Vivien Harmon (Connie Britton)
A mother's love becomes a ghostly tragedy within the walls of the cursed Murder House.
Vivien Harmon is the female lead of American Horror Story: Murder House, the first season, played by Connie Britton. She moves from Boston to Los Angeles with her husband Ben, a psychiatrist, and their teenage daughter Violet, to recover from her miscarriage and from Ben's infidelity with one of his students.
Quick Facts
- Character name
- Vivien Harmon
- Portrayed by
- Connie Britton
- Affiliation
- Harmon Family, Murder House Residents
Lore & Background
Vivien rehires the house's former housekeeper, Moira, and learns that the original owners were the surgeon Charles Montgomery and his wife Nora. She becomes pregnant with twins, and it emerges that the twins have separate fathers: Ben and Tate Langdon, who attacked her as the Rubber Man. Hayden, with whom Ben had an affair, conspires with Nora to drive Vivien insane so that they can have the twins. Vivien dies after giving birth, and her ghost remains in the house with Violet's.
Did You Know?
- Connie Britton was the first actor cast in the series.
- Ryan Murphy told Britton early on that Vivien would die in the first season.
- Britton returned as Vivien in Apocalypse, where Vivien says that the father of her son Michael is neither Ben nor Tate but the evil of the Murder House.
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