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Barbara Jo Allen

Actress / Dub Actress / Voice Actress / Film Actress | * 09/02/1906 († 68, 09/14/1974) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Barbara Jo Allen (born Marian Barbara Henshall; September 2, 1906 – September 14, 1974) was an American actress. She was 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 catchphrase "You dear boy!" ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Music | Romance / Love

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In this musical, an ambitious young singer and her band leave their small hometown to head for the Big Apple in hopes of finding fame and fortune. ...

Square Dance Katy

Certification unknown

1950 | 1h 16min
Music
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A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep that can only be awakened by true love' ...

Sleeping Beauty

G

1959 | 3.5/5 | 1h 15min
Fantasy, Animation, Romance / Love, Kids & Family
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Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs ...

The Opposite Sex

Certification unknown

1956 | 2.5/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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Song and comedy revue, featuring Western talents, along with a theatrical troupe taking their vacation on the Lazy B Ranch run by Steve Bradley. Steve is about to enter the army and he and Tex Coulter ...

Cowboy Canteen

NR

1944 | 1h 12min
Music, War, Western
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Awards & Nominations for Barbara Jo Allen

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Barbara Jo Allen as Actress(52)

as Goliath II’s Mother (voice)1991 Disney’s Coyote Tales
as Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)1963 The Sword in the Stone
as Goliath II's Mother1960 Goliath II
as Fauna (voice)1959 Sleeping Beauty
as Irene Hoffman1959 Born to Be Loved
as Aunt Agatha1956 Mohawk
as Dolly DeHaven1956 The Opposite Sex
as Vera Vague (archive footage)1956 Columbia Laff Hour
as Vera Vague1952 Happy Go Wacky
as Vera Vague1951 She Took a Powder
as Gypsy Jones1950 Square Dance Katy
as Vera Vague1950 Nursie Behave
as Vera Vague1949 Miss in a Mess
as Vera Vague1949 Clunked in the Clink
as Vera1949 Wha' Happen?
as Vera Vague / Prudy Vague1947 Cupid Goes Nuts
as Vera Vague1946 Hiss and Yell
as Vera Butts1946 Reno-Vated
as Vera Vague1946 Headin' for a Weddin'
as Sherry Lane1946 Earl Carroll Sketchbook
as Vera Vague1945 Calling All Fibbers
as Vera Vague1945 The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round
as Madge Stevens1945 Snafu
as Vera Vague1944 Cowboy Canteen
as Vera Clayton1944 Strife of the Party
as Suzie Banks1944 Girl Rush
as Auntie1944 Moon Over Las Vegas
as Vera Vague1944 Doctor, Feel My Pulse
as Vera Watson1944 Rosie the Riveter
as Vera1944 She Snoops to Conquer
as Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")1944 Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Countess1944 Lake Placid Serenade
as Matilda Jones1943 Get Going
as Vera1943 You Dear Boy!
as Vera Vague1943 Swing Your Partner
as Mademoiselle Gloria1942 Larceny, Inc.
as Mariposa Ginsbotham1942 Priorities on Parade
as Tabitha Hazy1942 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Aunt Nellie1942 Ice Capades Revue
as Vera Vague1941 Ice-Capades
as Myra Stanhope1941 Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Janie1941 Design for Scandal
as Henriette Teagarden1941 Buy Me That Town
as Veronica Whipple1940 Melody Ranch
as Susan1940 Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot
as Ms. Konk (uncredited)1940 Broadway Melody of 1940
as Vera Vague1940 Village Barn Dance
as Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])1940 The Mad Doctor
as Adelaide Barnett1940 Melody and Moonlight
as Mrs. Errol1939 Moving Vanities
as Receptionist (uncredited)1939 The Women
as Mrs. John Potter1939 Kennedy the Great

TV Shows/Series with Barbara Jo Allen as Actress(3)

1960 Surfside 6
as Celia Mallaver1957 Maverick
as Mrs. Parkinson1953 GE Theater

Full Name: Barbara Allen
Born: Sunday, 09/02 1906 (September) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 09/14 1974 (September) in Santa Barbara (aged: 68)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Paris
Spouses (current/former): Barton Yarborough
Other names for Barbara Jo Allen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Vera Vague"
Barbara Jo Allen frequently works together with these people:
Jules White (15x, Crew)
Edgar Buchanan (8x, Actor)
Lee Marvin (7x, Actor)
Rhys Williams (7x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (7x, Actor)
Whit Bissell (6x, Actor)
Howard McNear (6x, Actor)
Barry Kelley (5x, Actor)
Jean Willes (5x, Actress)
Claude Akins (5x, Actor)
Will Wright (5x, Actor)
Virginia Gregg (5x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:304754, Added: 08/12/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024