Vivien Oakland
Date of birth: 1895-05-19
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Vivian Oakland , Vivienne Oakland , Vivian Okaland, Vivian Ruth Andersen
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.
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The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929-07-07
A musical comedy that follows the progress of a college All America football player whose swollen he
Way Out West
1937-04-16
Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector.
Tony Runs Wild
1926-04-18
Tom Grant saves Grace Percival from being tromped by a herd of stampeding horses,led by Tony, and th
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926-05-23
The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they c
Bunco Squad
1950-09-01
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells,
Madonna of the Streets
1924-10-19
Rev. John Morton, who is determined to follow as closely as possible the teachings of Jesus, inherit
Along Came Auntie
1926-07-25
A divorced couple try to pretend they are still happily married in order to get $100,000 from the wo
Imagine My Embarrassment
1928-09-01
Imagine My Embarrassment is a silent comedy short
Off to Buffalo
1929-02-16
Off to Buffalo is a comedy short
Loud Soup
1929-03-16
Loud Soup is a comedy short
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967-12-01
Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by co
Alimony Aches
1935-06-29
Ex-wife remarries, doesn't tell husband so he'll still pay alimony.
We Faw Down
1928-12-29
Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved w
Knee Action
1937-01-09
Andy takes his newest invention, a knee-action washing machine, before a group of potential investor
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927-11-04
In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George'
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942-02-02
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find
Mighty Like a Moose
1926-07-18
After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramari
The Tenderfoot
1932-05-23
Calvin Jones is a cowboy who wants to invest in a Broadway play. Joe Lehman's secretary Ruth learns
Wife Tamers
1926-03-25
Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him u
Money Means Nothing
1934-06-14
At Joe's Roadside, a popular but rundown New York roadhouse where the wealthy and not-so-wealthy han
Utah
1945-03-21
A singing ranch foreman (Roy Rogers) and his friend (George "Gabby" Hayes) urge a chorus-girl heires
Redheads Preferred
1926-12-01
In order to land an important client, Morgan is obliged to escort a beautiful redhead to a costume b
Keystone Hotel
1935-09-21
The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the f
Who's Looney Now
1936-08-23
Mr. Brown is riding home from work one day with his new neighbor, Mr. Johnson. When Brown explains t
Back Pay
1930-06-01
Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a
Tell 'Em Nothing
1926-10-16
Charlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While
Lady Luck
1936-09-13
New York manicurist Mamie Murphy plans to marry a rich man, so she repeatedly turns down the proposa
Say It with Babies
1926-05-16
Casper is the baby-expert at a large department store and his life is less than peaceful as he provi
Tramp Trouble
1937-08-07
Edgar impulsively invites his boss, Mr. Markham, to his home for dinner when his boss compliments hi
Amateur Crook
1937-12-10
Jerry Cummings, a mining engineer, has pledged a large diamond on a short-term note to a pair of cro
In the Dog House
1934-12-01
Andy remarries, but his new wife has no use for either his son or his dog.
Gold Dust Gertie
1931-06-27
Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
Beaux and Errors
1938-10-05
To make Edgar do something about his physical condition, his wife has invited her old boy friend, in
His Pest Friend
1938-03-12
Leon's wife wants to surprise him by buying the cabin where they had spent their honeymoon. But when
Atlantic Adventure
1935-08-25
When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is wo
Dumb's the Word
1937-06-11
Edgar finds some gold in his attic and the guy working on his roof tells him he could go to jail for
The Fuller Gush Man
1934-08-16
Walter goes to his girlfriend's parents to ask their permission to marry her; but the family puts on
Sappy Pappy
1942-10-30
Andy, the owner of a bicycle shop, gets involved with one of his customers.
Running Hollywood
1932-01-27
Running Hollywood is a comedy short.
Lime Juice Nights
1931-03-22
Karl Dane & George K. Arthur trading places while dining.
A Lady Surrenders
1930-10-06
A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean
The Matrimonial Bed
1930-08-01
Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia
The Defense Rests
1934-07-15
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
The Age for Love
1931-10-17
A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and
Rebellious Daughters
1938-07-01
Girl moves out of her parents house against their wishes. Gets a job in a dress shop, gets mixed up
Slander House
1938-10-04
Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the
The Florodora Girl
1930-05-31
A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is
Cock of the Air
1932-01-23
An opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing army officer.
Long Pants
1926-01-31
Glenn's first attempt at wearing long trousers and being a man about town goes swimmingly as he quic
Baby Daze
1939-05-18
Edgar starts out in a non-unfamiliar grumpy mood and tells some people off obnoxiously, then becomes
Condemned Women
1938-03-18
A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935-02-11
There are plenty of suspects when an unscrupulous, blackmailing businessman turns up dead, especiall
Double Danger
1938-01-28
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds".
Scram!
1932-09-10
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who
The Girl from Mexico
1939-06-01
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, a
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947-03-01
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
One Live Ghost
1936-11-07
Henry Morton just wants to go fishing. Little things thwart him: Maxine the maid makes noise, Sonny,
Two-Time Mama
1927-01-29
The story involves various misunderstandings and entanglements that occur between two married couple
Star of Midnight
1935-04-19
When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a tra
Mutiny in the County
1940-05-03
53rd episode of RKO's "Mr. Average Man" Series starring Edgar Kennedy.
