Barbara Jo Allen
Acting 1906-09-02 New York City, New York, USA
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
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Sleeping Beauty
1959
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The Women
1939
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Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
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Mohawk
1956
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Goliath II
1960
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Larceny, Inc.
1942
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Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941
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The Mad Doctor
1940
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Ice-Capades
1941
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Girl Rush
1944
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
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Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
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Moon Over Las Vegas
1944
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Rosie the Riveter
1944
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Snafu
1945
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Born to Be Loved
1959
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Earl Carroll Sketchbook
1946
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Moving Vanities
1939
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Hiss and Yell
1946