Barbara Jo Allen

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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…

  • Acting
  • Born 2 September 1906
  • Died 14 September 1974 (age 68)
  • New York City, New York, USA
  • 58 credits

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Most-watched Barbara Jo Allen films currently: Sleeping Beauty (1959), Swing Your Partner (1943), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Women (1939), Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940).

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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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