Phyllis Haver
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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.
Acting
Movie
The Balloonatic
as The Young Woman
1923
Movie
3 Bad Men
as Lily
1926
Movie
Fig Leaves
as Alice Atkins
1926
Movie
Chicago
as Roxie Hart
1927
Movie
Don Juan
as Imperia (uncredited)
1926
Movie
'49–'17
as Young Bee Adams
1917
Movie
The Battle of the Sexes
as Marie Skinner
1928
Movie
What Price Glory
as Shanghai Mabel
1926
Movie
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1919
Movie
The Way of All Flesh
as The Temptress
1927
Movie
Down on the Farm
as Herself - in Prologue
1920
Movie
The Fighting Eagle
as Countess de Launay
1927
Movie
The Hollywood Kid
as Self
1924
Movie
The Nervous Wreck
as Sally Morgan
1926
Movie
The Sultan's Wife
as Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed)
1917
Movie
A Small Town Idol
as Mary Brown
1921
Movie
Hearts and Flowers
as Prune Magnate's Daughter
1919
Movie
Sal of Singapore
as Sal
1928
Movie
Up in Mabel's Room
as Phyllis Wells
1926
Movie
The Midnight Express
as Jessie Sybil
1924
Movie
The Fighting Coward
as Elvira
1924
Movie
The Temple of Venus
as Constance Lane
1923
Movie
Rugged Water
as Myra Fuller
1925
Movie
The Golden Princess
as Kate Kent
1925