# Vivian Rich

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

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 Los Angeles.

## Selected filmography

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