Vivian Rich Biography

Vivian Rich (May 26, 1893 - November 17, 1957) was an American silent film actress.

Career

Rich was born in Philadelphia and spent her early years there. Later the family moved to Boston and she completed her education at the Boston Latin High School. From high school she went to the stage and played in musical comedy before joining the American film company. She lived with her mother in Santa Barbara, California.

She was signed by the Nestor Film Company in 1912 and starred in almost 200 films. Rich retired from films in 1931.

Who's Who in the Film World (1914)

Her entry in the 1914 book "Who's Who in the Film World" is as follows:

"Miss Vivian Rich, the talented young leading actress of Sidney Ayres Co., American Films, who has made such a wonderful success in such short a time, was born in Philadelphia. May 26. 1894. Her first appearance in the dramatic world was in the revival of the "Country Girl," then playing in Herald Square Theatre. New York; following this engagement she joined the Lux Company and came to the Pacific Coast. She left this company and joined the Nestor. This was her first appearance before the camera. After remaining with the Nestor for some time she attached herself to the fortunes of the American Film Company, and has been with them ever since. Both on the stage and with the silent drama Miss Vivian Rich has made a wonderful success in her calling, and her vivacious spirit, winsome manner and extreme beauty make her one of the most favorite leading actresses on the screen, Some of her most recent successes have been in "The Oath of Pierre," "The Lost Sermon," "Oil On Troubled Waters," "Truth in the Wilderness," etc. Address: American Film Company, Santa Barbara, Cal."

Death

On November 17, 1957, Rich was killed in a road accident in Hollywood, California. She is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role
1913	At Midnight
	The Ways of Fate
1914	Does It End Right?
	Their Worldly Goods
	The Taming of Sunnybrook Nell	Sunnybrook Nell, his daughter
	Old Enough to Be Her Grandpa	Lora
1915	Competition	Myra Stubbs - the Daughter
	The Day of Reckoning	Martha True
	The Poet of the Peaks	Lydia Lovell
	A Good Business Deal
	Mountain Mary	Mountain Mary Turell
	To Melody a Soul Responds	Elsa Krieg - the Daughter
	The Newer Way	Betty
	After the Storm	Jane Roper
	The Exile of Bar-K Ranch	Millie Donald
	The Assayer of Lone Gap
	Drawing the Line	Edith Latimer
	The Spirit of Adventure	The Mysterious Woman
	A Question of Honor	Nellie Fisher - Joe's Daughter
	In Trust
	The Little Lady Next Door
	Hearts in Shadow	Nan Raymond
	Profit from Loss	Nellie Carter
	The Blot on the Shield
	The Smuggler's Cave
	The Wasp
	To Rent Furnished	Kate Proctor - an Artist
	The Substitute Minister
	The Bluffers	Patty
	The Silver Lining	Nell Allen
	The Solution to the Mystery	Bessie Mitchell
1916	Matching Dreams
	Viviana
	A Sanitarium Scramble
	Tangled Skeins	Laura Doone
1917	The Man from Montana	Meta Cooper
1925	Idaho	Beth Cameron