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Barbara Jo Allen

Barbara Jo Allen

Vera Vague, Barbara Allen

Last updated: 5/6/2026, 12:18:29 AM

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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 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!"

Career

  1. 1906
    Birth

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