Vivien Oakland (born Vivian Ruth Andersen; 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.

[1] Born Vivian Ruth Andersen in San Francisco, California, she was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Edward Andersen and Anna Marthine Olsen.

Her siblings' names were Edward, Herbert (née Hagbart), and Edna.

[3][4] After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Anna Andersen, a widow since 1898, moved the family to Oakland, California.

[6][7] 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.