Vivien Oakland
Biography
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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.
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Acting History
2024
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
1967The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1950Bunco Squad as Annie Cobb
1950The Secret Fury as Mrs. Brownley (uncredited)
1947Borrowed Blonde as Boss's Wife
1947Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman as Woman at bar (uncredited)
1946The Locket as Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)
1946Magnificent Doll as Mrs. Witherspoon (uncredited)
1946Sister Kenny as Dr. Gideon's Secretary (uncredited)
1945Utah as Stella Mason
1945The Man Who Walked Alone as Mrs. Monroe
1944The Girl Who Dared as Chattie Richmond
1942Laugh Your Blues Away as Mrs. Conklin
1942Sappy Pappy as Mrs. Clyde
1942The Man in the Trunk as Mrs. Tessie Sweeney Kohler
1942A Tragedy at Midnight as First Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
1942USS VD: Ship of Shame as Health Department Woman (uncredited)
1941An Apple in His Eye as Vivien Kennedy
1941The Ring and the Belle as Mrs. Clyde
1940Drafted in the Depot as Vivien Kennedy
1940A Trailer Tragedy as Vivien Kennedy
1940Sunk by the Census as Vivien
1940Pop Always Pays as Mrs. Violet Oberton
1940'Taint Legal as Vivien
1940Mutiny in the County as Vivian Kennedy
1940Sauce for the Gander as Mrs. Morton
1940A Chump at Oxford as Receptionist (uncredited)
1939Kennedy the Great as Vivien Kennedy
1939Maid to Order as Vivien
1939The Girl from Mexico as Mrs. Renner
1939Baby Daze as Vivien Kennedy
1939Clock Wise as Vivien
1938A Clean Sweep as Mrs. Edgar (Vivian) Kennedy
1938Beaux and Errors as Vivien Kennedy
1938Slander House as Mrs. Conway
1938Crime Ring as Madame Jarman
1938Rebellious Daughters as Mrs. Webster
1938Berth Quakes as Mrs. Errol
1938Condemned Women as Mrs. Walter Hempstead
1938His Pest Friend as Mrs. Errol
1938Double Danger as Mrs. Jerome Courtland (uncredited)
1937Amateur Crook as Mrs. Flint, Landlady
1937Should Wives Work? as Mrs. Errol
1937Tramp Trouble as Vivien
1937Dumb's the Word as Vivien Kennedy
1937Way Out West as Sheriff's Wife
1937Mile a Minute Love as Marie
1937Bad Housekeeping as Vivien Kennedy
1937Knee Action
1936One Live Ghost as Ethel Morton
1936Lady Luck as Mrs. Cora Hemingway
1936Who's Looney Now as Mrs. Shirley Brown
1935Mutiny on the Bounty as Moll (uncredited)
1935Keystone Hotel as Mrs. Carmenchita Carson
1935Atlantic Adventure as Mrs. Julia Van Dieman
1935Alimony Aches as May, Andy's Ex-wife
1935Star of Midnight as Jerry Classon
1935Rendezvous at Midnight as Lillian Haskins
1934One Too Many
1934In the Dog House as Tallulah Clyde
1934Perfectly Mismated
1934The Fuller Gush Man as Mother
1934The Defense Rests as Mrs. Monte Ballou
1934Money Means Nothing as Helen Whitney
1934I Believed in You as Russell's Sugar Mama
1933Only Yesterday as Ethel (Uncredited)
1932Secrets of the French Police as Cohort of Moloff (uncredited)
1932Scram! as Mrs. Beaumont
1932The Tenderfoot as Miss Martin
1932Running Hollywood as Vivien
1932Cock of the Air as Irate Woman in Restaurant
1931A House Divided as Bess (uncredited)
1931The Age for Love as Grace
1931Gold Dust Gertie as Lucille Harlan
1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick' as Vivien - the Wife (uncredited)
1931Lime Juice Nights as Karl's wife
1931Many a Slip as Emily Coster
1930Their Wives' Vacation
1930A Lady Surrenders as Mrs. Lynchfield
1930Oh, Sailor, Behave! as Kunegundi
1930The Matrimonial Bed as Susan Trebel
1930Big Hearted
1930Back Pay as Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
1930The Florodora Girl as Maud
1929Satires
1929The Time, the Place and the Girl as Mrs. Davis
1929Thundering Toupees
1929That's My Wife as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
1929Loud Soup as Mrs. Chase
1929Off to Buffalo as Mrs. Chase
1928We Faw Down as Mrs. Hardy
1928Imagine My Embarrassment
1928Galloping Ghosts as Smith's First oOve
1927Uncle Tom's Cabin as Mrs. Shelby
1927Love 'Em and Weep as Mrs. Ricketts
1927Two-Time Mama as Mrs. Brown
192645 Minutes from Hollywood as Herself, in magazine (uncredited)
1926Redheads Preferred as Mrs. Bill Williams
1926Tell 'Em Nothing as The Galloping Blonde
1926Along Came Auntie as Mrs. Remington Chow - the Wife
1926Mighty Like a Moose as Mrs. Moose - The Wife
1926Don Key (Son of Burro) as Vivien
1926Say It with Babies as Mrs. Crum
1926Tony Runs Wild as Mrs. Johnson (as Vivian Oakland)
1926Wife Tamers as The Other Woman
1926Mama Behave as Miss D'Arcy - Lolita's Friend
1926Long Pants as The Widow
1925The Teaser as Lois Caswell(as Vivian Oakland)
1925The Rainbow Trail as Bessie Venters
1924Madonna of the Streets as Lady Sarah Joyce
1915Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman as Beauty