Vivienne Henderson

Vivienne Henderson is a character on the daytime television soap opera ''Times of Passion. ''The show's original antagonist, Vivienne was the scheming wife of Rudolph Henderson.

Widely considered the shows most notorious character and a defining villain, Vivienne was responsible for the deaths of Martha Stoneham and the original protagonist Maggie Banks. She constantly tried to strengthen the Henderson empire while ruthlessly eliminating any competition. Her criminal nature left its mark on her children, leaving Brendon in jail, Arianna in exile and Cornelia seemingly murdered.

Despite her criminal and murderous activities, Vivienne never actually went to prison. Rudolph eventually divorced her after the murder of Maggie Banks, but abstained from pressing charges. Vivienne then returned to her hometown of New York. In the following years, she continued to make guest appearances, mainly as part of her children's storylines.

As part of the show's 35th anniversary in 2015, Vivienne made a guest appearance, where she revealed Angelina's true identity.

Pre-1980
Vivienne grew up by the name Jane Walker. With her mother abandoning the family early on and her father Frank an alcoholic, Jenny left home at age 14 and began working as a dancer and stripper, and later prostitute. She soon worked her way up into a high-class escort service, where she eventually met Rudolph Henderson, whom she went on to marry.

Once out of her past life, Jane changed her name to Vivienne and abandoned all contact to friends and family. Her and Rudolph had 4 children.