Vivien Oakland
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Born | Vivian Ruth Andersen May 20, 1895 |
Died | August 1, 1958 Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged 63)
Other names | Vivian Oakland Vivienne Oakland |
Years active | 1915–1951 |
Spouse | John T. Murray (1886–1957) |
Vivien Oakland (born Vivian Ruth Andersen; 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 157 films between 1915 and 1951.[1]
Family
Born Vivian Ruth Andersen in San Francisco, California, she was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Edward Andersen and Anna Marthine Olsen. Her siblings' names were Edward, Herbert (né Hagbart), and Edna. She was one half of the vaudeville team "The Oakland Sisters" with her younger sister Edna,[2] who later performed in motion pictures as Dagmar Oakland.[3][4] After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake Anna Andersen, a widow since 1898, moved the family to Oakland, California. In 1917, she married actor John T. Murray (1886–1957).[5] Oakland performed on Broadway and with the Zigfeld Follies.[6][7]
Career
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. She retired from acting in 1951, settling in Sherman Oaks, California. She died seven years later and was buried in Chapel of the Pines Crematory.[8]
Partial filmography
- Madonna of the Streets (1924)
- The Teaser (1925)
- Wife Tamers (1926)
- Along Came Auntie (1926)
- Mighty Like a Moose (1926)
- Say It with Babies (1926)
- Two-Time Mama (1927)
- Love 'em and Weep (1927)
- We Faw Down (1928)
- That's My Wife (1929)
- In the Headlines (1929)
- Oh Sailor Behave (1930)
- A Lady Surrenders (1930)
- The Age for Love (1931)
- Secrets of the French Police (1932)
- Scram! (1932)
- They Just Had to Get Married (1932)
- The Defense Rests (1934)
- Money Means Nothing (1934)
- Star of Midnight (1935)
- Way Out West (1937)
- Should Wives Work? (1937)
- A Chump at Oxford (1940)
- Night and Day (1946)
- Bunco Squad (1950)
- Punchy Pancho (1951)
References
- ^ "Vivien Oakland profile". IMDb.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ "Vivien Oakland, Dagmar Oakland". www.listal.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "University of Washington Digital Collections". washington.edu. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Vivien Oakland, March 1, 1924 "Strauss-Peyton Studio (photographer) Autograph on photo. Written on verso: McFarland and Oakland. Vivien Oakland (1895-1958), born Vivien Anderson, appeared in a number of silent film comedies of the 1920s for Hal Roach Studios. She performed in Seattle for a week's performances beginning near the end of the month of February 1924."
- ^ Vivien Oakland at IMDb
- ^ "Vivien Anderson". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ League, The Broadway. "Vivien Oakland – Broadway Cast & Staff". ibdb.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "Vivien Oakland profile". ClassicVideoStreams.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
External links
- Vivien Oakland at IMDb
- https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/vivien-oakland-68465
- Vivien Oakland at the TCM Movie Database
- Vivien Oakland at Find a Grave
- Vivien Oakland (lordheath.com)
- https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=13133
- http://www.lordheath.com/menu1_67.html
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
- 1895 births
- 1958 deaths
- American film actresses
- American people of Norwegian descent
- American silent film actresses
- Hal Roach Studios actors
- Burials at Chapel of the Pines Crematory
- Actresses from California
- 20th-century American actresses
- Disease-related deaths in California
- American film actor, 1890s birth stubs