Vivien Oakland

May 19, 1895 - Aug 01, 1958 (63 years old) in San Francisco, California, USA

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

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Magnificent Doll

Mrs. Witherspoon (uncredited)

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Back Pay

Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)

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Sister Kenny

Dr. Gideon's Secretary (uncredited)

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The Locket

Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)

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Running Hollywood

Vivien

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Double Danger

Mrs. Jerome Courtland (uncredited)

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Galloping Ghosts

Smith's First oOve

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Only Yesterday

Ethel (Uncredited)

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Tramp Trouble

Vivien

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Scram!

Mrs. Beaumont

Credits

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two 2024

(archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 10
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy 1967

★ 6
Bunco Squad 1950

Annie Cobb

★ 5.9
The Secret Fury 1950

Mrs. Brownley (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Borrowed Blonde 1947

Boss's Wife

★ NR
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 1947

Woman at bar (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Locket 1946

Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Magnificent Doll 1946

Mrs. Witherspoon (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Sister Kenny 1946

Dr. Gideon's Secretary (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Utah 1945

Stella Mason

★ 5
The Man Who Walked Alone 1945

Mrs. Monroe

★ 5.6
The Girl Who Dared 1944

Chattie Richmond

★ 5.7
Laugh Your Blues Away 1942

Mrs. Conklin

★ NR
Sappy Pappy 1942

Mrs. Clyde

★ NR
The Man in the Trunk 1942

Mrs. Tessie Sweeney Kohler

★ NR
A Tragedy at Midnight 1942

First Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)

★ 4.7
USS VD: Ship of Shame 1942

Health Department Woman (uncredited)

★ 4.2
An Apple in His Eye 1941

Vivien Kennedy

★ NR
The Ring and the Belle 1941

Mrs. Clyde

★ NR
Drafted in the Depot 1940

Vivien Kennedy

★ NR
A Trailer Tragedy 1940

Vivien Kennedy

★ NR
Sunk by the Census 1940

Vivien

★ NR
Pop Always Pays 1940

Mrs. Violet Oberton

★ NR
'Taint Legal 1940

Vivien

★ NR
Mutiny in the County 1940

Vivian Kennedy

★ NR
Sauce for the Gander 1940

Mrs. Morton

★ 5
A Chump at Oxford 1940

Receptionist (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Kennedy the Great 1939

Vivien Kennedy

★ NR
Maid to Order 1939

Vivien

★ NR
The Girl from Mexico 1939

Mrs. Renner

★ 4.2
Baby Daze 1939

Vivien Kennedy

★ NR
Clock Wise 1939

Vivien

★ NR
A Clean Sweep 1938

Mrs. Edgar (Vivian) Kennedy

★ NR
Beaux and Errors 1938

Vivien Kennedy

★ NR
Slander House 1938

Mrs. Conway

★ 3.7
Crime Ring 1938

Madame Jarman

★ 4.7
Rebellious Daughters 1938

Mrs. Webster

★ 4.5
Berth Quakes 1938

Mrs. Errol

★ NR
Condemned Women 1938

Mrs. Walter Hempstead

★ 6.3
His Pest Friend 1938

Mrs. Errol

★ NR
Double Danger 1938

Mrs. Jerome Courtland (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Amateur Crook 1937

