Barbara Jo Allen
Acting
Born: 1906-09-02 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1974-09-14
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Disney’s Coyote Tales
1991
Goliath II’s Mother (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Three Stooges Follies
1974
Vera Clayton (archive footage)
The Sword in the Stone
1963
Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)
Goliath II
1960
Goliath II's Mother
Born to Be Loved
1959
Irene Hoffman
Sleeping Beauty
1959
Fauna (voice)
The Opposite Sex
1956
Dolly DeHaven
Mohawk
1956
Aunt Agatha
Columbia Laff Hour
1956
Vera Vague (archive footage)
Happy Go Wacky
1952
Vera Vague
She Took a Powder
1951
Vera Vague
Nursie Behave
1950
Vera Vague
Square Dance Katy
1950
Gypsy Jones
Wha' Happen?
1949
Vera
Clunked in the Clink
1949
Vera Vague
Miss in a Mess
1949
Vera Vague
Cupid Goes Nuts
1947
Vera Vague / Prudy Vague
Reno-Vated
1946
Vera Butts
Earl Carroll Sketchbook
1946
Sherry Lane
Headin' for a Weddin'
1946
Vera Vague
