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Barbara Jo Allen (a.k.a. Vera Vague) by Trav S.D.

September is the birthday of comic actress Barbara Jo Allen (Marian Barbara Henshall, 1906-1974). Partially raised in the Los Angeles area by an aunt and uncle, Allen had a most unusual pedigree for a show biz creature: educated at UCLA, Stanford, and the Sorbonne, she fluently spoke four languages in addition to English (French, Spanish, […]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:24PM on September 3, 2017

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