Phyllis Haver
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
3 Bad Men
as Lily 1926
Fig Leaves
as Alice Atkins 1926
Chicago
as Roxie Hart 1927
'49–'17
as Young Bee Adams 1917
Don Juan
as Imperia (uncredited) 1926
The Battle of the Sexes
as Marie Skinner 1928
What Price Glory
as Shanghai Mabel 1926
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as Minor Role (uncredited) 1919
The Way of All Flesh
as The Temptress 1927
Down on the Farm
as Herself - in Prologue 1920
The Fighting Eagle
as Countess de Launay 1927
The Hollywood Kid
as Self 1924
The Nervous Wreck
as Sally Morgan 1926
The Sultan's Wife
as Harem Girl (uncredited/unconfirmed) 1917
A Small Town Idol
as Mary Brown 1921
Hearts and Flowers
as Prune Magnate's Daughter 1919