Personal Info
Known Credits
53
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1906-09-02 (119 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
Vera 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 ability first surfaced in school plays. Following her high school graduation, she went to Paris to study ...
Known For
Acting
1991 --
Disney’s Coyote Tales
| Goliath II’s Mother (voice)
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 --
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
| Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
1944 --
Moon Over Las Vegas
| Auntie
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 --
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