Temple of Venus | Constance Lane | 1923 |
The Bolted Door | Natalie Judson | 1923 |
The Balloonatic | The Young Woman | 1923 |
The Christian | Polly Love | 1923 |
Step Forward | Rodney's Sweetheart | 1922 |
Bright Eyes | The Modest Maid | 1921 |
Love and Doughnuts | The Baker's Sweetheart | 1921 |
Home Talent | The Landlord's Daughter | 1921 |
Down on the Farm | Herself - in Prologue / Self - in Prologue | 1920 |
Hearts and Flowers | A Prune Magnate's Daughter / Prune Magnate's Daughter | 1919 |
Yankee Doodle in Berlin | Minor Role | 1919 |
'49-'17 | Young Bee Adams | 1917 |
A Bedroom Blunder | Bathing Girl | 1917 |
The Sultan's Wife | Harem Girl | 1917 |