Where to watch Barbara Jo Allen in the UK
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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 at the Sorbonne. Concentrating on language, she became proficient in French, Spanish, German and Ita…
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- Maverick (1957) as Celia Mallaver
- Surfside 6 (1960) Cast
- Swing Your Partner (1943) as Vera Vague
- Sleeping Beauty (1959) as Fauna (voice)
- The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
- The Sword in the Stone (1963) as Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)
- The Women (1939) as Receptionist (uncredited)
- The Opposite Sex (1956) as Dolly DeHaven
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Mrs. Parkinson
- Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) as Ms. Konk (uncredited)
- Larceny, Inc. (1942) as Mademoiselle Gloria
- Mohawk (1956) as Aunt Agatha
- Melody Ranch (1940) as Veronica Whipple
- Design for Scandal (1941) as Janie
- Girl Rush (1944) as Suzie Banks
- Cowboy Canteen (1944) as Vera Vague
- Ice-Capades (1941) as Vera Vague
- Village Barn Dance (1940) as Vera Vague
- Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941) as Myra Stanhope
- The Mad Doctor (1940) as Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague])
- Goliath II (1960) as Goliath II's Mother
- Moon Over Las Vegas (1944) as Auntie
- Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) as Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes")
- Disney’s Coyote Tales (1991) as Goliath II’s Mother (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Buy Me That Town (1941) as Henriette Teagarden
- Get Going (1943) as Matilda Jones
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) as Tabitha Hazy
- Snafu (1945) as Madge Stevens
- Melody and Moonlight (1940) as Adelaide Barnett
- The Three Stooges Follies (1974) as Vera Clayton (archive footage)
- Columbia Laff Hour (1956) as Vera Vague (archive footage)
- Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946) as Sherry Lane
- Priorities on Parade (1942) as Mariposa Ginsbotham
- Hiss and Yell (1946) as Vera Vague
- Born to Be Loved (1959) as Irene Hoffman
- Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940) as Susan
- Kennedy the Great (1939) as Mrs. John Potter
- Ice Capades Revue (1942) as Aunt Nellie
- Rosie the Riveter (1944) as Vera Watson
- Moving Vanities (1939) as Mrs. Errol
- Wha' Happen? (1949) as Vera
- Miss in a Mess (1949) as Vera Vague
- Square Dance Katy (1950) as Gypsy Jones
- She Took a Powder (1951) as Vera Vague
- Lake Placid Serenade (1944) as Countess
- You Dear Boy! (1943) as Vera
- Clunked in the Clink (1949) as Vera Vague
- Reno-Vated (1946) as Vera Butts
- Doctor, Feel My Pulse (1944) as Vera Vague
- Cupid Goes Nuts (1947) as Vera Vague / Prudy Vague
- The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round (1945) as Vera Vague
- Happy Go Wacky (1952) as Vera Vague
- Strife of the Party (1944) as Vera Clayton
- Nursie Behave (1950) as Vera Vague
- Headin' for a Weddin' (1946) as Vera Vague
- Major Difficulties Cast
- She Snoops to Conquer (1944) as Vera
- Calling All Fibbers (1945) as Vera Vague
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Most-watched Barbara Jo Allen films currently: Swing Your Partner (1943), Sleeping Beauty (1959), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Women (1939), The Opposite Sex (1956).
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Selected TV credits: Maverick (1957), Surfside 6 (1960), The George Gobel Show (1954), General Electric Theater (1953).
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