Elvia Allman
Biography
Elvia Allman was an American actress whose radio, film and television career lasted more than 50 years. Born in Enochville, North Carolina, she started in radio in 1926, reading children's stories at KHJ in Los Angeles before moving to NBC. She became known for comic radio roles such as Cobina on The Pepsodent Show with Bob Hope and for voicing Walt Disney's Clarabelle Cow. In 1928 she acted in a Pasadena Community Players production, and she made her film debut in Road to Singapore (1940), often in unbilled bits. On television she was a frequent guest performer, appearing in the I Love Lucy candy factory episode and as Elverna Bradshaw on The Beverly Hillbillies, with roles on Petticoat Junction. Her films included Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and The Nutty Professor (1963), and she revived Clarabelle Cow for The Prince and the Pauper (1990). She died in 1992.
87years old at death
- Born Enochville
- Died Santa Monica
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Elvia Beatrice Allman
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 50 years1940 to 1990
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A first
Allman's final role brought her full circle: she voiced Clarabelle Cow again in the 1990 Mickey Mouse feature The Prince and the Pauper, the first time she had done the voice in over 50 years.
First role
Allman's film debut came in 1940's The Road to Singapore, an unbilled bit as a homely woman chasing Bob Hope. Most of her 1940s movie appearances were also unbilled.
First role
Allman first appeared on The Pepsodent Show with Bob Hope as Cobina, a man-chasing parody of debutante Cobina Wright. She played the part in films and also mocked it in the Merrie Melodies cartoon Goofy Groceries.
A first
Allman did cartoon work for producer Leon Schlesinger in the mid-1930s, with Warner Bros. handling the releases. Her voice is in I Haven't Got a Hat, the 1935 cartoon that was the first to feature Porky Pig.
Elvia Allman movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Elvia Allman made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Bess Flowers's page
Anthony Quinn's page
Seymour Cassel's page
Mickey Rooney's page
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All films by Blake Edwards
All films by Jerry Lewis
George ScribnerDirector, 1 film, 1990
All films by George Scribner
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Official profiles and reference pages.