Where to watch Barbara Jo Allen in the UK
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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 Ita…
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- Maverick (1957) as Celia Mallaver
- Sleeping Beauty (1959) as Fauna (voice)
- Surfside 6 (1960) Cast
- The Sword in the Stone (1963) as Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)
- The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
- The Women (1939) as Receptionist (uncredited)
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Mrs. Parkinson
- Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) as Ms. Konk (uncredited)
- The Opposite Sex (1956) as Dolly DeHaven
- Wha' Happen? (1949) as Vera
- Goliath II (1960) as Goliath II's Mother
- Nursie Behave (1950) as Vera Vague
- Larceny, Inc. (1942) as Mademoiselle Gloria
- Mohawk (1956) as Aunt Agatha
- Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941) as Myra Stanhope
- The Mad Doctor (1940) as Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])
- Melody Ranch (1940) as Veronica Whipple
- Design for Scandal (1941) as Janie
- Melody and Moonlight (1940) as Adelaide Barnett
- Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940) as Susan
- Buy Me That Town (1941) as Henriette Teagarden
- Columbia Laff Hour (1956) as Vera Vague (archive footage)
- Ice Capades Revue (1942) as Aunt Nellie
- Moon Over Las Vegas (1944) as Auntie
- Rosie the Riveter (1944) as Vera Watson
- Girl Rush (1944) as Suzie Banks
- Ice-Capades (1941) as Vera Vague
- Clunked in the Clink (1949) as Vera Vague
- Happy Go Wacky (1952) as Vera Vague
- Miss in a Mess (1949) as Vera Vague
- Disney’s Coyote Tales (1991) as Goliath II’s Mother (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- She Took a Powder (1951) as Vera Vague
- Cowboy Canteen (1944) as Vera Vague
- Village Barn Dance (1940) as Vera Vague
- The Three Stooges Follies (1974) as Vera Clayton (archive footage)
- Snafu (1945) as Madge Stevens
- Priorities on Parade (1942) as Mariposa Ginsbotham
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) as Tabitha Hazy
- Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) as Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
- Square Dance Katy (1950) as Gypsy Jones
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Most-watched Barbara Jo Allen films currently: Sleeping Beauty (1959), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Women (1939), Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940), The Opposite Sex (1956).
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Selected TV credits: Maverick (1957), Surfside 6 (1960), The George Gobel Show (1954), General Electric Theater (1953).
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