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Barbara Jo Allen

Barbara Jo Allen
  • Name: Barbara Jo Allen
  • Birthday: 1906-09-02
  • Also known as: Vera Vague,Marian Barbara Henshall
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Popularity: 0.043
Biography: From Wikipedia Barbara Jo Allen (September 2, 1906 – September 14, 1974) was an actress also known as Vera Vague, the spinster character she created and portrayed on radio and in films during the 1940s and 1950s. She based the character on a woman she had seen delivering a PTA literature lecture in a confused manner. As Vague, she popularized the catch phrase "You dear boy!" Allen's acting ability first surfaced in school plays. Following her high school graduation, she went to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. Concentrating on language, she became proficient in French, Spanish, German and Italian. After the death of her parents, she moved to Los Angeles where she lived with her... Read More

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Title Release date
Disney’s Coyote Tales   as  Goliath II’s Mother (voice) 1991-11-11
The Three Stooges Follies   as  Vera Clayton (archive footage) 1974-11-01
The Sword in the Stone   as  Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited) 1963-12-25
Goliath II   as  Goliath II's Mother 1960-01-21
Born to Be Loved   as  Irene Hoffman 1959-06-01
Sleeping Beauty   as  Fauna (voice) 1959-02-17
The Opposite Sex   as  Dolly DeHaven 1956-11-15
Mohawk   as  Aunt Agatha 1956-04-01
Columbia Laff Hour   as  Vera Vague (archive footage) 1956-01-01
Happy Go Wacky   as  Vera Vague 1952-02-07
She Took a Powder   as  Vera Vague 1951-08-11
Nursie Behave   as  Vera Vague 1950-05-11
Square Dance Katy   as  Gypsy Jones 1950-03-25
Wha' Happen?   as  Vera 1949-11-10
Clunked in the Clink   as  Vera Vague 1949-07-13
Miss in a Mess   as  Vera Vague 1949-01-13
Cupid Goes Nuts   as  Vera Vague / Prudy Vague 1947-05-01
Reno-Vated   as  Vera Butts 1946-11-21
Earl Carroll Sketchbook   as  Sherry Lane 1946-08-22
Headin' for a Weddin'   as  Vera Vague 1946-08-15
Hiss and Yell   as  Vera Vague 1946-02-14
Calling All Fibbers   as  Vera Vague 1945-11-29
Snafu   as  Madge Stevens 1945-11-22
The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round   as  Vera Vague 1945-06-01
She Snoops to Conquer   as  Vera 1944-12-30
Lake Placid Serenade   as  Countess 1944-12-23
Girl Rush   as  Suzie Banks 1944-10-21
Strife of the Party   as  Vera Clayton 1944-10-13
Rosie the Riveter   as  Vera Watson 1944-04-08
Moon Over Las Vegas   as  Auntie 1944-04-01
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid   as  Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes") 1944-04-01
Cowboy Canteen   as  Vera Vague 1944-02-09
Doctor, Feel My Pulse   as  Vera Vague 1944-01-22
You Dear Boy!   as  Vera 1943-11-04
Get Going   as  Matilda Jones 1943-06-21
Swing Your Partner   as  Vera Vague 1943-05-20
Ice Capades Revue   as  Aunt Nellie 1942-12-24
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch   as  Tabitha Hazy 1942-10-01
Priorities on Parade   as  Mariposa Ginsbotham 1942-07-23
Larceny, Inc.   as  Mademoiselle Gloria 1942-04-24
Design for Scandal   as  Janie 1941-12-01
Buy Me That Town   as  Henriette Teagarden 1941-10-03
Ice-Capades   as  Vera Vague 1941-08-19
Kiss the Boys Goodbye   as  Myra Stanhope 1941-08-01
The Mad Doctor   as  Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague]) 1940-12-20
Melody and Moonlight   as  Adelaide Barnett 1940-10-10
Melody Ranch   as  Veronica Whipple 1940-09-15
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot   as  Susan 1940-08-10
Broadway Melody of 1940   as  Ms. Konk (uncredited) 1940-02-09
Village Barn Dance   as  Vera Vague 1940-01-30
Kennedy the Great   as  Mrs. John Potter 1939-12-08
The Women   as  Receptionist (uncredited) 1939-09-01
Moving Vanities   as  Mrs. Errol 1939-05-05