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Occupation
  
Actress

Years active
  
1931–1967


Name
  
Elizabeth Allan

Role
  
Actress

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Born
  
9 April 1910 (
1910-04-09
)
Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Died
  
July 27, 1990, Hove, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Wilfred J. O'Bryen (m. 1932–1977)

Parents
  
Alexander William Allan, Amelia Allan

Movies
  
Mark of the Vampire, A Tale of Two Cities, Camille, David Copperfield, The Lodger

Similar People
  
Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allen, Ronald Colman, Jack Conway, Tod Browning

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Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage and film actress who worked in both Britain and Hollywood, making about 50 films over more than a quarter century.

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Life and career

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She was born at Skegness, Lincolnshire in 1910 and educated in Darlington, County Durham. At age 17, she made her debut onstage at the Old Vic. Four years later, she made her film debut, appearing in Alibi.

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She began her career appearing in a number of films for Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios but also featured in Gainsborough's Michael and Mary and Korda's Service for Ladies. In 1932, she married Wilfrid J. O'Bryen — to whom she had been introduced by actor Herbert Marshall — in a union that lasted until his death in 1977.

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Her first US/UK co-production and first US production came in 1933, and she worked in the United States under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1935 was her most memorable year in Hollywood, when she not only distinguished herself in two memorable Dickens' adaptations as David's unfortunate young mother in George Cukor's David Copperfield and as Lucie Manette in Jack Conway's A Tale of Two Cities, but was also featured in Tod Browning's Mark of the Vampire.

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Allan did not think highly of the latter film, to which she had been assigned, and considered it "slumming". MGM announced her for a leading part in King Vidor's The Citadel, but she was subsequently replaced by Rosalind Russell. When she was replaced again by Greer Garson in Goodbye, Mr Chips, Elizabeth successfully sued the studio. The studio retaliated by refusing to let her work, and, frustrated, she returned to the UK in 1938.

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By the 1950s, Allan had made the transition to character parts. Particularly memorable is her appearance as Trevor Howard's brittle and dissatisfied wife in the film adaptation of Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter (1953). In 1958, she appeared as Boris Karloff's wife in The Haunted Strangler. Late in her career, she was a frequent panelist on television game shows, including the British version of What's My Line?. She was named Great Britain's Top Female TV Personality of 1952.

Death

She died at Hove, East Sussex at aged 80.

Legacy

Her name is on Brighton & Hove's Scania OmniDekka bus 655.

Filmography

Actress
1967
The Very Merry Widow (TV Series) as
Millicent Dickson / Millicent Frobisher
- Under Cover, If Wet (1968) - Millicent Dickson
- Anything Legal Considered (1968) - Millicent Dickson
- Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen (1968) - Millicent Dickson
- Creepy Time Down South (1967) - Millicent Dickson
- The Thing's the Play (1967) - Millicent Frobisher
1961
Call Oxbridge 2000 (TV Series) as
Peggy Graham
- Episode #1.9 (1961) - Peggy Graham
- Episode #1.8 (1961) - Peggy Graham
- Episode #1.7 (1961) - Peggy Graham
- Episode #1.6 (1961) - Peggy Graham
- Episode #1.5 (1961) - Peggy Graham
- Episode #1.4 (1961) - Peggy Graham
- Episode #1.3 (1961) - Peggy Graham
- Episode #1.2 (1961) - Peggy Graham
- Episode #1.1 (1961) - Peggy Graham
1958
The Haunted Strangler as
Barbara Rankin
1957
Terror! Theatre (TV Series) as
Daisy Bunting
- The Phantom Fiend (1957) - Daisy Bunting (as Elizabeth Allen)
1956
Aggie (TV Series) as
Toni
- Top Secret (1956) - Toni
1956
The Chalet (TV Movie) as
Cyra Carter
1955
The Adventures of Annabel (TV Series) as
Annabel
- Trouble for Company (1956) - Annabel
- Fair Exchange (1956) - Annabel
- The Memento Mori (1955) - Annabel
- Busman's Holiday (1955) - Annabel
- Say It with Music (1955) - Annabel
- The Hundred Million Francs (1955) - Annabel
1955
Born for Trouble as
Toni
1955
Channel Nine (TV Movie) as
Performer
1955
The Brain Machine as
Dr. Philippa Roberts
1954
Front Page Story as
Susan Grant
1953
Twice Upon a Time as
Carol-Anne Bailey
1953
The Heart of the Matter as
Louise Scobie
1953
Call Me Madam as
Singing Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1952
Folly to Be Wise as
Angela Prout
1951
The Concert (TV Movie) as
Frances Hein
1951
No Highway in the Sky as
Shirley Scott
1949
If This Be Sin as
Lady Sybil
1948
Virtuoso (TV Movie) as
Judith Wainwright
1945
He Snoops to Conquer as
Jane Strawbridge
1942
The Great Mr. Handel as
Mrs. Cibber
1942
Went the Day Well? as
Peggy
1940
Saloon Bar as
Queenie King
1940
The Girl Who Forgot as
Leonora Barradine
1939
Inquest as
Margaret Hamilton
1938
It Might Be You (Short) as
Betty
1938
Dangerous Medicine as
Victoria Ainswell
1937
Slave Ship as
Nancy Marlowe
1937
The Soldier and the Lady as
Nadia
1936
Camille as
Nichette
1936
A Woman Rebels as
Flora Anne Thistlewaite
1935
A Tale of Two Cities as
Lucie Manette
1935
Mark of the Vampire as
Irena Borotyn
1935
David Copperfield as
Mrs. Copperfield
1934
Outcast Lady as
Venice Harpenden
1934
Java Head as
Nettie Vollar
1934
Men in White as
Barbara Denham
1934
The Mystery of Mr. X as
Jane Frensham
1933
Ace of Aces as
Nancy Adams
1933
The Solitaire Man as
Helen Heming
1933
No Marriage Ties as
Peggy Wilson
1933
The Lost Chord as
Joan Elton
1933
Looking Forward as
Caroline Service
1933
The Shadow as
Sonia Bryant
1932
The Phantom Fiend as
Daisy Bunting
1932
Insult as
Pola Dubois
1932
Down Our Street as
Maisie Collins
1932
Nine Till Six as
Gracie Abbott
1932
The Chinese Puzzle as
Naomi Melsham
1932
Reserved for Ladies as
Sylvia Robertson (as Elizabeth Allen)
1931
Many Waters as
Freda Barcaldine
1931
Michael and Mary as
Romo
1931
The Boat from Shanghai as
Countess Olga Dureska
1931
Black Coffee as
Barbara Amory
1931
The Rosary as
Vera Mannering
1931
Rodney Steps In (Short) as
Masked Lady
1931
Alibi as
Ursula Browne
Soundtrack
1953
Call Me Madam (performer: "Mrs. Sally Adams")
1942
The Great Mr. Handel (performer: "Messiah" (excerpts) - uncredited)
Self
1966
Call My Bluff (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.3 (1966) - Self
1961
This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Anthony Kimmins (1961) - Self
1951
What's My Line (TV Series) as
Self - Panellist / Self - Host / Self - What's My Line? Panellist
- What's My Liners v. Twenty Questioners (1951) - Self - What's My Line? Panellist
1935
Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons Throw a Party (Short) as
Self
Archive Footage
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy (Documentary) as
Mrs. Copperfield in 'David Copperfield' (uncredited)

References

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