Barbara Jo Allen
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-09-02 (68 years old)
Deathday
1974-09-14
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Vera Vague
Marian Barbara Henshall
Barbara Jo Allen
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...
Acting
1959
as Fauna (voice)
1940
as Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])
1939
as Mrs. Errol
1942
as Mademoiselle Gloria
1960
as Goliath II's Mother
1944
as Suzie Banks
1941
as Myra Stanhope
1941
as Vera Vague
1959
as Irene Hoffman
1942
as Tabitha Hazy
1945
as Madge Stevens
1956
as Aunt Agatha
1944
as Auntie
1944
as Vera Watson
1944
as Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
1939
as Receptionist (uncredited)
1946
as Vera Vague
1940
as Vera Vague
1946
as Sherry Lane
1940
as Ms. Konk (uncredited)
1942
as Aunt Nellie
1940
as Adelaide Barnett
1950
as Gypsy Jones
1940
as Susan
1943
as Matilda Jones
1941
as Henriette Teagarden
1944
as Vera Vague
1956
as Dolly DeHaven
1940
as Veronica Whipple
1956
as Vera Vague (archive footage)
1944
as Countess
1952
as Vera Vague
1944
as Vera Clayton
1944
as Vera
1945
as Vera Vague
1943
as Vera
1945
as Vera Vague
1944
as Vera Vague
1946
as Vera Butts
1947
as Vera Vague / Prudy Vague
1946
as Vera Vague
1949
as Vera Vague
1949
as Vera Vague
1950
as Vera Vague
1949
as Vera
1951
as Vera Vague
1942
as Mariposa Ginsbotham
1963
as Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)
1941
as Janie
1943
as Vera Vague
1939
as Mrs. John Potter
1991
as Goliath II’s Mother (voice)
1974
as Vera Clayton (archive footage)
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