- Born
- Died
- Birth nameVivian Elizabeth Ayers
- Nickname
- Ma Turk
- Vivian Ayers Allen was born on July 29, 1923 in Chester, South Carolina, USA. She was married to Andrew Arthur Allen Sr.. She died on August 18, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseAndrew Arthur Allen Sr.(1943 - 1954) (divorced, 4 children)
- Children
- RelativesVivian Nixon(Grandchild)Dola Rashad(Grandchild)DeVaughn Nixon(Grandchild)
- Received an Honorary Doctorate degree from her alma mater Bennett College in 2006.
- Of African-American and Cherokee heritage.
- Studied at Barber-Scotia College and Bennett College.
- Mother of actresses Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, jazz trumpeter Andrew Arthur "Tex" Allen Jr., and banker Hugh Allen.
- Educated at the historic Brainerd Institute in Chester, where her parents and her grandparents had also been educated, growing up in a house across the street from the school. She graduated in 1939.
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