Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/2/1906
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Vera VagueMarian 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 Ita...
Known For
The Women
as Receptionist (uncredited)
The Sword in the Stone
as Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)
Sleeping Beauty
as Fauna (voice)
Melody Ranch
as Veronica Whipple
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Ms. Konk (uncredited)
Goliath II
as Goliath II's Mother
Ice-Capades
as Vera Vague
Get Going
as Matilda Jones
The Mad Doctor
as Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])
Design for Scandal
as Janie
Snafu
as Madge Stevens
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Tabitha Hazy
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
Ice Capades Revue
as Aunt Nellie
The Opposite Sex
as Dolly DeHaven
Lake Placid Serenade
as Countess
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Myra Stanhope
Buy Me That Town
as Henriette Teagarden
Girl Rush
as Suzie Banks
Priorities on Parade
as Mariposa Ginsbotham
Career Timeline
1956
1946
1945
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
Moon Over Las Vegas
as Auntie
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
Cowboy Canteen
as Vera Vague
Doctor, Feel My Pulse
as Vera Vague