Judith Allen (born Marie Elliott, February , â€" October , ) was an
American film actress.Allen was born Marie Elliott in New York City,
and she grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts. She attended Leland Powers
School in Boston and gained acting experience with a stock theater
company.Using the name Mari Colman, Allen worked as a commercial model
in New York. That was where she was selected for a leading role in the
film This Day and Age (). The role led to her name change to Judith
Allen. Robert S. Birchard wrote about the process in his book, Cecil
B. DeMille's Hollywood, comparing it to "a comic sequence in David O.
Selznick's production of A Star Is Born."Birchard related: "Mari
Colman was subjected to the same treatment as DeMille and Paramount
tested long lists of potential screen names.... Somehow, the name
ultimately bestowed upon her was Judith Allen."
American film actress.Allen was born Marie Elliott in New York City,
and she grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts. She attended Leland Powers
School in Boston and gained acting experience with a stock theater
company.Using the name Mari Colman, Allen worked as a commercial model
in New York. That was where she was selected for a leading role in the
film This Day and Age (). The role led to her name change to Judith
Allen. Robert S. Birchard wrote about the process in his book, Cecil
B. DeMille's Hollywood, comparing it to "a comic sequence in David O.
Selznick's production of A Star Is Born."Birchard related: "Mari
Colman was subjected to the same treatment as DeMille and Paramount
tested long lists of potential screen names.... Somehow, the name
ultimately bestowed upon her was Judith Allen."
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