The Girl Who Dared
1944-08-05
A group of people are invited to a party at a creepy mansion where legend has it a ghost appears onc
A House Divided
1931-12-05
A New England fisherman's second wife prefers his son.
Oh, Sailor, Behave!
1930-08-15
Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Be
Sister Kenny
1946-10-10
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences gr
The Man in the Trunk
1942-09-19
The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926-12-26
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in p
Big Hearted
1930-06-22
Elmer and Fannie Blue (Ray Hughes and Dorothy Gulliver) are happy that their neighbors in the duplex
Love 'Em and Weep
1927-06-12
Titus Tillsbury is a successful businessman who is visited by a blackmailing old flame. He enlists a
That's My Wife
1929-03-23
Oliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be h
Mile a Minute Love
1937-04-05
William Bakewell stars as an inventor who develops a high-powered boat engine. Bakewell, of course,
Mama Behave
1926-02-27
A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to imper
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty.
The Rainbow Trail
1925-05-23
John Shefford is looking for his uncle Venters who years ago found a hidden valley and lived there w
A Chump at Oxford
1940-01-25
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disast
Drafted in the Depot
1940-12-20
Edgar Kennedy's hunting trip with his single buddies is kiboshed when his wife, Vivien, has made oth
An Apple in His Eye
1941-06-06
Edgar tries his hand at making pies for Vivien's charity bazaar with predictable results.
Secrets of the French Police
1932-12-02
When a flower girl is kidnapped by a deranged White Russian, to impersonate the missing Princess Ana
The Teaser
1925-09-06
Ann Barton, the daughter of a once-wealthy family, is forced to clerk at the cigar counter of a vill
USS VD: Ship of Shame
1942-01-02
This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the resul
The Ring and the Belle
1941-05-02
Andy becomes the manager of a prizefighter. The problem is, the figher has just skipped town.
Satires
1929-09-06
Mr. Young introduces the sketch in an appropriately melodramatic fashion, wearing an opera cape and
Pop Always Pays
1940-06-21
A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then franti
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick'
1931-05-15
Bobby Jones shows Huntley Gordon and Vivian Oakland some tips on the use of the niblick (9 iron)
One Too Many
1934-12-28
Wife tries to do something about her husband's fondness for the bottle.
'Taint Legal
1940-05-25
Edgar Kennedy is over-joyed when told he has won a $5,000 prize in a "How To Be Happy Though Married
Perfectly Mismated
1934-11-12
Leon's ex-wife moves into the apartment next to him.
Clock Wise
1939-03-24
Pop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.
Sunk by the Census
1940-08-06
Edgar is a census taker, but is primarily interested in finding a rich widow for his father-in-law (
Bad Housekeeping
1937-03-05
Edgar Kennedy's wife decides he should do the housework for the day, the same day the piano tuner Fr
A Clean Sweep
1938-12-02
Edgar lost his job at the bank three months ago, but hasn't told his wife, and they have been living
Berth Quakes
1938-05-06
Noted child psychologist Errol marries a widow with a nasty brat, and finds none of his theories see
A Trailer Tragedy
1940-10-17
Edgar starts a trailer vacation with his wife Vivien and father-in-law, but doesn't get far before t
Sauce for the Gander
1940-02-10
Working stiff Tom Tupper is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter during his daily commute. Asked
Crime Ring
1938-07-08
Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buyi
Laugh Your Blues Away
1942-11-12
Hired actors posing as Russian royalty complicate a social-climbing mother's efforts to fix up her s
The Secret Fury
1950-02-21
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married
Maid to Order
1939-09-27
Father-in-law Billy Franey discovers the letter that Edgar has written a matrimonial agency to marry
Only Yesterday
1933-11-01
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a
Kennedy the Great
1939-12-08
A short film about a family man who realizes he's a bore at social gatherings so he purchases a trun
Thundering Toupees
1929-05-25
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945-03-15
A war hero returns home following a medical discharge and ends up entangled with a young woman speed
Magnificent Doll
1946-12-08
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending B
Borrowed Blonde
1947-03-07
Leon's boss and his wife aren't getting along together, so Leon asks them to visit his home and obse
Many a Slip
1931-03-02
Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
Should Wives Work?
1937-09-10
Errol's wife goes back to work, despite his objections.
Their Wives' Vacation
1930-12-14
This Educational Mermaid Talking Comedy features a wrestling/trombone-playing Pert Kelton.
The Locket
1946-12-20
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Galloping Ghosts
1928-03-11
A millionaire acquires a large diamond, said to be cursed. Despite the best efforts of his dutiful b
Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman
1915-09-06
Artist Standish using his wife Mary as his model finishes a painting of the Madonna. When the Connoi
I Believed in You
1934-04-09
An aspiring writer and her boyfriend, a professional agitator head off to the Big Apple in search of
Laurel & Hardy: Year One
2023-09-01
Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley and
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024-10-29
Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their