Barbara Jo Allen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 2, 1906, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- September 14, 1974
- Movies
- 54
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1991 | Disney’s Coyote Tales | Goliath II’s Mother (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| 1974 | The Three Stooges Follies | Vera Clayton (archive footage) |
| 1963 | The Sword in the Stone | Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Goliath II | Goliath II's Mother |
| 1959 | Born to Be Loved | Irene Hoffman |
| 1959 | Sleeping Beauty | Fauna (voice) |
| 1956 | The Opposite Sex | Dolly DeHaven |
| 1956 | Mohawk | Aunt Agatha |
| 1956 | Columbia Laff Hour | Vera Vague (archive footage) |
| 1952 | Happy Go Wacky | Vera Vague |
| 1951 | She Took a Powder | Vera Vague |
| 1950 | Nursie Behave | Vera Vague |
| 1950 | Square Dance Katy | Gypsy Jones |
| 1949 | Wha' Happen? | Vera |
| 1949 | Clunked in the Clink | Vera Vague |
| 1949 | Miss in a Mess | Vera Vague |
| 1947 | Cupid Goes Nuts | Vera Vague / Prudy Vague |
| 1946 | Reno-Vated | Vera Butts |
| 1946 | Earl Carroll Sketchbook | Sherry Lane |
| 1946 | Headin' for a Weddin' | Vera Vague |
| 1946 | Hiss and Yell | Vera Vague |
| 1945 | Calling All Fibbers | Vera Vague |
| 1945 | Snafu | Madge Stevens |
| 1945 | The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round | Vera Vague |
| 1944 | She Snoops to Conquer | Vera |
| 1944 | Lake Placid Serenade | Countess |
| 1944 | Girl Rush | Suzie Banks |
| 1944 | Strife of the Party | Vera Clayton |
| 1944 | Rosie the Riveter | Vera Watson |
| 1944 | Moon Over Las Vegas | Auntie |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes") |
| 1944 | Cowboy Canteen | Vera Vague |
| 1944 | Doctor, Feel My Pulse | Vera Vague |
| 1943 | You Dear Boy! | Vera |
| 1943 | Get Going | Matilda Jones |
| 1943 | Swing Your Partner | Vera Vague |
| 1942 | Ice Capades Revue | Aunt Nellie |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Tabitha Hazy |
| 1942 | Hi, Neighbor | Vera Greenfield |
| 1942 | Priorities on Parade | Mariposa Ginsbotham |
| 1942 | Larceny, Inc. | Mademoiselle Gloria |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Janie |
| 1941 | Buy Me That Town | Henriette Teagarden |
| 1941 | Ice-Capades | Vera Vague |
| 1941 | Kiss the Boys Goodbye | Myra Stanhope |
| 1940 | The Mad Doctor | Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague]) |
| 1940 | Melody and Moonlight | Adelaide Barnett |
| 1940 | Melody Ranch | Veronica Whipple |
| 1940 | Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot | Susan |
| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 | Ms. Konk (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Village Barn Dance | Vera Vague |
| 1939 | Kennedy the Great | Mrs. John Potter |
| 1939 | The Women | Receptionist (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Moving Vanities | Mrs. Errol |
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