Portrait of Vivien Oakland

Vivien Oakland

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia Vivien Oakland (born Vivian Anderson, May 20, 1895 – August 1, 1958), was an American actress best known for her work in comedies in Hollywood in the 1920s and 1930s, most notably with the Hal Roach Studios. Oakland appeared in 142 films between 1915 and 1951. She supported Laurel and Hardy on several occasions, and sometimes played the wife of Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol in their series of short films. She played mostly bit roles in feature films in the 1940s before making her last film (an Errol comedy) in 1951.

Born: May 19, 1895

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Filmography

1950
Bunco Squad

as Annie Cobb

1950
The Secret Fury

as Mrs. Brownley (uncredited)

1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

as Woman at bar (uncredited)

1946
The Locket

as Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)

1946
Magnificent Doll

as Mrs. Witherspoon (uncredited)

1946
Sister Kenny

as Dr. Gideon's Secretary (uncredited)

1945
Utah

as Stella Mason

1945
1944
The Girl Who Dared

as Chattie Richmond

1942
Laugh Your Blues Away

as Mrs. Conklin

1942
Sappy Pappy

as Mrs. Clyde

1942
The Man in the Trunk

as Mrs. Tessie Sweeney Kohler

1942
A Tragedy at Midnight

as First Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)

1942
USS VD: Ship of Shame

as Health Department Woman (uncredited)

1941
An Apple in His Eye

as Vivien Kennedy

1941
1940
Pop Always Pays

as Mrs. Violet Oberton

1940
'Taint Legal

as Vivien

1940
Sauce for the Gander

as Mrs. Morton

1940
A Chump at Oxford

as Receptionist (uncredited)

1939
The Girl from Mexico

as Mrs. Renner

1939
Clock Wise

as Vivien

1938
Slander House

as Mrs. Conway

1938
Crime Ring

as Madame Jarman

1938
Rebellious Daughters

as Mrs. Webster

1938
Condemned Women

as Mrs. Walter Hempstead

1938
His Pest Friend

as Mrs. Errol

1938
Double Danger

as Mrs. Jerome Courtland (uncredited)

1937
Amateur Crook

as Mrs. Flint, Landlady

1937
Should Wives Work?

as Mrs. Errol

1937
Way Out West

as Sheriff's Wife

1937
1936
One Live Ghost

as Ethel Morton

1936
Lady Luck

as Mrs. Cora Hemingway

1936
Who's Looney Now

as Mrs. Shirley Brown

1935
Mutiny on the Bounty

as Moll (uncredited)

1935
Keystone Hotel

as Mrs. Carmenchita Carson

1935
Atlantic Adventure

as Mrs. Julia Van Dieman

1935
Star of Midnight

as Jerry Classon

1935
Rendezvous at Midnight

as Lillian Haskins

1934
The Defense Rests

as Mrs. Monte Ballou

1934
Money Means Nothing

as Helen Whitney

1934
I Believed in You

as Russell's Sugar Mama

1933
Only Yesterday

as Ethel (Uncredited)

1932
Secrets of the French Police

as Cohort of Moloff (uncredited)

1932
Scram!

as Mrs. Beaumont

1932
The Tenderfoot

as Miss Martin

1932
Cock of the Air

as Irate Woman in Restaurant

1931
A House Divided

as Bess (uncredited)

1931
1931
Gold Dust Gertie

as Lucille Harlan

1931
1931
Many a Slip

as Emily Coster

1930
A Lady Surrenders

as Mrs. Lynchfield

1930
1930
The Matrimonial Bed

as Susan Trebel

1930
Back Pay

as Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)

1929
That's My Wife

as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)

1929
Loud Soup

as Mrs. Chase

1928
We Faw Down

as Mrs. Hardy

1928
Galloping Ghosts

as Smith's First oOve

1927
Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Mrs. Shelby

1927
Love 'Em and Weep

as Mrs. Ricketts

1927
Two-Time Mama

as Mrs. Brown

1926
45 Minutes from Hollywood

as Herself, in magazine (uncredited)

1926
Redheads Preferred

as Mrs. Bill Williams

1926
Tell 'Em Nothing

as The Galloping Blonde

1926
Along Came Auntie

as Mrs. Remington Chow - the Wife

1926
Mighty Like a Moose

as Mrs. Moose - The Wife

1926
Say It with Babies

as Mrs. Crum

1926
Tony Runs Wild

as Mrs. Johnson (as Vivian Oakland)

1926
Wife Tamers

as The Other Woman

1926
Mama Behave

as Miss D'Arcy - Lolita's Friend

1925
The Teaser

as Lois Caswell(as Vivian Oakland)

1925
The Rainbow Trail

as Bessie Venters

1924
Madonna of the Streets

as Lady Sarah Joyce