Professional Wrestling Career
She began her career in wrestling in the late 1960s while still a teenager, training with her brothers Maurice and Paul, who were both champion professional wrestlers. She adopted the ring name "Vivian Vachon" (or "Viviane Vachon").
In February 1971, she became the California Women's Champion. She became the American Wrestling Association's (AWA) Women's Champion for a time, defeating Bette Boucher on November 4, 1971. In the early 1970s she starred in the motion picture the Wrestling Queen, which also included her brothers and other wrestlers. She came back to wrestle in the 1980s for Mad Dog's farewell tour and a tour of Japan. In 2006, she was honored posthumously by the Cauliflower Alley Club.
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