Job Actress
Years active 1931-1967
Known for Gracious and genteel, frightened misses, well-bred heroines, upper-class wives
Top Roles Lucie Manette, Nichette, the Bride, Barbara Denham, Mrs. Copperfield, Sylvia Robertson
Top GenresDrama, Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Thriller/Suspense, Crime
Top TopicsBook-Based, Romance (Drama), Politics
Top Collaborators , (Director), , (Director)
Shares birthday with Ward Bond, Paul Robeson, Brandon De Wilde  see more..

Elizabeth Allan Overview:

Actress, Elizabeth Allan, was born on Apr 9, 1908 in Skegness, Lincolnshire. Allan died at the age of 82 on Jul 27, 1990 in Hove, East Sussex and was cremated and her ashes given to family or friend.

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Gracious and genteel leading lady, Elizabeth Allan, was adept at playing frightened misses and well-bred heroines early in her career while under contract to MGM. Returning to Britain in 1938 after an acrimonious dispute with her studio which had dropped her from the film, The Citadel, she appeared as upper-class wives in largely undistinguished films, but later became popular in TV panel game shows.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

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By Dawn on Jun 17, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

, most memorable year in Hollywood, was in 1935, when she performed in two Dickens' movies: David Copperfield and A Tale of Two Cities. She also performed in, Mark of the Vampire. Which she did not think to highly of. MGM announced her for a leading part in, The Citadel ,but she was r... Read full article


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Elizabeth Allan Quotes:

Sylvia Robertson: Come up then, you Eskimo Romeo.


Aunt Betsy Trotwood: Now that there's a child coming, what will you call your girl?
Mrs. Clara Copperfield: Perhaps it will be a boy.
Aunt Betsy Trotwood: Don't contradict. I have a pre-sentiment that it will be a girl. And I shall be her godmother. She shall be christened Betsy Trotwood Copperfield. She must be well brought up, I shall see to that. Far better than my impractical nephew would have done.
Mrs. Clara Copperfield: Mr. Copperfield has been dead only six months. It is cruel of you to speak unkindly of him to me.


Nancy Adams: Rocky, you're making me ashamed of you. Nobody believes you're sincere and honest about what you say.


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Elizabeth Allan Facts
According to the website Cinemorgue, Miss Allen played characters who die of childbirth-related illnesses in three different films: Men in White (1934), David Copperfield (1935) and A Woman Rebels (1936).

Agent Wilfred (Bill) J. O'Bryen became her husband in 1932 and took a major interest in her career. He later became a senior executive with Alexander Korda and Michael Bacon. He died in 1977.

On contract to MGM until 1938 - returned to UK. In later years became popular on TV panel games.

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