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