- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 2, 1906
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- September 14, 1974
Barbara Jo Allen
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 uncle. In 1937, she debuted on network radio drama as Beth Holly on NBC's One Man's Family, followed by roles on Death Valley Days, I Love a Mystery and other radio series. According to Allen, her Vera Vague cha…
Filmography
Disney’s Coyote Tales
movieDisney’s Coyote Tales
1991 · Goliath II’s Mother (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
movieThe Three Stooges Follies
1974 · Vera Clayton (archive footage)
movieThe Sword in the Stone
1963 · Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)
tvSurfside 6
1960
movieGoliath II
1960 · Goliath II's Mother
movieBorn to Be Loved
1959 · Irene Hoffman
movieSleeping Beauty
1959 · Fauna (voice)
tvMaverick
1957 · Celia Mallaver
movieThe Opposite Sex
1956 · Dolly DeHaven
movieMohawk
1956 · Aunt Agatha
movieColumbia Laff Hour
1956 · Vera Vague (archive footage)
The George Gobel Show
tvThe George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Mrs. Parkinson
Happy Go Wacky
movieHappy Go Wacky
1952 · Vera Vague
She Took a Powder
movieShe Took a Powder
1951 · Vera Vague
Nursie Behave
movieNursie Behave
1950 · Vera Vague
movieSquare Dance Katy
1950 · Gypsy Jones
movieWha' Happen?
1949 · Vera
movieClunked in the Clink
1949 · Vera Vague
Miss in a Mess
movieMiss in a Mess
1949 · Vera Vague
Cupid Goes Nuts
movieCupid Goes Nuts
1947 · Vera Vague / Prudy Vague
Reno-Vated
movieReno-Vated
1946 · Vera Butts
movieEarl Carroll Sketchbook
1946 · Sherry Lane
Headin' for a Weddin'
movieHeadin' for a Weddin'
1946 · Vera Vague
movieHiss and Yell
1946 · Vera Vague
Calling All Fibbers
movieCalling All Fibbers
1945 · Vera Vague
movieSnafu
1945 · Madge Stevens
movieThe Jury Goes Round 'n' Round
1945 · Vera Vague
She Snoops to Conquer
movieShe Snoops to Conquer
1944 · Vera
movieLake Placid Serenade
1944 · Countess
movieGirl Rush
1944 · Suzie Banks
Strife of the Party
movieStrife of the Party
1944 · Vera Clayton
movieRosie the Riveter
1944 · Vera Watson
movieMoon Over Las Vegas
1944 · Auntie
movieHenry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944 · Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
movieCowboy Canteen
1944 · Vera Vague
Doctor, Feel My Pulse
movieDoctor, Feel My Pulse
1944 · Vera Vague
You Dear Boy!
movieYou Dear Boy!
1943 · Vera
movieGet Going
1943 · Matilda Jones
movieSwing Your Partner
1943 · Vera Vague
movieIce Capades Revue
1942 · Aunt Nellie
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942 · Tabitha Hazy
moviePriorities on Parade
1942 · Mariposa Ginsbotham
movieLarceny, Inc.
1942 · Mademoiselle Gloria
movieDesign for Scandal
1941 · Janie
movieBuy Me That Town
1941 · Henriette Teagarden
movieIce-Capades
1941 · Vera Vague
movieKiss the Boys Goodbye
1941 · Myra Stanhope
movieThe Mad Doctor
1940 · Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])
movieMelody and Moonlight
1940 · Adelaide Barnett
movieMelody Ranch
1940 · Veronica Whipple
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot
movieSing, Dance, Plenty Hot
1940 · Susan
movieBroadway Melody of 1940
1940 · Ms. Konk (uncredited)
Village Barn Dance
movieVillage Barn Dance
1940 · Vera Vague
Kennedy the Great
movieKennedy the Great
1939 · Mrs. John Potter
movieThe Women
1939 · Receptionist (uncredited)
movieMoving Vanities
1939 · Mrs. Errol
Major Difficulties
movieMajor Difficulties
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