About

Known credits:
54
Birthday:
1899-01-05
Place of birth:
Douglass, Kansas, USA
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Phyllis Haver

Overview

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.

Known for

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1949 Down Memory Lane Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1939 A Small Town Idol Actor Mary Brown N/A
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1930 She Couldn't Say No Actor Showgirl N/A
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1929 Thunder Actor Zella N/A
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1929 The Office Scandal Actor Jerry Cullen N/A
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1928 Sal of Singapore Actor Sal N/A
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1928 The Battle of the Sexes Actor Marie Skinner 58
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1928 Tenth Avenue Actor Lyla Mason N/A
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1927 Chicago Actor Roxie Hart 58
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1927 The Wise Wife Actor Helen Blaisdell N/A
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1927 The Way of All Flesh Actor The Temptress 59
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1927 The Fighting Eagle Actor Countess de Launay 58
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1927 The Little Adventuress Actor Victoria Stoddard N/A
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1927 Nobody's Widow Actor Betty Johnson N/A
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1926 What Price Glory Actor Shanghai Mabel 59
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1926 The Nervous Wreck Actor Sally Morgan 58
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1926 3 Bad Men Actor Lily 59
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1926 Fig Leaves Actor Alice Atkins 58
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1926 Don Juan Actor Imperia (uncredited) 59
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1926 Up in Mabel's Room Actor Phyllis Wells 59
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1926 Hard Boiled Actor Justine Morton N/A
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1926 Other Women's Husbands Actor Roxana N/A
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1926 The Cave Man Actor Dolly Van Dream N/A
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1925 New Brooms Actor N/A
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1925 The Golden Princess Actor Kate Kent N/A
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1925 Rugged Water Actor Myra Fuller N/A
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1925 After Business Hours Actor Sylvia Vane N/A
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1924 So Big Actor Dallas O'Meara N/A
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1924 One Glorious Night Actor Sarah Graham N/A
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1924 The Snob Actor Dorothy Rensheimer N/A
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1924 The Foolish Virgin Actor N/A
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1924 The Midnight Express Actor Jessie Sybil 58
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1924 The Perfect Flapper Actor Gertrude Trayle N/A
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1924 The Hollywood Kid Actor Self 58
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1924 The Fighting Coward Actor Elvira 58
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1924 Singer Jim Mckee Actor Mary Holden N/A
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1924 Lilies of the Field Actor Gertrude N/A
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1923 The Temple of Venus Actor Constance Lane N/A
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1923 The Common Law Actor Rita Terris N/A
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1923 The Balloonatic Actor The Young Woman 59
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1923 The Christian Actor Polly Love N/A
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1922 Step Forward Actor Rodney's Sweetheart N/A
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1921 Bright Eyes Actor The Modest Maid N/A
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1921 Love and Doughnuts Actor The Baker's Sweetheart N/A
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1921 A Small Town Idol Actor Mary Brown 59
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1920 Down on the Farm Actor Herself - in Prologue 58
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1919 Hearts and Flowers Actor Prune Magnate's Daughter 58
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1919 Why Beaches Are Popular Actor Bathing Girl N/A
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1919 Yankee Doodle in Berlin Actor Minor Role (uncredited) 58
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1918 It Pays to Exercise Actor Dental Assistant N/A
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1917 '49–'17 Actor Young Bee Adams 58
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1917 The Sultan's Wife Actor Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed) 58
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1916 Sunshine Actor N/A
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