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Barbara Jo Allen 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!"
Born
Sunday, 02 September 1906
Died
Saturday, 14 September 1974
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Three Stooges Follies | Vera Vague | 1974 |
| The Sword in the Stone | Scullery Maid | 1963 |
| Surfside 6 | Elaine Bradford | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Goliath II | Goliath II's Mother | 1960 |
| Born to Be Loved | Irene Hoffman (as Vera Vague) / Irene Hoffman | 1959 |
| Sleeping Beauty | Fauna (voice) / Fauna | 1959 |
| Maverick | Mrs. Celia Mallaver / Mrs. Hannah Adams | 1957 |
| The Opposite Sex | Dolly DeHaven / Dolly | 1956 |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Mrs. Winslow | 1956 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Three Stooges Follies | Vera Vague | 1974 |
| The Sword in the Stone | Scullery Maid | 1963 |
| Surfside 6 | Elaine Bradford | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Goliath II | Goliath II's Mother | 1960 |
| Born to Be Loved | Irene Hoffman (as Vera Vague) / Irene Hoffman | 1959 |
| Sleeping Beauty | Fauna (voice) / Fauna | 1959 |
| Maverick | Mrs. Celia Mallaver / Mrs. Hannah Adams | 1957 |
| The Opposite Sex | Dolly DeHaven / Dolly | 1956 |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Mrs. Winslow | 1956 |
| Hey, Jeannie! | Mabel | 1956 |
| Mohawk | Aunt Agatha (as Vera Vague) / Aunt Agatha | 1956 |
| Columbia Laff Hour | Vera Vague (archive footage) / Vera Vague | 1956 |
| The George Gobel Show | Herself | 1954 |
| Follow the Leader | Self - Host | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Mrs. Parkinson | 1953 |
| The James Melton Show | Self - as Vera Vague | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Laura | 1950 |
| Square Dance Katy | Gypsy Jones (as Vera Vague) / Gypsy Jones | 1950 |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | Self - Comic Actress | 1950 |
| The Ed Wynn Show | Self | 1949 |
| Cavalcade of Stars | Self - as Vera Vague | 1949 |
| Earl Carroll Sketchbook | Sherry Lane | 1946 |
| Hiss and Yell | Vera Vague | 1946 |
| Snafu | Madge Stevens | 1945 |
| The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round | Vera Vague (as Vera Vague) / Vera Vague | 1945 |
| Lake Placid Serenade | Countess | 1944 |
| Girl Rush | Suzie Banks (as Vera Vague) / Suzie Banks | 1944 |
| Rosie the Riveter | Vera Watson | 1944 |
| Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Mrs. Terwilliger ("Blue Eyes") / Mrs. Terwilliger aka Blue Eyes | 1944 |
| Moon Over Las Vegas | Auntie | 1944 |
| Cowboy Canteen | Vera Vague | 1944 |
| Doctor, Feel My Pulse | Vera Vague (as Vera Vague) / Vera Vague | 1944 |
| Get Going | Matilda Jones | 1943 |
| Ice Capades Revue | Aunt Nellie | 1942 |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Tabitha Hazy / Miss Tabitha Hazy | 1942 |
| Hi, Neighbor | Vera Greenfield | 1942 |
| Priorities on Parade | Mariposa Ginsbotham (as Vera Vague) / Mariposa Ginsbotham | 1942 |
| Larceny, Inc | Mademoiselle Gloria | 1942 |
| Design for Scandal | Jane / Janie | 1941 |
| Buy Me That Town | Henriette Teagarden | 1941 |
| Ice-Capades | Vera Vague | 1941 |
| Kiss the Boys Goodbye | Myra Stanhope | 1941 |
| Melody Ranch | Veronica Whipple | 1940 |
| The Mad Doctor | Louise Watkins / Louise Watkins (as Barbara Allen [Vera Vague]) | 1940 |
| Melody and Moonlight | Adelaide Barnett | 1940 |
| Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot | Susan | 1940 |
| Broadway Melody of 1940 | Ms. Konk | 1940 |
| Village Barn Dance | Vera / Vera Vague | 1940 |
| The Women | Receptionist | 1939 |
| The Rookie Cop | Mrs. Thomas | 1939 |
