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.
Acted in 89
2020s
- 2024
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1960s
- 1967
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Movie
1950s
- 1950
Bunco Squad
Annie Cobb
The Secret Fury
Mrs. Brownley (uncredited)
1940s
- 1947
- 1946
Magnificent Doll
Mrs. Witherspoon (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
Dr. Gideon's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1945
Utah
Stella Mason
- 1944
The Girl Who Dared
Chattie Richmond
- 1942
Laugh Your Blues Away
Mrs. Conklin
Sappy Pappy
Mrs. Clyde
The Man in the Trunk
Mrs. Tessie Sweeney Kohler
A Tragedy at Midnight
First Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
USS VD: Ship of Shame
Health Department Woman (uncredited)
- 1941
An Apple in His Eye
Vivien Kennedy
The Ring and the Belle
Mrs. Clyde
- 1940
Pop Always Pays
Mrs. Violet Oberton
'Taint Legal
Vivien
Sauce for the Gander
Mrs. Morton
1930s
- 1939
The Girl from Mexico
Mrs. Renner
Clock Wise
Vivien
- 1938
Crime Ring
Madame Jarman
Rebellious Daughters
Mrs. Webster
Condemned Women
Mrs. Walter Hempstead
His Pest Friend
Mrs. Errol
Double Danger
Mrs. Jerome Courtland (uncredited)
- 1937
Amateur Crook
Mrs. Flint, Landlady
Should Wives Work?
Mrs. Errol
Mile a Minute Love
Marie
- 1936
One Live Ghost
Ethel Morton
Lady Luck
Mrs. Cora Hemingway
Who's Looney Now
Mrs. Shirley Brown
- 1935
Keystone Hotel
Mrs. Carmenchita Carson
Atlantic Adventure
Mrs. Julia Van Dieman
Star of Midnight
Jerry Classon
Rendezvous at Midnight
Lillian Haskins
- 1934
Perfectly Mismated
Movie
The Defense Rests
Mrs. Monte Ballou
Money Means Nothing
Helen Whitney
I Believed in You
Russell's Sugar Mama
- 1933
Only Yesterday
Ethel (Uncredited)
Neighbors' Wives
Ann Rainey
- 1932
Secrets of the French Police
Cohort of Moloff (uncredited)
Scram!
Mrs. Beaumont
The Tenderfoot
Miss Martin
Cock of the Air
Irate Woman in Restaurant
- 1931
A House Divided
Bess (uncredited)
The Age for Love
Grace
Gold Dust Gertie
Lucille Harlan
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick'
Vivien - the Wife (uncredited)
Many a Slip
Emily Coster
- 1930
A Lady Surrenders
Mrs. Lynchfield
Oh, Sailor, Behave!
Kunegundi
The Matrimonial Bed
Susan Trebel
Back Pay
Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)
Personality
Mrs. Keller
1920s
- 1929
Satires
Movie
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Mrs. Davis
Thundering Toupees
Movie
That's My Wife
Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
Loud Soup
Mrs. Chase
- 1928
We Faw Down
Mrs. Hardy
Imagine My Embarrassment
Movie
Galloping Ghosts
Smith's First oOve
The Man in Hobbles
Mrs. Maynard
- 1927
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Mrs. Shelby
Love 'Em and Weep
Mrs. Ricketts
Wedding Bills
Mademoiselle Mimi de Lyle
Two-Time Mama
Mrs. Brown
- 1926
Redheads Preferred
Mrs. Bill Williams
Tell 'Em Nothing
The Galloping Blonde
Along Came Auntie
Mrs. Remington Chow - the Wife
Mighty Like a Moose
Mrs. Moose - The Wife
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Vivien
Say It with Babies
Mrs. Crum
Tony Runs Wild
Mrs. Johnson (as Vivian Oakland)
Wife Tamers
The Other Woman
Mama Behave
Miss D'Arcy - Lolita's Friend
- 1925
The Teaser
Lois Caswell(as Vivian Oakland)
The Rainbow Trail
Bessie Venters
- 1924
Madonna of the Streets
Lady Sarah Joyce
1910s
- 1915
Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman
Beauty
Appearances1
1920s
- 1926
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Herself, in magazine (uncredited)