[2] Her obituary in The Guardian reported that her father "underwrote a local opera company in order to give her the chance to sing.

[8] Segal may be best remembered for creating the role of Vera Simpson in Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's Pal Joey and introducing the song "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered".

Pal Joey opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre December 25, 1940, with a cast that included Gene Kelly and June Havoc.

[2] Vivienne Segal retired from acting in 1966 following a guest appearance on Perry Mason as Pauline Thorsen in "The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara."

[2] In 1950, she married television executive Hubbell Robinson, Jr.[13] Segal died in Beverly Hills, California of heart failure on December 29, 1992, aged 95.