Mrs. Flint, Landlady

★ 1
Should Wives Work? 1937

Mrs. Errol

★ 6.2
Tramp Trouble 1937

Vivien

★ NR
Dumb's the Word 1937

Vivien Kennedy

★ NR
Way Out West 1937

Sheriff's Wife

★ 7.1
Mile a Minute Love 1937

Marie

★ 6
Bad Housekeeping 1937

Vivien Kennedy

★ NR
Knee Action 1937

★ NR
One Live Ghost 1936

Ethel Morton

★ 5
Lady Luck 1936

Mrs. Cora Hemingway

★ 5
Who's Looney Now 1936

Mrs. Shirley Brown

★ NR
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935

Moll (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Keystone Hotel 1935

Mrs. Carmenchita Carson

★ 8
Atlantic Adventure 1935

Mrs. Julia Van Dieman

★ 5.5
Alimony Aches 1935

May, Andy's Ex-wife

★ NR
Star of Midnight 1935

Jerry Classon

★ 5.8
Rendezvous at Midnight 1935

Lillian Haskins

★ NR
One Too Many 1934

★ NR
In the Dog House 1934

Tallulah Clyde

★ NR
Perfectly Mismated 1934

★ NR
The Fuller Gush Man 1934

Mother

★ NR
The Defense Rests 1934

Mrs. Monte Ballou

★ 7
Money Means Nothing 1934

Helen Whitney

★ 4
I Believed in You 1934

Russell's Sugar Mama

★ NR
Only Yesterday 1933

Ethel (Uncredited)

★ 6.8
Neighbors' Wives 1933

Ann Rainey

★ NR
Secrets of the French Police 1932

Cohort of Moloff (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Scram! 1932

Mrs. Beaumont

★ 7.1
The Tenderfoot 1932

Miss Martin

★ 6
Running Hollywood 1932

Vivien

★ NR
Cock of the Air 1932

Irate Woman in Restaurant

★ 6.5
A House Divided 1931

Bess (uncredited)

★ 4.8
The Age for Love 1931

Grace

★ NR
Gold Dust Gertie 1931

Lucille Harlan

★ 3
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick' 1931

Vivien - the Wife (uncredited)

★ 5
Lime Juice Nights 1931

Karl's wife

★ NR
Many a Slip 1931

Emily Coster

★ NR
Their Wives' Vacation 1930

★ NR
A Lady Surrenders 1930

Mrs. Lynchfield

★ 2.7
Oh, Sailor, Behave! 1930

Kunegundi

★ 7
The Matrimonial Bed 1930

Susan Trebel

★ 5.7
Big Hearted 1930

★ NR
Back Pay 1930

Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)

★ 4
The Florodora Girl 1930

Maud

★ 5
Satires 1929

★ 1
The Time, the Place and the Girl 1929

Mrs. Davis

★ NR
Thundering Toupees 1929

★ NR
That's My Wife 1929

Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Loud Soup 1929

Mrs. Chase

★ NR
Off to Buffalo 1929

Mrs. Chase

★ NR
We Faw Down 1928

Mrs. Hardy

★ 5.9
Imagine My Embarrassment 1928

★ NR
Galloping Ghosts 1928

Smith's First oOve

★ NR
Uncle Tom's Cabin 1927

Mrs. Shelby

★ 6.6
Love 'Em and Weep 1927

Mrs. Ricketts

★ 5.5
Two-Time Mama 1927

Mrs. Brown

★ 6
45 Minutes from Hollywood 1926

Herself, in magazine (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Redheads Preferred 1926

Mrs. Bill Williams

★ NR
Tell 'Em Nothing 1926

The Galloping Blonde

★ 4.2
Along Came Auntie 1926

Mrs. Remington Chow - the Wife

★ 6.1
Mighty Like a Moose 1926

Mrs. Moose - The Wife

★ 6.7
Don Key (Son of Burro) 1926

Vivien

★ 6
Say It with Babies 1926

Mrs. Crum

★ 5
Tony Runs Wild 1926

Mrs. Johnson (as Vivian Oakland)

★ NR
Wife Tamers 1926

The Other Woman

★ 6
Mama Behave 1926

Miss D'Arcy - Lolita's Friend

★ 6
Long Pants 1926

The Widow

★ NR
The Teaser 1925

Lois Caswell(as Vivian Oakland)

★ 1
The Rainbow Trail 1925

Bessie Venters

★ NR
Madonna of the Streets 1924

Lady Sarah Joyce

★ NR
Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman 1915

Beauty

★ NR