Elizabeth Allan (actress)
- Elizabeth Allan (actress)
Infobox actor
bgcolour = silver
name = Elizabeth Allan
imagesize = 120px
caption = from the trailer for the film
"David Copperfield" (1935).
birthdate = birth date|1908|4|9|df=y
location = Skegness, Lincolnshire, England
deathdate = death date and age|1990|7|27|1908|4|9|df=y
deathplace = Hove, East Sussex, England
birthname = :"This article is about the British actress. For the American actress, see Elizabeth Allen".Elizabeth Allan (9 April, 1908 - 27 July, 1990) was an English actress who worked in both England and Hollywood, making about 50 films over more than a quarter century.
She was born at Skegness in Lincolnshire, England. In 1931 first appeared in film, in "The Rosary", second-billed behind another actress. She appeared in a further six films that year.
In 1932 she joined Wilfred J. O'Bryen in a marriage that lasted until his death in 1977.
Her first US/UK co-production and first US production came in 1933. She worked under contract with MGM until 1938, and returned to Britain after that.
Late in her career, she was a frequent panelist on television game shows, including the British version of "What's My Line?". In the 1950's she made her last nine films, culminating in "The Haunted Strangler" in 1958, starring Boris Karloff.
Allan died at Hove in East Sussex.
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