Barbara Jo Allen

Barbara Jo Allen

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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 h...

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Sleeping Beauty

As Fauna (voice)

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The Mad Doctor

As Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])

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Moving Vanities

As Mrs. Errol

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Larceny, Inc.

As Mademoiselle Gloria

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Goliath II

As Goliath II's Mother

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Girl Rush

As Suzie Banks

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Kiss the Boys Goodbye

As Myra Stanhope

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Ice-Capades

As Vera Vague

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Born to Be Loved

As Irene Hoffman

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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

As Tabitha Hazy

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Snafu

As Madge Stevens

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Mohawk

As Aunt Agatha

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Moon Over Las Vegas

As Auntie

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Rosie the Riveter

As Vera Watson

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Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

As Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")

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The Women

As Receptionist (uncredited)

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Hiss and Yell

As Vera Vague

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Village Barn Dance

As Vera Vague

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Earl Carroll Sketchbook

As Sherry Lane

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Broadway Melody of 1940

As Ms. Konk (uncredited)

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Ice Capades Revue

As Aunt Nellie

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Melody and Moonlight

As Adelaide Barnett

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Square Dance Katy

As Gypsy Jones

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Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot

As Susan

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Get Going

As Matilda Jones

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Buy Me That Town

As Henriette Teagarden

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Cowboy Canteen

As Vera Vague

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The Opposite Sex

As Dolly DeHaven

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Melody Ranch

As Veronica Whipple

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Columbia Laff Hour

As Vera Vague (archive footage)

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Lake Placid Serenade

As Countess

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Happy Go Wacky

As Vera Vague

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Strife of the Party

As Vera Clayton

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She Snoops to Conquer

As Vera

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Calling All Fibbers

As Vera Vague

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You Dear Boy!

As Vera

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The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round

As Vera Vague

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Doctor, Feel My Pulse

As Vera Vague

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Reno-Vated

As Vera Butts

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Cupid Goes Nuts

As Vera Vague / Prudy Vague

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Headin' for a Weddin'

As Vera Vague

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Miss in a Mess

As Vera Vague

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Clunked in the Clink

As Vera Vague

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Nursie Behave

As Vera Vague

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Wha' Happen?

As Vera

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She Took a Powder

As Vera Vague

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Priorities on Parade

As Mariposa Ginsbotham

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The Sword in the Stone

As Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)

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Design for Scandal

As Janie

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Swing Your Partner

As Vera Vague

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Kennedy the Great

As Mrs. John Potter

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Disney’s Coyote Tales

As Goliath II’s Mother (voice)

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The Three Stooges Follies

As Vera Clayton (archive footage)

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Surfside 6

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General Electric Theater

As Mrs. Parkinson

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Maverick

As Celia Mallaver

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The George Gobel Show

As Self