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
- Surfside 6 (1960) Cast
- Sleeping Beauty (1959) as Fauna (voice)
- Swing Your Partner (1943) as Vera Vague
- The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
- The Sword in the Stone (1963) as Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)
- The Women (1939) as Receptionist (uncredited)
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Mrs. Parkinson
- Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) as Ms. Konk (uncredited)
- Larceny, Inc. (1942) as Mademoiselle Gloria
- The Opposite Sex (1956) as Dolly DeHaven
- Mohawk (1956) as Aunt Agatha
- Design for Scandal (1941) as Janie
- Melody Ranch (1940) as Veronica Whipple
- Cowboy Canteen (1944) as Vera Vague
- Girl Rush (1944) as Suzie Banks
- The Mad Doctor (1940) as Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])
- Buy Me That Town (1941) as Henriette Teagarden
- Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) as Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
- Goliath II (1960) as Goliath II's Mother
- Ice-Capades (1941) as Vera Vague
- Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941) as Myra Stanhope
- Get Going (1943) as Matilda Jones
- Disney’s Coyote Tales (1991) as Goliath II’s Mother (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Village Barn Dance (1940) as Vera Vague
- Rosie the Riveter (1944) as Vera Watson
- Moon Over Las Vegas (1944) as Auntie
- Priorities on Parade (1942) as Mariposa Ginsbotham
- Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946) as Sherry Lane
- Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940) as Susan
- Columbia Laff Hour (1956) as Vera Vague (archive footage)
- The Three Stooges Follies (1974) as Vera Clayton (archive footage)
- Hiss and Yell (1946) as Vera Vague
- Melody and Moonlight (1940) as Adelaide Barnett
- Snafu (1945) as Madge Stevens
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) as Tabitha Hazy
- Born to Be Loved (1959) as Irene Hoffman
- Ice Capades Revue (1942) as Aunt Nellie
- Miss in a Mess (1949) as Vera Vague
- Moving Vanities (1939) as Mrs. Errol
- The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round (1945) as Vera Vague
- Wha' Happen? (1949) as Vera
- Clunked in the Clink (1949) as Vera Vague
- Kennedy the Great (1939) as Mrs. John Potter
- She Took a Powder (1951) as Vera Vague
- You Dear Boy! (1943) as Vera
- Lake Placid Serenade (1944) as Countess
- Doctor, Feel My Pulse (1944) as Vera Vague
- Square Dance Katy (1950) as Gypsy Jones
- Reno-Vated (1946) as Vera Butts
- Happy Go Wacky (1952) as Vera Vague
- Cupid Goes Nuts (1947) as Vera Vague / Prudy Vague
- Strife of the Party (1944) as Vera Clayton
- Major Difficulties Cast
- Nursie Behave (1950) as Vera Vague
- Headin' for a Weddin' (1946) as Vera Vague
- Calling All Fibbers (1945) as Vera Vague
- She Snoops to Conquer (1944) as Vera
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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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