Vivienne Baber

Vivienne Baber was an actress in the United States. She had a starring role in the 1932 film The Black King (film).

Baber was born in Brooklyn, New York. She began acting on stage productions in 1929, at age 15; her first role was the main character in the play, Harlem.^[1]

She played the starring role in a 1929 production of Make Me Know It at Wallack's Theatre in New York City.^[2] She played a part in You Know Me that same year at Wallack's Theatre.^[3]

After disliking the roles she was typecast in, she quit acting for seven years. During this time, she worked for the Afro-American Newspapers and organized a children's theater organization in Washington, D.C. She returned to acting around 1946 to play the character Wini Bennett in the play, On Whitman Avenue in New York City.^[1]

Baber was a principal actor in a 1932 production of the musical comedy Shuffle Along by Flournoy Miller.^[4]

She was the only woman cast in one show.^[5]

Theater[edit]

• Harlem^[6]
• Savage Rhythm^[6]
• Make Me Know It (1929) as Mona Bannon^[7]
• Shuffle Along of 1933 as Alice Walker^[8][9] a revival of Shuffle Along
• On Whitman Avenue as Wini Bennett^[10]

Filmography[edit]

• They Know Their Groceries (1929)
• The Black King (film) (1932) as Mary Lou Lawton

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