Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1906-09-02
- Day of Death1974-09-14 (68 years)
- Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
- Also Known AsVera VagueMarian 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1963
The Sword in the Stone
As: Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)
- 1960
Goliath II
As: Goliath II's Mother
- 1959
Born to Be Loved
As: Irene Hoffman
- 1959
Sleeping Beauty
As: Fauna (voice)
- 1957
Maverick
As: Celia Mallaver
- 1956
The Opposite Sex
As: Dolly DeHaven
- 1956
Mohawk
As: Aunt Agatha
1953General Electric Theater
As: Mrs. Parkinson
1946Earl Carroll Sketchbook
As: Sherry Lane
1946Hiss and Yell
As: Vera Vague
1945Snafu
As: Madge Stevens
1945The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round
As: Vera Vague
1944Lake Placid Serenade
As: Countess
1944Girl Rush
As: Suzie Banks
1944Rosie the Riveter
As: Vera Watson
1944Moon Over Las Vegas
As: Auntie
1944Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
As: Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
1944Cowboy Canteen
As: Vera Vague
1943Get Going
As: Matilda Jones
1943Swing Your Partner
As: Vera Vague
1942Ice Capades Revue
As: Aunt Nellie
1942Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
As: Tabitha Hazy
1942Priorities on Parade
As: Mariposa Ginsbotham
- 1942
Larceny, Inc.
As: Mademoiselle Gloria
1941Design for Scandal
As: Janie
1941Buy Me That Town
As: Henriette Teagarden
1941Ice-Capades
As: Vera Vague
1941Kiss the Boys Goodbye
As: Myra Stanhope
1940The Mad Doctor
As: Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])
1940Melody and Moonlight
As: Adelaide Barnett
1940Melody Ranch
As: Veronica Whipple
- 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
As: Ms. Konk (uncredited)
- 1939
The Women
As: Receptionist (uncredited)
1939Moving Vanities
As: Mrs. Errol