Barbara Jo Allen

Personal Info

Birthday

September 2, 1906

Day of Death

1974-09-14

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Vera Vague

Marian 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 at the Sorbonne. Concentrating on language, she became proficient in French, Spanish, German and Italian.

Known For

Maverick

Sleeping Beauty

The Sword in the Stone

Mohawk

General Electric Theater

The Women

The Opposite Sex

Goliath II

Filmography

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