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Barbara Jo Allen (born Marian Barbara Henshall; September 2, 1906 – September 14, 1974) was an American actress. She was also known as Vera Vague, the spinster character she created and portrayed on radio and in films during the 1940s and 1950s.
Barbara Jo Allen. Actress: Sleeping Beauty. Comedienne/writer Barbara Jo Allen induced laughs nationwide after originating and literally becoming synonymous with the talky, shrill-voiced, man-hungry spinster "Vera Vague," a WWII creation in the late 1930s.
Barbara Jo Allen. Actress: Sleeping Beauty. Comedienne/writer Barbara Jo Allen induced laughs nationwide after originating and literally becoming synonymous with the talky, shrill-voiced, man-hungry spinster "Vera Vague," a WWII creation in the late 1930s.
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.
Actress Barbara Jo Allen, born on Sep 2, 1906 and died on Sep 14, 1974 starred in The Opposite Sex, The Sword in the Stone, Broadway Melody of 1940, Sleeping Beauty, The Women, Melody Ranch, Larceny, Inc., The Mad Doctor, Rosie the Riveter, Mohawk.
Barbara Jo Allen was an American actress also known as Vera Vague, the spinster character she created and portrayed on radio and in films during the 1940s and 1950s. She also did voices for the Walt Disney Studios, most notably as Fauna the green fairy in Sleeping Beauty (1959), Goliath II's...
Mar 23, 2007 · A life spent on the slopes slid away last week. Well into her 80s -- as a self-proclaimed "ancient" -- Laurelhurst neighborhood resident Barbara Jo Allen couldn't stay off Northwest ski hills.
Barbara Jo Allen was an American actress and singer who was active in the entertainment industry from the 1920s to the 1950s. She was best known for her role as "Vera Vague" in the 1940s and 1950s radio and television series, The Abbott and Costello Show.
Comedienne/writer Barbara Jo Allen induced laughs nationwide after originating and literally becoming synonymous with the talky, shrill-voiced, man-hungry spinster "Vera Vague," a WWII creation in the late 1930s. She kept the name throughout much of her career and was often billed as such.
Elegant and funny Barbara Jo Allen created the man-hungry character "Vera Vague," which eventually became the name she was known as professionally. A regular cast member on Bob Hope's radio show in the 1940s, she signed to Columbia in 1943 and began starring in a series of short subjects.
