Elizabeth Allen (born Elizabeth Ellen Gillease, January , â€"
September , ) was an American theatre, television and film actress and
singer whose forty-year career lasted from the mid-s through the mid-s
and included scores of TV episodes as well as six theatrical features,
two of which ('s Donovan's Reef, for which she received a nd place
Golden Laurel Award as Top New Female Personality, and 's Cheyenne
Autumn) were directed by John Ford.She was a cast member in five TV
series: The Jackie Gleason Show (â€"), Bracken's World (â€"), The Paul
Lynde Show (â€"), CPO Sharkey (â€") and the daytime drama Texas (â€")
while also maintaining a thriving theatrical career as a musical
comedy star and receiving two Tony nominations, in for The Gay Life
and in for Do I Hear a Waltz?.Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Allen
began her career as a Ford Agency high-fashion model.
September , ) was an American theatre, television and film actress and
singer whose forty-year career lasted from the mid-s through the mid-s
and included scores of TV episodes as well as six theatrical features,
two of which ('s Donovan's Reef, for which she received a nd place
Golden Laurel Award as Top New Female Personality, and 's Cheyenne
Autumn) were directed by John Ford.She was a cast member in five TV
series: The Jackie Gleason Show (â€"), Bracken's World (â€"), The Paul
Lynde Show (â€"), CPO Sharkey (â€") and the daytime drama Texas (â€")
while also maintaining a thriving theatrical career as a musical
comedy star and receiving two Tony nominations, in for The Gay Life
and in for Do I Hear a Waltz?.Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Allen
began her career as a Ford Agency high-fashion model.
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