Barbara Jo Allen
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Disney’s Coyote Tales
1991
as Goliath II’s Mother (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Three Stooges Follies
1974
as Vera Clayton (archive footage)
The Sword in the Stone
1963
as Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)
Goliath II
1960
as Goliath II's Mother
Surfside 6
1960
Sleeping Beauty
1959
as Fauna (voice)
Born to Be Loved
1959
as Irene Hoffman
Maverick
1957
as Celia Mallaver
Mohawk
1956
as Aunt Agatha
The Opposite Sex
1956
as Dolly DeHaven
Columbia Laff Hour
1956
as Vera Vague (archive footage)
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Mrs. Parkinson
Happy Go Wacky
1952
as Vera Vague
She Took a Powder
1951
as Vera Vague
Square Dance Katy
1950
as Gypsy Jones
Nursie Behave
1950
as Vera Vague
Miss in a Mess
1949
as Vera Vague
Clunked in the Clink
1949
as Vera Vague
Wha' Happen?
1949
as Vera
Cupid Goes Nuts
1947
as Vera Vague / Prudy Vague
Hiss and Yell
1946
as Vera Vague
Earl Carroll Sketchbook
1946
as Sherry Lane
Reno-Vated
1946
as Vera Butts
Headin' for a Weddin'
1946
as Vera Vague
Snafu
1945
as Madge Stevens
Calling All Fibbers
1945
as Vera Vague
The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round
1945
as Vera Vague
Girl Rush
1944
as Suzie Banks
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944
as Auntie
Rosie the Riveter
1944
as Vera Watson
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
as Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
Cowboy Canteen
1944
as Vera Vague
Lake Placid Serenade
1944
as Countess
Strife of the Party
1944
as Vera Clayton
She Snoops to Conquer
1944
as Vera
Doctor, Feel My Pulse
1944
as Vera Vague
Get Going
1943
as Matilda Jones
You Dear Boy!
1943
as Vera
Swing Your Partner
1943
as Vera Vague
Larceny, Inc.
1942
as Mademoiselle Gloria
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Tabitha Hazy
Ice Capades Revue
1942
as Aunt Nellie
Priorities on Parade
1942
as Mariposa Ginsbotham
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941
as Myra Stanhope
Ice-Capades
1941
as Vera Vague
Buy Me That Town
1941
as Henriette Teagarden
Design for Scandal
1941
as Janie
The Mad Doctor
1940
as Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])
Village Barn Dance
1940
as Vera Vague
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
as Ms. Konk (uncredited)
Melody and Moonlight
1940
as Adelaide Barnett
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot
1940
as Susan
Melody Ranch
1940
as Veronica Whipple
Moving Vanities
1939
as Mrs. Errol
The Women
1939
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Kennedy the Great
1939
as Mrs. John Potter