Vivian Austin

Born: 1920-02-23

Vivian Austin was an American actress who appeared in a number of films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, although most were B movies. Austin was born Irene Vivian Coe in Hollywood, California, and attended Hollywood High School. She was named Miss Hollywood in 1939. Austin played a variety of bit parts (as well as extra and stunt work) in movies before being cast as the female romantic lead in The Adventures of Red Ryder. She was signed to a stock contract in 1943 by Universal and as Vivian Austin (for Universal) or Terry Austin (under contract to Eagle-Lion Films) appeared in movies such as Destiny, Trigger Trail, Born To Speed and Philo Vance Returns. Her career was cut short in the late 1940s by kidney failure and resultant blindness. On August 1, 2004, Austin died from natural causes in a hospital in Los Angeles, California. Because her second husband had served in the United States Army, they are interred at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.


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T-Men

as Genevieve (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-15

Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt...

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Cobra Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1944-05-12

A man (Jon Hall) tracks his kidnapped bride (Maria Montez) to a jungle island, where her twin is...

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Twilight on the Prairie

as Sally Barton
Released: 1944-04-30

In this musical western, a cowboy band is offered the chance to appear in a Hollywood movie and...

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Adventures of Red Ryder

as Beth Andrews
Released: 1940-06-28

Calvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new...

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Philo Vance Returns

as Lorena Blendon Simms
Released: 1947-04-14

Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer...

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Fired Wife

as Divorcee
Released: 1943-09-04

A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it...

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Born to Speed

as Toni Bradley (as Terry Austin)
Released: 1947-01-12

The romantic, dangerous and fast-paced world of professional midget auto racing provides the...

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Moonlight in Vermont

as Brenda Allenby
Released: 1943-12-24

A poor country girl from Vermont travels to New York City to attend a theatrical school.

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She Gets Her Man

as Maybelle Clark
Released: 1945-01-12

The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.

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Philo Vance's Gamble

as Laurian March (as Terry Austin)
Released: 1947-04-12

Private Detective Philo Vance gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery...

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Men in Her Diary

as Linda
Released: 1945-09-14

Singer/Dancer Peggy Ryan neither sings nor dances in this comedy in which she plays a secretary,...

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Men Are Such Fools

as Nancy Sinclair (uncredited)
Released: 1938-06-15

Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she...

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Sing a Jingle

as Ann
Released: 1944-01-07

In Sing a Jingle, Allan Jones plays popular radio crooner Roy King, who goes to work in a war...

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Moon Over Las Vegas

as Grace Towers
Released: 1944-04-01

A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets...

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Destiny

as Phyllis
Released: 1944-12-22

Framed for two crimes he didn't commit, and betrayed by his girl, Cliff Banks finds himself on...

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Stepchild

as Millie Lynne
Released: 1947-06-07

Although Dale and Ken Bullock should be a happily married couple, their marriage is on the verge...

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Trigger Trail

as Ann Cattlet
Released: 1944-07-07

The tale of Clint Farrell, an aspiring lawyer who must use both his wits and his brawn to save...

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Hi, Good Lookin'!

as Phyllis
Released: 1944-03-22

An usher at a radio station studio pretends to be an executive at the station in order to help a...

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Boss of Boomtown

as Dale Starr
Released: 1944-05-20

Soldiers Steve and Jim are friends but when their enlistment ends, Jim reenlists while Steve...

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Honeymoon Ahead

as Rosita
Released: 1945-05-11

When the prison choir loses its leader, the boys try to get him back in.

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