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Phyllis Maude Haver (January 6, 1899 – November 19, 1960) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early life. Haver was born in Douglass, Kansas to James Hiram Haver and Minnie Shanks Malone. When she was young, her family moved to Los Angeles, California. Haver attended Los Angeles Polytechnic High.
Phyllis Haver. Actress: The Christian. Phyllis Haver was born Phyllis O'Haver on January 6, 1899, in Douglas, KS. When she was a child her family moved to California. Young Phyllis got a job playing piano at a local movie theater. Producer Mack Sennett saw her and hired her to be one of his "Sennett Bathing Beauties".
- January 1, 1
- Douglass, Kansas, USA
- January 1, 1
- Sharon, Connecticut, USA
Phyllis Haver was a silent-screen actress who retired to marry a millionaire in 1929. She died by suicide in 1960 after the death of her friend and former boss Mack Sennett.
- January 6, 1899
- November 19, 1960
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Phyllis Haver. Born 6 January 1899 in Douglass, Kansas, USA, as Phyllis Maude Haver. Died 19 November 1960 in Sharon, Connecticut, USA, of a barbiturates overdose. Married William Seeman, 1929; divorced 1945. Phyllis Haver moved with her family to Los Angeles from Kansas when she was a young girl.
An adorable blonde comedienne of silent films, Haver got her start as a Mack Sennett bathing beauty. She began work in 1917 and was soon a top-line comic at $25 a week in such two-reelers as "A Bedroom Blunder" (1917), "Why Beaches Are Popular," "Love Honor and Behave" (1920) and "On a Summer's Day."
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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.
