Vivien Oakland

Personal Info

Birthday

May 19, 1895

Day of Death

1958-08-01

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Vivian Oakland

Vivienne Oakland

Vivian Okaland

Vivian Ruth Andersen

Vivien Oakland

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.

Known For

Mutiny on the Bounty

Way Out West

Magnificent Doll

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Slander House

Only Yesterday

A Chump at Oxford

The Man Who Walked Alone

Filmography

1950
Bunco Squad
as Annie Cobb
The Secret Fury
as Mrs. Brownley (uncredited)
1947
Borrowed Blonde
as Boss's Wife
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Woman at bar (uncredited)
1946
The Locket
as Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll
as Mrs. Witherspoon
Sister Kenny
as Dr. Gideon's Secretary (uncredited)
1945
Utah
as Stella Mason
The Man Who Walked Alone
as Mrs. Monroe
1944
The Girl Who Dared
as Chattie Richmond
1942
Laugh Your Blues Away
as Mrs. Conklin
Sappy Pappy
as Mrs. Clyde
The Man in the Trunk
as Mrs. Tessie Sweeney Kohler
A Tragedy at Midnight
as First Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Health Department Woman (uncredited)
1941
An Apple in His Eye
as Vivien Kennedy
The Ring and the Belle
as Mrs. Clyde
1940
Drafted in the Depot
as Vivien Kennedy
A Trailer Tragedy
as Vivien Kennedy
Sunk by the Census
as Vivien
Pop Always Pays
as Mrs. Violet Oberton
'Taint Legal
as Vivien
Mutiny in the County
as Vivian Kennedy
Sauce for the Gander
as Mrs. Morton
A Chump at Oxford
as Receptionist (uncredited)
1939
Kennedy the Great
as Vivien Kennedy
Maid to Order
as Vivien
The Girl from Mexico
as Mrs. Renner
Baby Daze
as Vivien Kennedy
Clock Wise
as Vivien
1938
A Clean Sweep
as Mrs. Edgar (Vivian) Kennedy
Beaux and Errors
as Vivien Kennedy
Slander House
as Mrs. Conway
Crime Ring
as Madame Jarman
Rebellious Daughters
as Mrs. Webster
Berth Quakes
as Mrs. Errol
Condemned Women
as Mrs. Walter Hempstead
His Pest Friend
as Mrs. Errol
Double Danger
as Mrs. Jerome Courtland (uncredited)
1937
Amateur Crook
as Mrs. Flint, Landlady
Should Wives Work?
as Mrs. Errol
Tramp Trouble
as Vivien
Dumb's the Word
as Vivien Kennedy
Way Out West
as Sheriff's Wife
Mile a Minute Love
as Marie
Bad Housekeeping
as Vivien Kennedy
1936
One Live Ghost
as Ethel Morton
Lady Luck
as Mrs. Cora Hemingway
Who's Looney Now
as Mrs. Shirley Brown
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Moll (uncredited)
Keystone Hotel
as Mrs. Carmenchita Carson
Atlantic Adventure
as Mrs. Julia Van Dieman
Alimony Aches
as May, Andy's Ex-wife
Star of Midnight
as Jerry Classon
Rendezvous at Midnight
as Lillian Haskins
1934
In the Dog House
as Tallulah Clyde
The Fuller Gush Man
as Mother
The Defense Rests
as Mrs. Monte Ballou
Money Means Nothing
as Helen Whitney
I Believed in You
as Russell's Sugar Mama
1933
Only Yesterday
as Ethel (Uncredited)
1932
Secrets of the French Police
as Moloff's White-haired Matron
Scram!
as Mrs. Beaumont
The Tenderfoot
as Miss Martin
Running Hollywood
as Vivien
Cock of the Air
as Irate Woman in Restaurant
1931
A House Divided
as Bess (uncredited)
The Age for Love
as Grace
Gold Dust Gertie
as Lucille Harlan
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick'
as Vivien - the Wife (uncredited)
Lime Juice Nights
as Karl's wife
Many a Slip
as Emily Coster
1930
A Lady Surrenders
as Mrs. Lynchfield
Oh, Sailor, Behave!
as Kunegundi
The Matrimonial Bed
as Susan Trebel
Back Pay
as Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
The Florodora Girl
as Maud
1929
The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Mrs. Davis
That's My Wife
as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
Loud Soup
as Mrs. Chase
Off to Buffalo
as Mrs. Chase
1928
We Faw Down
as Mrs. Hardy
Galloping Ghosts
as Smith's First oOve
1927
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Mrs. Shelby
Love 'Em and Weep
as Mrs. Ricketts
Two-Time Mama
as Mrs. Brown
1926
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Herself, in magazine (uncredited)
Redheads Preferred
as Mrs. Bill Williams
Tell 'Em Nothing
as The Galloping Blonde
Along Came Auntie
as Mrs. Remington Chow - the Wife
Mighty Like a Moose
as Mrs. Moose - The Wife
Don Key (Son of Burro)
as Vivien
Say It with Babies
as Mrs. Crum
Tony Runs Wild
as Mrs. Johnson (as Vivian Oakland)
Wife Tamers
as The Other Woman
Mama Behave
as Miss D'Arcy - Lolita's Friend
Long Pants
as The Widow
1925
The Teaser
as Lois Caswell(as Vivian Oakland)
The Rainbow Trail
as Bessie Venters
1924
Madonna of the Streets
as Lady Sarah Joyce
1915
Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman
as Beauty