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Elizabeth Allen
  • Birth Name:
    Elizabeth Ellen Gillease
  • Date of Birth:
    January 25, 1929
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aquarius
  • Place of Birth:
    Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
  • Place of Death:
    Fishkill, New York, U.S.
  • Date of Death:
    September 19, 2006
  • Cause of Death:
    Kidney failure
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Elizabeth Allen
  • Spouse:
    Baron Carl von Virringhoff-Schell - divorced

Career

Elizabeth Allen

Trivia

Elizabeth Allen
  • Tall, striking actress who retired in 1980, perhaps best remembered as the strange department store saleswoman in "The Twilight Zone" (1959) episode featuring Anne Francis as a mannequin who became a live woman for a month.
  • Is also remembered for her introductions on "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1966). She was known as "The Away We Go" girl, who every week introduced Jackie's variety skits with that immortal phrase.
  • Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1962, as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for "The Gay Life," and in 1965 as Best Actress (Musical) for Richard Rodgers' "Do I Hear a Waltz?"
  • She started out as a fashion model with the Ford Modeling Agency. She was a member of the Helen Hayes Repertory Company for several years. Her first starring role on Broadway was Juliet in David Merrick's 1957 production of "Romanoff and Juliet".
  • Elizabeth Allen was an American actress.

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Elizabeth Allen

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