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Vivienne Osborne

{{Short description|American actress (1896–1961)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Vivienne Osborne

| image = VivienneOsborne1921.jpg

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| caption = Osborne in 1921

| birth_name = Vera Vivienne Spragg

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|12|10|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|06|10|1896|12|10|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Malibu, California, U.S.

| nationality = American

| other_names = Vivian Osborne

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1905–1946

| spouse = {{marriage|Francis Worthington Hine|1925|1934|reason=divorced}}

}}

Vivienne Osborne (born Vera Vivienne Spragg; December 10, 1896 – June 10, 1961) was an American stage and film actress known for her work in Broadway theatre and in silent and sound films.{{cite book|last=Denise Lowe|title=An encyclopedic dictionary of women in early American films, 1895-1930|publisher=Psychology Press|year=2005|pages=415–416|isbn=0-7890-1843-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEpuzKjbka8C&q=%22Vivienne+Osborne%22&pg=PA415|access-date=May 26, 2011}}

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 (1919),{{cite web |title=Vivienne Osborne |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/vivienne-osborne-55226 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=November 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201105202859/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/vivienne-osborne-55226 |archive-date=November 5, 2020}} 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 (1929), 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.{{cite news |author=Harriet Parsons |date=September 13, 1932 |title=Warners, Edward Robinson Cross Swords |work=Rochester Evening Journal And The Post Express |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lHhZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8UgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1279,876144&dq=vivienne-osborne&hl=en |access-date=May 26, 2011}} 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."{{cite book|title=Theatre magazine, Volumes 47-48|publisher=The Theatre Magazine Company|author=Arthur Hornblow, Perriton Maxwell|year=1928|page=39}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_hpWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=leMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4887,626254&dq=vivienne-osborne&hl=en|title=Spokane Maid Liberty's Star|work=Spokesman-Review|date=December 18, 1931|access-date=May 26, 2011}}

Filmography

;Silent films

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;Sound films

File:Vivienne Osborne 1.jpg in The Silver Fox - Arts and Decoration Magazine 1921]]

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Broadway theater

  • Order Please (October 9, 1934 – October 1934) as Phoebe Weston
  • As Good as New (November 3, 1930 – December 1930) as Mrs. Violet Hargrave
  • The Royal Virgin (March 17, 1930 – March 1930) as The Countess of Rutland
  • Week-End (October 22, 1929 – October 1929) as Marga Chapman
  • The Three Musketeers (March 13, 1928 – December 15, 1928) as Lady De Winter{{cite book

|last=Green

|first=Stanley

|author-link1=Stanley Green (historian)

|first2=Kay

|last2= Green

|title=Broadway musicals, show by show

|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation

|year=1966

|edition=5, illustrated

|page=63

|isbn=0-7935-7750-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDKFHniTy1YC&q=%22Vivienne+Osborne%22&pg=PA63

|access-date=May 26, 2011}}

  • One Glorious Hour (April 14, 1927 – May 1927) as Maria
  • Fog (February 7, 1927 – May 1927) as Eunice{{cite book

|last=Ruth Hunter

|title=Come back on Tuesday

|publisher=C. Scribner's Sons

|year=1945

|pages=87–88

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hUJAAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Vivienne+Osborne%22

|access-date=May 26, 2011}}

  • ‘’The Harem’’ (June 1925) Replaced Lenore Ulric as Carla
  • Aloma of the South Seas (April 20, 1925 – June 1925) as Aloma
  • Houses of Sand (February 17, 1925 – March 1925) as Miss Kane
  • The Blue Bandanna (June 23, 1924 - July 1924) as The Girl
  • New Toys (February 18, 1924 – March 1924) as Ruth Webb{{cite news

| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YPFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5307,268125&dq=vivienne-osborne&hl=en

| title=Vivienne Osborne, Maid from Spokane, Featured

| work=Spokesman-Review

| author=Burns Matle

| date=March 1, 1924

| access-date=May 26, 2011}}

  • Scaramouche (October 24, 1923 – December 1923) as Climene
  • The Love Child (November 14, 1922 – April 1923) as Aline De Mar
  • The Silver Fox (September 5, 1921 – December 1921) as Frankie Turner
  • The Bonehead (April 12, 1920 – May 1920) as Jean Brent
  • The Whirlwind (December 23, 1919 – February 1920) as Bessie Van Ashton

References

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External links

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  • {{IMDb name|0651754}}
  • {{IBDB name|55226}}
  • [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Osborne&GSfn=Vivienne+&GSby=1896&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1961&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=6271&df=all& Vivienne Osborne] at Find a Grave

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Category:1896 births

Category:1961 deaths

Category:American film actresses

Category:American silent film actresses

Category:Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Category:Actresses from Des Moines, Iowa

Category:American stage actresses

Category:20th-century American actresses