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

Mrs. Davis

The Time, the Place and the Girl

Sheriff's Wife

Way Out West

Mrs. Johnson (as Vivian Oakland)

Tony Runs Wild

Vivien

Don Key (Son of Burro)

Annie Cobb

Bunco Squad

Lady Sarah Joyce

Madonna of the Streets

Mrs. Remington Chow - the Wife

Along Came Auntie

Imagine My Embarrassment

Mrs. Chase

Off to Buffalo

Mrs. Chase

Loud Soup

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

May, Andy's Ex-wife

Alimony Aches

Mrs. Hardy

We Faw Down

Knee Action

Mrs. Shelby

Uncle Tom's Cabin

First Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)

A Tragedy at Midnight

Mrs. Moose - The Wife

Mighty Like a Moose

Miss Martin

The Tenderfoot

The Other Woman

Wife Tamers

Helen Whitney

Money Means Nothing

Stella Mason

Utah

Mrs. Bill Williams

Redheads Preferred

Mrs. Carmenchita Carson

Keystone Hotel

Mrs. Shirley Brown

Who's Looney Now

Kitty (as Vivian Oakland)

Back Pay

The Galloping Blonde

Tell 'Em Nothing

Mrs. Cora Hemingway

Lady Luck

Mrs. Crum

Say It with Babies

Vivien

Tramp Trouble

Mrs. Flint, Landlady

Amateur Crook

Tallulah Clyde

In the Dog House

Lucille Harlan

Gold Dust Gertie

Vivien Kennedy

Beaux and Errors

Mrs. Errol

His Pest Friend

Mrs. Julia Van Dieman

Atlantic Adventure

Vivien Kennedy

Dumb's the Word

Mother

The Fuller Gush Man

Mrs. Clyde

Sappy Pappy

Vivien

Running Hollywood

Karl's wife

Lime Juice Nights

Mrs. Lynchfield

A Lady Surrenders

Susan Trebel

The Matrimonial Bed

Mrs. Monte Ballou

The Defense Rests

Grace

The Age for Love

Mrs. Webster

Rebellious Daughters

Mrs. Conway

Slander House

Maud

The Florodora Girl

Irate Woman in Restaurant

Cock of the Air

The Widow

Long Pants

Vivien Kennedy

Baby Daze

Mrs. Walter Hempstead

Condemned Women

Lillian Haskins

Rendezvous at Midnight

Mrs. Jerome Courtland (uncredited)

Double Danger

Mrs. Beaumont

Scram!

Mrs. Renner

The Girl from Mexico

Woman at bar (uncredited)

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Ethel Morton

One Live Ghost

Mrs. Brown

Two-Time Mama

Jerry Classon

Star of Midnight

Vivian Kennedy

Mutiny in the County

Chattie Richmond

The Girl Who Dared

Bess (uncredited)

A House Divided

Kunegundi

Oh, Sailor, Behave!

Dr. Gideon's Secretary (uncredited)

Sister Kenny

Mrs. Tessie Sweeney Kohler

The Man in the Trunk

Herself, in magazine (uncredited)

45 Minutes from Hollywood

Big Hearted

Mrs. Ricketts

Love 'Em and Weep

Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)

That's My Wife

Marie

Mile a Minute Love

Miss D'Arcy - Lolita's Friend

Mama Behave

Moll (uncredited)

Mutiny on the Bounty

Bessie Venters

The Rainbow Trail

Receptionist (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford

Vivien Kennedy

Drafted in the Depot

Vivien Kennedy

An Apple in His Eye

Moloff's White-haired Matron

Secrets of the French Police

Lois Caswell(as Vivian Oakland)

The Teaser

Health Department Woman (uncredited)

USS VD: Ship of Shame

Mrs. Clyde

The Ring and the Belle

Satires

Mrs. Violet Oberton

Pop Always Pays

Vivien - the Wife (uncredited)

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

One Too Many

Vivien

'Taint Legal

Perfectly Mismated

Vivien

Clock Wise

Vivien

Sunk by the Census

Vivien Kennedy

Bad Housekeeping

Mrs. Edgar (Vivian) Kennedy

A Clean Sweep

Mrs. Errol

Berth Quakes

Vivien Kennedy

A Trailer Tragedy

Mrs. Morton

Sauce for the Gander

Madame Jarman

Crime Ring

Mrs. Conklin

Laugh Your Blues Away

Mrs. Brownley (uncredited)

The Secret Fury

Vivien

Maid to Order

Ethel (Uncredited)

Only Yesterday

Vivien Kennedy

Kennedy the Great

Thundering Toupees

Mrs. Monroe

The Man Who Walked Alone

Mrs. Witherspoon

Magnificent Doll

Boss's Wife

Borrowed Blonde

Emily Coster

Many a Slip

Mrs. Errol

Should Wives Work?

Their Wives' Vacation

Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)

The Locket

Smith's First oOve

Galloping Ghosts

Beauty

Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman

Russell's Sugar Mama

I Believed in You

Laurel & Hardy: Year One

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

112

Gender

Female

Birthday

1895-05-19

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Vivian Oakland