Portrait of Barbara Jo Allen

Acting

Barbara Jo Allen

Career

Active from 1939 to 1974, with a break from 1961 to 1973, busiest in 1944 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
29
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barbara Jo Allen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.9, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.2, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Melancholy
    3.0, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 4
  • Feel-Good 3
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Showbiz 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

57
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title
Disney’s Coyote Tales
Disney’s Coyote Tales (1991)

as Goliath II’s Mother (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

1970s

1 title
The Three Stooges Follies
The Three Stooges Follies (1974)

as Vera Clayton (archive footage)

1960s

3 titles · average score 68
The Sword in the Stone
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

as Scullery Maid (voice) (uncredited)

Goliath II
Goliath II (1960)
GoodWatch score 66

as Goliath II's Mother

Surfside 6
Surfside 6 (1960)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

1950s

11 titles · average score 64
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
GoodWatch score 80

as Fauna (voice)

Born to Be Loved
Born to Be Loved (1959)

as Irene Hoffman

Maverick
Maverick (1957)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Celia Mallaver

The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex (1956)
GoodWatch score 46

as Dolly DeHaven

Mohawk
Mohawk (1956)
GoodWatch score 54

as Aunt Agatha

Columbia Laff Hour
Columbia Laff Hour (1956)

as Vera Vague (archive footage)

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Mrs. Parkinson

Happy Go Wacky
Happy Go Wacky (1952)

as Vera Vague

She Took a Powder
She Took a Powder (1951)

as Vera Vague

Square Dance Katy
Square Dance Katy (1950)

as Gypsy Jones

Nursie Behave
Nursie Behave (1950)

as Vera Vague

1940s

38 titles · average score 64
Miss in a Mess
Miss in a Mess (1949)

as Vera Vague

The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round
The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round (1945)

as Vera Vague

Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter (1944)

as Vera Watson

Cowboy Canteen
Cowboy Canteen (1944)

as Vera Vague

Lake Placid Serenade
Lake Placid Serenade (1944)

as Countess

Moon Over Las Vegas
Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)

as Auntie

Get Going
Get Going (1943)

as Matilda Jones

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)

as Tabitha Hazy

Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941)

as Myra Stanhope

Buy Me That Town
Buy Me That Town (1941)

as Henriette Teagarden

Melody and Moonlight
Melody and Moonlight (1940)

as Adelaide Barnett

Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940)

as Susan

1930s

3 titles · average score 74
Moving Vanities
Moving Vanities (1939)

as Mrs. Errol

The Women
The Women (1939)
GoodWatch score 74

as Receptionist (uncredited)

Kennedy the Great
Kennedy the Great (1939)

as Mrs. John Potter