Vivienne Osborne
Vivienne Osborne was an American stage and film actress known for her work in Broadway theatre and in silent and sound films.
Career
Osborne began her career on stage when she was 5 years old, and by the time she was 18 years old, she had spent many years touring throughout Washington with a stock theater company. She made her Broadway debut in The Whirlwind, and her screen debut in 1919 in a film that never was released. She continued work on Broadway, and appeared in films when not working theater.Osborne's first silent film was in The Gray Brother, but the film did not have distribution and never was released. From March through December 1928, she appeared in the Florenz Ziegfeld musical version of The Three Musketeers. It was after her performance that Douglas Fairbanks Sr. offered her a role in The Iron Mask, his last silent film, made as a sequel to his 1921 film The Three Musketeers. Rather than accept the offer, she chose to remain in New York City and continue her career. She signed with Paramount Studios in 1931 and was assigned to character roles, but left to sign with Warner Studios to get better roles. She then left Warners and signed a three-year contract with Radio Pictures. She alternated between film and stage roles for the rest of her career.
Of her work in the musical The Three Musketeers, Theatre Magazine wrote her voice was "of true operatic quality." Of her work as Mary Boyd in the 1931 film Husband's Holiday, Spokesman-Review wrote "Vivienne Osborne does fine work," and noted the several scenes which "tugged at the heartstrings" that were well done by Osborne and her co-star Juliette Compton.
Filmography
;Silent filmsThe Grey Brother In Walked Mary as Betsy CaldwellThe Restless Sex Love's Flame as Adele De RonsardOver the Hill to the Poorhouse as Isabella StrongThe Right Way as The SweetheartMother Eternal as Julia BrennonCameron of the Royal Mounted as Mandy HaleyThe Good Provider as Pearl Binswanger;Sound filmsNight Club as HerselfMorgan's Maruders Masquerade The Beloved Bachelor as Elinor HunterHusband's Holiday as Mary BoydTwo Kinds of Women as HelenThe Famous Ferguson Case as Mrs. Marcia FergusonTwo Seconds as Shirley DayWeek-End Marriage as ShirleyThe Dark Horse as Maybelle BlakeLife Begins as Mrs. McGilvaryMen Are Such Fools as Lilli ArnoLuxury Liner as Sybil BrenhardSailor Be Good as Red DaleThe Phantom Broadcast as Elsa EvansSupernatural as Ruth RogenTomorrow at Seven as Martha WintersThe Devil's in Love as Rena CordayNo More Ladies as Lady Diana KnowletonLet's Sing Again as Rosa DonelliFollow Your Heart as Gloria ForresterWives Never Know as Renée La JournéeSinner Take All as Alicia MacKelveyChampagne Waltz as Countess MariskaThe Crime Nobody Saw as Suzanne DuvalShe Asked for It as Celia StettinMen Are Such Fools as Lili Arno Primrose Path as ThelmaCaptain Caution as Victorine ArgandeauSo You Won't Talk as Maxie CareweI Accuse My Parents as Mrs. WilsonDragonwyck as Johanna Van Ryn
Broadway theater
Order Please as Phoebe WestonAs Good as New as Mrs. Violet HargraveThe Royal Virgin as The Countess of RutlandWeek-End as Marga ChapmanThe Three Musketeers as Lady De WinterOne Glorious Hour as MariaFog as Eunice- ‘’The Harem’’ Replaced Lenore Ulric as CarlaAloma of the South Seas as AlomaHouses of Sand as Miss KaneThe Blue Bandanna as The GirlNew Toys as Ruth WebbScaramouche as ClimeneThe Love Child as Aline De MarThe Silver Fox as Frankie TurnerThe Bonehead as Jean BrentThe Whirlwind as Bessie Van Ashton