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Barbara Jo Allen

Acting

Born September 2, 1906 · New York City, New York, USA

Died September 14, 1974

Also known as Vera Vague · Marian Barbara Henshall

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Biography

Barbara Jo Allen was an American actress. She was also known as Vera Vague, the man-crazy 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 catchphrase "You dear boy!"

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography10 titles

The Sword in the Stone

1963as Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)

The Women

1939as Receptionist (uncredited)

Larceny, Inc

1942as Mademoiselle Gloria

Sleeping Beauty

1959as Fauna (voice)

Maverick

1957as Celia Mallaver

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940as Ms. Konk (uncredited)

Melody Ranch

1940as Veronica Whipple

Mohawk

1956as Aunt Agatha

The Opposite Sex

1956as Dolly DeHaven

Rosie the Riveter

1944as Vera Watson