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 . She was one half of the vaudeville team " The Oakland Sisters " with her younger sister Edna , who later performed in motion pictures as '' ' Dagmar Oakland ' '' . After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , Anna Andersen , a widow since 1898 , moved the family to Oakland , California . In 1917 , she married actor John T. Murray ( 1886 – 1957 ) . Oakland performed on Broadway and with the Zigfeld Follies
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Vivien Oakland