Vivian Bonnell was known as the wife of Austin Stoker.
Vivian was an actress and calypso singer, originally from Antigua, British West Indies.
In 1954, she starred opposite Pearl Bailey in the Broadway musical House of Flowers. She and her fellow cast members recorded calypso albums such as “Enid Mosier and her Trinidad Steel Band”.
Vivian Bonnell met Austin Stoker in 1954 during the Broadway production of Truman Capote’s House of Flowers.
After their meeting on that set, Vivian Bonnell and Austin Stoker decided to walk down the aisle.
In 1959, the pair got married and they have been together for four decades.
In 2000, the pair announced that they were divorcing, and in late 2000 they finally separated.
After changing her name, Bonnell went on to appear in several films and television shows, including several American TV movies.
Vivian Bonnell died of complications from diabetes in Los Angeles on November 18, 2003, at the age of 79.