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Barbara Jo Allen

Barbara Jo Allen

Acting
02 Sept 1906
14 Sept 1974
New York City, New York, USA

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 ...

Also Known As

Vera Vague, Marian Barbara Henshall

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