Barbara Jo Allen

Vera Vague · Marian Barbara Henshall

Туған күні:: 1906-09-02
Қайтыс болған күні:: 1974-09-14
Туған жері:: New York City, New York, USA

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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. After the death of her parents, she moved to Los Angeles where she lived with her uncle. In 1937, she debuted on network radio drama as Beth Holly on NBC's One Man's Family, followed by roles on Death Valley Days, I Love a Mystery and other radio series. According to Allen, her Vera Vague character was “sort of a frustrated female, dumb, always ambitious and overzealous… a spouting Bureau of Misinformation.” After Vera was introduced in 1939 on NBC Matinee, she became a regular with Bob Hope beginning in 1941. Allen appeared in at least 60 movies and TV series between 1938 and 1963, often credited as Vera Vague rather than her own name. The character she created was so popular that she eventually adopted the character name as her professional name. From 1943 to 1952, as Vera, she made more than a dozen comedy two-reel short subjects for Columbia Pictures. In 1948, she did less acting and instead opened her own commercial orchid business, while also serving as the Honorary Mayor of Woodland Hills, California. In 1953, as Vera, she hosted her own television series, Follow the Leader, a CBS audience participation show. In 1958, she appeared as Mabel, the boss of the flight attendants, in Jeannie Carson's syndicated version of her situation comedy Hey, Jeannie! The program aired only six episodes in syndication. Allen's first marriage was to actor Barton Yarborough. They had one child together. In 1946, the couple co-starred in the two-reel comedy short, Hiss and Yell, nominated for an Academy Award as Best Short Subject. In 1931-32, Allen married Charles H. Crosby. In 1943, she married Bob Hope's producer, Norman Morrell. They had one child and were married for three decades, until her 1974 death in Santa Barbara, California.

Фильмографиясы

Disney’s Coyote Tales

1991

TMDb 6.0 / 10

Goliath II’s Mother (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Three Stooges Follies

1974

TMDb 9.0 / 10

Vera Clayton (archive footage)

Меч в камне

1963

TMDb 7.2 / 10

Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)

Голиаф 2

1960

TMDb 6.6 / 10

Goliath II's Mother

Born to Be Loved

1959

TMDb 5.6 / 10

Irene Hoffman

Спящая красавица

1959

TMDb 6.9 / 10

Fauna (voice)

Противоположный пол

1956

TMDb 5.5 / 10

Dolly DeHaven

Mohawk

1956

TMDb 5.6 / 10

Aunt Agatha

Columbia Laff Hour

1956

TMDb 7.0 / 10

Vera Vague (archive footage)

Happy Go Wacky

1952

TMDb 9.0 / 10

Vera Vague

She Took a Powder

1951

TMDb 8.0 / 10

Vera Vague

Nursie Behave

1950

TMDb 8.0 / 10

Vera Vague

Square Dance Katy

1950

TMDb 4.0 / 10

Gypsy Jones

Wha' Happen?

1949

TMDb 9.0 / 10

Vera

Clunked in the Clink

1949

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Vera Vague

Miss in a Mess

1949

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Vera Vague

Cupid Goes Nuts

1947

TMDb 9.0 / 10

Vera Vague / Prudy Vague

Reno-Vated

1946

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Vera Butts

Earl Carroll Sketchbook

1946

TMDb 8.0 / 10

Sherry Lane

Headin' for a Weddin'

1946

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Vera Vague

Hiss and Yell

1946

TMDb 5.0 / 10

Vera Vague

Calling All Fibbers

1945

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Vera Vague

Snafu

1945

TMDb 7.0 / 10

Madge Stevens

The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round

1945

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Vera Vague

She Snoops to Conquer

1944

TMDb 8.0 / 10

Vera

Lake Placid Serenade

1944

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Countess

Girl Rush

1944

TMDb 6.0 / 10

Suzie Banks

Strife of the Party

1944

TMDb 7.0 / 10

Vera Clayton

Rosie the Riveter

1944

TMDb 5.3 / 10

Vera Watson

Moon Over Las Vegas

1944

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Auntie

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

1944

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")

Cowboy Canteen

1944

TMDb 8.0 / 10

Vera Vague

Doctor, Feel My Pulse

1944

TMDb 3.3 / 10

Vera Vague

You Dear Boy!

1943

TMDb 7.0 / 10

Vera

Get Going

1943

TMDb 7.0 / 10

Matilda Jones

Swing Your Partner

1943

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Vera Vague

Ice Capades Revue

1942

TMDb 6.0 / 10

Aunt Nellie

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942

TMDb 5.0 / 10

Tabitha Hazy

Hi, Neighbor

1942

TMDb 10.0 / 10

Vera Greenfield

Priorities on Parade

1942

TMDb 7.0 / 10

Mariposa Ginsbotham

Мошенничество и Ко

1942

TMDb 7.1 / 10

Mademoiselle Gloria

Design for Scandal

1941

TMDb 5.1 / 10

Janie

Buy Me That Town

1941

TMDb 6.3 / 10

Henriette Teagarden

Ice-Capades

1941

TMDb 5.9 / 10

Vera Vague

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

1941

TMDb 6.5 / 10

Myra Stanhope

The Mad Doctor

1940

TMDb 6.2 / 10

Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])

Melody and Moonlight

1940

TMDb 7.5 / 10

Adelaide Barnett

Melody Ranch

1940

TMDb 6.2 / 10

Veronica Whipple

Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot

1940

TMDb 9.0 / 10

Susan

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940

TMDb 6.9 / 10

Ms. Konk (uncredited)

Village Barn Dance

1940

TMDb 8.0 / 10

Vera Vague

Kennedy the Great

1939

TMDb 8.0 / 10

Mrs. John Potter

Женщины

1939

TMDb 7.2 / 10

Receptionist (uncredited)

Moving Vanities

1939

TMDb 8.0 / 10

Mrs. Errol

Major Difficulties

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TMDb 7.0 / 10