Barbara Jo Allen
Acting
Born September 2, 1906 · New York City, New York, USA
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 at the Sorbonne. Concentrating on language, she became proficient in French, Spanish, German and Ita…
Known For · 40 titles
Maverick
Surfside 6
Sleeping Beauty
The George Gobel Show
The Sword in the Stone
General Electric Theater
The Women
The Opposite Sex
Nursie Behave
Miss in a Mess
Broadway Melody of 1940
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Larceny, Inc.
Village Barn Dance
Ice Capades Revue
Melody Ranch
Moon Over Las Vegas
Wha' Happen?
Columbia Laff Hour
Design for Scandal
Mohawk
She Took a Powder
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot
Goliath II
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Disney’s Coyote Tales
Buy Me That Town
Rosie the Riveter
The Three Stooges Follies
Girl Rush
Clunked in the Clink
Melody and Moonlight
The Mad Doctor
Priorities on Parade
Happy Go Wacky
Ice-Capades
Reno-Vated
Lake Placid Serenade
You Dear Boy!
Swing Your Partner