- Vivacious actress of several Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy and Charley Chase silent comedies for Hal Roach.
- Viola Richard made one sound short in 1929 entitled The Line-Up (1929). The only known 16mm print exists in Massachusetts.
- Film historian William K. Everson has suggested that her physical similarity to Clara Bow may have prevented her from achieving star status.
- Buried in Monterey Cemetary in Northern California.
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