This article is a stub. You can help American Horror Story Wiki by expanding it.

Vivien Harmon
Appearances
Portrayed by	Connie Britton
First Appearance	Pilot
Last Appearance	Afterbirth
Information
Species	Ghost
Gender	Female
Hair Color	Red
Eye Color	Blue
Died	2011 (Birth)
Cause of Death	Hemorrhage after giving birth
Occupation	Housewife
Relationships	Tate (father of Michael) Moira O'Hara (friend) Hallie (pet)
Relatives	Ben Harmon (husband) Violet Harmon (daughter) Jeffrey Harmon (son) Michael Langdon (son) Stillborn child (2010) Jo (sister)

Vivien Harmon is the wife of Ben Harmon and the mother of Violet Harmon. In 2011, the Harmons moved into the Murder House in California in order to get away from their lives in Boston.

Contents 1 Background 2 Personality and Appearance 3 Story 4 Quotes 5 Notes 6 References 7 Comments

Background Edit

Vivien used to be a musician who played the cello and stopped for unknown reasons. Vivien only eats organic foods. Vivien previously had a miscarriage before moving into the Murder House, which led to an affair between her husband and a student of his, Hayden

Personality and Appearance Edit

Vivien is adamant about using organic products; for example: she does not allow her family to drink from plastic containers and is horrified when her doctor suggests a hormone therapy to help her heal after her miscarriage. After her miscarriage, her husband Ben had an affair with one of his students, which leads to her being repulsed by Ben wanting to try and have an intimate relationship with her again.

Vivien has long, wavy, strawberry-blonde hair and a light complexion with some freckles. She has a slim build, is about 5′8″, and has blue eyes.

Story Edit

After an appointment with her doctor, discussing her health and thus revealing the character's contempt for anything not organic, she finds her husband in bed with one of his students, Hayden, and in anger, cuts her husband with a knife. A year passes and it is implied that the family has moved on somewhat, as seen by the jovial dynamic in their car as they drive towards Los Angeles to potentially buy a new home. While on the property, soon to be referred to as the "Murder House ", Vivien and her husband seem to take a liking to it rather quickly, while Violet is skeptical until hearing about the murders of the prior inhabitants and promptly seals the deal. When first moving to the house, Vivien is frightened by the sudden appearance of Adelaide who ominously warns her that she will die in the house. Constance, her now next door neighbor, walks in non-chalantly and establishes that Addy is her daughter. Later, an elderly woman named Moira O'Hara persuades Vivien to hire her as their housekeeper after explaining that she has worked in the house for previous owners. After an argument, she and Ben have sex for the first time in over a year. Later, thinking that Ben is trying to make a sexual encounter more kinky for the second time that day, she has sex with a man in a rubber suit, not knowing Ben is sleepwalking downstairs. She becomes pregnant from one or both of these encounters.^[1]

Vivien and Violet are taken hostage in a home invasion by the murder re-enactors, leading to traumatic stress and a drive to be more security conscious.^[2]

While gardening, Vivien discovers that her house is a fixture on the Eternal Darkness Tour, leading her to take the tour to discover more about the house's history. She cuts her tour short when she begins to discharge blood, and she fears a miscarriage. She becomes more determined to get out of the house as soon as possible.^[3]

Incomplete This article is incomplete.

As the story progresses Vivien finds herself troubled by her husband's past infidelities, her pregnancy, her daughter's rebellion and disrespect, the intrusions of strangers, and the hauntings of her home. Despite her strong-willed nature she begins to deteriorate and in the end is being sent to an asylum, albeit under a false diagnosis made by her husband.

She later returns home with Ben where she then goes into labor. She gives birth to her twins in the house, one is

said to be still-born. The delivery proves complicated and excessive bleeding threatens her life, and when given the choice to live or die, she chooses to die. She returns as a ghost to comfort Violet who just broke up with Tate after finding out that he raped her mother, eventually leading to her death during the birth of the twins.

Quotes Edit

(To Ben:) "I'm finding it really hard to look at your face, because I really, really want to bash it in."

(To Ben:) "If you're about to diagnose me with Post Traumatic Shock Syndrome, I'm going to bash your goddamn face in."

Notes Edit

• In the afterlife Vivien begins to play the cello again.
• It is also theorized that Vivien will not age in appearance as a ghost (unlike Moira) after death in 2011 because her physical body was located and laid to rest off of the property by the living.

References Edit

1. ↑ Pilot
2. ↑ Home Invasion
3. ↑ Murder House