Viva Tattersall

She died on January 19, 1989 (aged 90) in Loma Linda, California.

In 1972, she was living in the Brookside Patios Apartments, under the name Viva Toler, in Redlands, California.

Tattersall (then known as Vera Tattersall Orkow) married Sidney Toler in 1943, four weeks after his previous wife, actress Vivian Marston, died. At the time she was described as working as a sculptor. Their marriage lasted until Toler's death in September 1947.

She appeared in at least eight Hollywood films between 1932 and 1936 (see filmography below). This included a leading role as the daughter, Vera Strang, of Professor Adam Anton Strang, played by Bela Lugosi, in the serial film, The Whispering Shadow.

Tattersall commenced her career as a stage actress. In 1927 she appeared in the original Broadway run of John Galsworthy's Escape. She was also a playwright, co-authoring plays with actor Sidney Toler (who she later married) such as Her Western Romeo, Dress Parade and Ritzy.

Tattersall married screenwriter B. Harrison Orkow (aka Ben Orkow) in Manhattan in 1921. They divorced in New York in the late 1920s.

Viva Tattersall was born in London, England, as Vera Tattersall, the second child of Hugh Herbert Tattersall, a British master mariner, and his wife, the former Lilian Elizabeth Webb. Among her siblings were Kathryn; Cecil; Honor; Marjorie (the wife of the Australian economist Colin Clarke); and Emma Lilian (later Lady Henderson), who, as Emmy Nikis, was a French Resistance heroine. As a young movie actress, Vera "Viva" Tattersall moved to the United States in 1920, settling in New York City, and writing several plays with a co-star, actor Sidney Toler, her future husband.

Viva Tattersall (1898–1989) was the stage name of British stage and film actress, playwright and sculptor, Vera Tattersall, who settled in the United States.