Barbara Jo Allen
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Sep 02 1906• Died Sep 14 1974
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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 profi…
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Maverick
Celia Mallaver
Surfside 6
Sleeping Beauty
Fauna (voice)
The George Gobel Show
Self
The Sword in the Stone
Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
Mrs. Parkinson
The Women
Receptionist (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
Dolly DeHaven
Ice-Capades
Vera Vague
Mohawk
Aunt Agatha
The Mad Doctor
Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])
Goliath II
Goliath II's Mother
Broadway Melody of 1940
Ms. Konk (uncredited)
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Myra Stanhope
Girl Rush
Suzie Banks
Ice Capades Revue
Aunt Nellie
Design for Scandal
Janie
Larceny, Inc.
Mademoiselle Gloria
Priorities on Parade
Mariposa Ginsbotham
Get Going
Matilda Jones
Cowboy Canteen
Vera Vague
Melody and Moonlight
Adelaide Barnett
Melody Ranch
Veronica Whipple
Disney’s Coyote Tales
Goliath II’s Mother (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
Snafu
Madge Stevens
Earl Carroll Sketchbook
Sherry Lane
Buy Me That Town
Henriette Teagarden
The Three Stooges Follies
Vera Clayton (archive footage)
Village Barn Dance
Vera Vague
Rosie the Riveter
Vera Watson
Hiss and Yell
Vera Vague
Moon Over Las Vegas
Auntie
Lake Placid Serenade
Countess
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot
Susan
You Dear Boy!
Vera
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Tabitha Hazy
Columbia Laff Hour
Vera Vague (archive footage)
Swing Your Partner
Vera Vague
Happy Go Wacky
Vera Vague
Reno-Vated
Vera Butts
Wha' Happen?
Vera
Moving Vanities
Mrs. Errol
Nursie Behave
Vera Vague
Born to Be Loved
Irene Hoffman
Miss in a Mess
Vera Vague
Kennedy the Great
Mrs. John Potter
Square Dance Katy
Gypsy Jones
She Snoops to Conquer
Vera
Major Difficulties
Clunked in the Clink
Vera Vague
Strife of the Party
Vera Clayton
Calling All Fibbers
Vera Vague
Headin' for a Weddin'
Vera Vague
Doctor, Feel My Pulse
Vera Vague
The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round
Vera Vague
Cupid Goes Nuts
Vera Vague / Prudy Vague
She Took a Powder
Vera Vague