Vivien Oakland
Vivien Oakland (* 20th May 1895 in San Francisco , California as Vivian Anderson ; † 1. August 1958 in Hollywood , California) was an American actress.
life and career
The daughter of Norwegian emigrants began her career in vaudeville theater when she was a child . Between 1917 and 1927 she played a total of seven plays on Broadway in New York, mostly in musicals and comedies. In 1915 she made her film debut in the silent drama Destiny: Or, the Soul of a Woman , but this remained her only film for a long time; it was not until 1924 that she appeared again in front of the camera. From the mid-1920s she then played regularly in films, often for Hal Roach Studios alongside numerous well-known comedians of the time. Oakland starred in six Laurel and Hardy films . She embodied Oliver Hardy's wife twice . In the short film Scram! from 1932, she played a judge's wife accidentally made drunk by Laurel and Hardy. In Zwei ritten nach Texas from 1937, she played the sheriff's wife, who feels annoyed by the intrusive behavior of the comedian duo during a carriage ride.
In addition to her appearances on Laurel and Hardy, she played the wives of comedians Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol in several films. After the end of the Hal Roach studios in the early 1940s, she received almost only minor supporting roles. In 1951 she retired from the acting business after having made more than 150 films. In the last years of her life she worked as a saleswoman in a toy store. She was married to the Australian actor John T. Murray (1886-1957). Vivien's older sister was the actress Dagmar Oakland (1893-1989).
Vivien Oakland died in 1958 at the age of 63 and was buried in the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles .
Filmography (selection)
- 1915: Destiny: Or, The Soul of a Woman
- 1926: Say It with Babies
- 1926: Mighty Like a Moose
- 1926: Along Came Auntie
- 1927: Two-Time Mama
- 1927: Uncle Tom's Cabin (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
- 1927: Love 'Em and Weep
- 1928: In the whirlpool of the gutter (We Faw Down)
- 1929: That's my wife
- 1930: Back Pay
- 1931: A House Divided
- 1932: laughter in the night (scram!)
- 1933: A Woman Doesn't Forget (Only Yesterday)
- 1935: Star of Midnight
- 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty (Mutiny on the Bounty)
- 1936: The Bride Walks Out
- 1937: Should Wives Work?
- 1937: Two rode to Texas (Way Out West)
- 1939: Island of Lost Men
- 1940: In Oxford (A Chump at Oxford)
- 1945: Utah
- 1945: The Man Who Walked Alone
- 1946: I think of you day and night (Night and Day)
- 1946: Sister Kenny (Sister Kenny)
- 1946: The Magnificent Doll
- 1946: The Locket
- 1947: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
- 1950: The Secret Fury
Web links
- Vivien Oakland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oakland, Vivien |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anderson, Vivian (birth name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1958 |
| Place of death | Hollywood , California |