Lavinia Seraphine Gibson, aka Vivian Gibson, was born in Liverpool on the 22nd of October 1898 and enjoyed a lucrative silent film career, appearing in 57 British and German films between 1921 and 1932, capturing the hearts of audiences with her striking features. Having been received in London for classical dance training, she was already from an early age a dancer on the stage. Appearing firstly in short comedy films such as 'Odd Charges' (1916) and 'The Persecution of Bob Pretty' (1916), from the First World War on she also began to appear in English films like 'Barbara Elopes' (1921), directed by Fred Paul and Jack Raymond, 'Why Men Forget' (1921) directed by Denison Clift, and 'Tense Moments from Opera' (1922). Then in 1922 German showbusiness impresario Rudolf Nelson contracted the then 24-year old actress for the German theatre and in Berlin Vivian started to appear regularly in the German cinema.
She had a breakthrough with 'Gräfin Mariza' (1925) playing the lead role in the film, directed by Hans Steinhoff, opposite Harry Liedtke. Other successful productions were 'Der Mann der sich verkauft' (The Man Who Sold Himself ) in 1925, 'Unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit'' (1927), and Der moderne Casanova (1928). She also made some excursions back to England where she acted among other i films such as in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Champagne' (1929). She appeared in a few sound films, including the American production 'Girls for Sale!' (1930) and 'Der tolle Bomberg' (1932). However, she was unable to make the transition to sound films successfully, and after struggling for work, she decided to retire from acting in 1932 and moved to Vienna. After her film career ended Vivian went to Vienna and wrote books under the name 'Vini Gibson' and 'Elisabeth Holt'.
Vivian Gibson never married and died on May 9, 1981, in Vienna.
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