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Vivien Oakland, 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 157 films between 1915 and 1951.
Birth Name
Vivian Anderson
Born
Monday, 20 May 1895
Died
Friday, 01 August 1958
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| I Am Not Your Negro | Mrs. Shelby (clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)) | 2016 |
| The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy | (archive footage) | 1967 |
| Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's | (archive footage) | 1965 |
| Bunco Squad | Annie Cobb | 1950 |
| The Secret Fury | Mrs. Brownley | 1950 |
| Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman | Woman at Bar | 1947 |
| The Locket | Mrs. Donovan | 1946 |
| Magnificent Doll | Mrs. Witherspoon | 1946 |
| Sister Kenny | Secretary to Dr. Gideon | 1946 |
| Night and Day | Married Woman | 1946 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| I Am Not Your Negro | Mrs. Shelby (clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)) | 2016 |
| The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy | (archive footage) | 1967 |
| Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's | (archive footage) | 1965 |
| Bunco Squad | Annie Cobb | 1950 |
| The Secret Fury | Mrs. Brownley | 1950 |
| Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman | Woman at Bar | 1947 |
| The Locket | Mrs. Donovan | 1946 |
| Magnificent Doll | Mrs. Witherspoon | 1946 |
| Sister Kenny | Secretary to Dr. Gideon | 1946 |
| Night and Day | Married Woman | 1946 |
| Riverboat Rhythm | Woman in Magnolia Room | 1946 |
| Man Alive | Ma | 1945 |
| Utah | Stella Mason | 1945 |
| The Man Who Walked Alone | Mrs. Monroe | 1945 |
| That's My Gal | Mrs. McBride | 1944 |
| The Girl Who Dared | Chattie Richmond | 1944 |
| The Adventures of a Rookie | Nurse Lieutenant | 1943 |
| Laugh Your Blues Away | Mrs. Conklin | 1942 |
| The Man in the Trunk | Mrs. Tessie Sweeney Kohler | 1942 |
| A Tragedy at Midnight | First Mrs. Charles Miller | 1942 |
| Moon Over Her Shoulder | Mrs. Martin | 1941 |
| An Apple in His Eye | Vivien Kennedy | 1941 |
| The Ring and the Belle | Mrs. Clyde | 1941 |
| Mad About Moonshine | Vivien | 1941 |
| Drafted in the Depot | Vivien Kennedy | 1940 |
| Pop Always Pays | Mrs. Violet Oberton | 1940 |
| On Their Own | 1940 | |
| Mutiny in the County | Vivian Kennedy | 1940 |
| A Chump at Oxford | Employment Office Receptionist | 1940 |
| Island of Lost Men | Blonde | 1939 |
| The Girl from Mexico | Mrs. Renner | 1939 |
| Baby Daze | Vivien Kennedy | 1939 |
| Maid to Order | Vivien / Vivien Kennedy | 1939 |
| There's That Woman Again | Large Woman | 1938 |
| Beaux and Errors | Vivien Kennedy | 1938 |
| Slander House | Mrs. Conway | 1938 |
| Crime Ring | Madame Jarman | 1938 |
| Rebellious Daughters | Mrs. Webster | 1938 |
| Condemned Women | Mrs. Walter Hempstead | 1938 |
| His Pest Friend | Mrs. Errol | 1938 |
| Double Danger | Mrs. Jerome Courtlandt / Mrs. Jerome Courtland | 1938 |
| Amateur Crook | Mrs. Flint - Landlady / Mrs. Flint, Landlady | 1937 |
| Should Wives Work? | Mrs. Errol | 1937 |
| Tramp Trouble | Vivien / Vivien Kennedy | 1937 |
| Dumb's the Word | Vivien Kennedy | 1937 |
| Way Out West | Sheriff's Wife | 1937 |
| Mile a Minute Love | Mrs. Marie Cavanaugh / Marie | 1937 |
| One Live Ghost | Ethel Morton | 1936 |
| Lady Luck | Mrs. Cora Hemingway | 1936 |
| Who's Looney Now | Mrs. Shirley Brown | 1936 |
| The Bride Walks Out | Miss Gordon - Saleslady | 1936 |
| It's Up to You | Lou | 1936 |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | Moll | 1935 |
| Keystone Hotel | Mrs. Carmenchita Carson | 1935 |
| Atlantic Adventure | Mrs. Julia Van Dieman | 1935 |
| Star of Midnight | Jerry Classon | 1935 |
| Rendezvous at Midnight | Lillian Haskins | 1935 |
| In the Dog House | Talullah Clyde | 1934 |
| Perfectly Mismated | 1934 | |
| The Defense Rests | Mrs. Monte Ballou | 1934 |
| Money Means Nothing | Helen Whitney | 1934 |
| Merry Wives of Reno | Mrs. Peabody | 1934 |
| I Believed in You | Russell's Sugar Mama | 1934 |
| Only Yesterday | Ethel / Ethel (Uncredited) | 1933 |
| Neighbors' Wives | Ann Rainey | 1933 |
| They Just Had to Get Married | Mrs. Fairchilds | 1933 |
| Secrets of the French Police | 2nd Cohort of Moloff / Moloff's White-haired Matron | 1932 |
| Scram! | Mrs. Beaumont | 1932 |
| The Tenderfoot | Miss Martin | 1932 |
| Running Hollywood | Vivien | 1932 |
| Cock of the Air | Irate Woman in Restaurant | 1932 |
| A House Divided | Bess | 1931 |
| The Age for Love | Grace | 1931 |
| Gold Dust Gertie | Lucille Harlan | 1931 |
| How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones, No. 3: 'the Niblick' | Vivien - the Wife | 1931 |
| Many a Slip | Emily Coster | 1931 |
| A Lady Surrenders | Mrs. Lynchfield | 1930 |
| In the Headlines | Mrs. Kernell | 1930 |
| Oh, Sailor Behave! | Kunegundi | 1930 |
| The Matrimonial Bed | Susan Trebel | 1930 |
| Back Pay | Kitty (as Vivian Oakland) / Kitty | 1930 |
| The Florodora Girl | Maud | 1930 |
| Personality | Mrs. Keller | 1930 |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl | Mrs. Davis | 1929 |
| That's My Wife | Mrs. Hardy | 1929 |
| We Faw Down | Mrs. Hardy | 1928 |
| The Man in Hobbles | Mrs. Maynard | 1928 |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Mrs. Shelby | 1928 |
| Love 'Em and Weep | Mrs. Ricketts | 1927 |
| Redheads Preferred | Mrs. Bill Williams | 1926 |
| Tell 'Em Nothing | The Galloping Blonde | 1926 |
| Along Came Auntie | Mrs. Remington Chow - the Wife | 1926 |
| Mighty Like a Moose | Mrs. Moose - The Wife | 1926 |
| Say It with Babies | Mrs. Crum | 1926 |
| Tony Runs Wild | Mrs. Johnson (as Vivian Oakland) / Mrs. Johnson | 1926 |
| Wife Tamers | The Other Woman | 1926 |
| Mama Behave | Miss D'Arcy - Lolita's Friend | 1926 |
| Long Pants | The Widow | 1926 |
| The Rainbow Trail | Bessie Venters | 1925 |
| Madonna of the Streets | Lady Sarah Joyce | 1924 |
