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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.
Filmography
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Movies 55
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Down Memory Lane (1949)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
A Small Town Idol (1939)
Thunder (1929)
The Office Scandal (1929)
Sal of Singapore (1928)
The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
Tenth Avenue (1928)
Chicago (1927)
The Wise Wife (1927)
The Way of All Flesh (1927)
The Fighting Eagle (1927)
The Little Adventuress (1927)
Nobody's Widow (1927)
What Price Glory (1926)
The Nervous Wreck (1926)
3 Bad Men (1926)
Fig Leaves (1926)
Don Juan (1926)
Up in Mabel's Room (1926)
Hard Boiled (1926)
Other Women's Husbands (1926)
The Cave Man (1926)
A Fight to the Finish (1925)
New Brooms (1925)
The Golden Princess (1925)
Rugged Water (1925)
After Business Hours (1925)
So Big (1924)
One Glorious Night (1924)
The Snob (1924)
The Foolish Virgin (1924)
The Midnight Express (1924)
The Perfect Flapper (1924)
The Hollywood Kid (1924)
The Fighting Coward (1924)
Singer Jim Mckee (1924)
Lilies of the Field (1924)
The Temple of Venus (1923)
The Common Law (1923)
The Bolted Door (1923)
The Balloonatic (1923)
The Christian (1923)
Step Forward (1922)
Bright Eyes (1921)
Love and Doughnuts (1921)
A Small Town Idol (1921)
Down on the Farm (1920)
Hearts and Flowers (1919)
Why Beaches Are Popular (1919)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
It Pays to Exercise (1918)
'49–'17 (1917)
The Sultan's Wife (1917)
Sunshine (1916)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1899-01-05
Deathday1960-11-19 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceDouglass, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsPhyllis O'Haver
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