{{Short description|American actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Charme Allen | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Charme Willa Wright | birth_date = {{birth date|1890|11|19}} | birth_place = Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1980|10|4|1890|11|19}} | death_place = Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. | resting_place = Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | education = Cincinnati Conservatory of Music | other_names = Charme Wright | occupation = Actress, pianist | spouse = {{marriage|Joseph Brown Allen|1913|1962|end=died}} | years_active = 1908–1961 }}
'''Charme Allen''' (born '''Charme Willa Wright''',<ref name="CADSTP">Knox, Charles Victor (April 20, 1935). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/839504424/?clipping_id=148228121 "Charme Allen a Dependable Studio Theater Performer"]. ''The Buffalo News''. p. 19.</ref> November 19, 1890 – October 4, 1980)<ref name="RP: TBS">Wilson, Scott (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 15. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-5098-5}}./</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dayton-herald/148302959/ "Society: Sweet Sixteen"]. ''The Dayton Herald''. November 20, 1906. p. 3.</ref> was an actress in old-time radio, on television, and on the stage, as well as a pianist, best known for her long tenure as Aunt Polly on the radio serial ''David Harum''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Obituaries: Charme Allen|author=|date=August 29, 1973|work=Variety|page=45|quote=Charme Allen, 89, widow of musician Joseph B. Allen, died Oct. 4 in Englewood, N.J. She was born in Dayton, Ohio. and made her professional debut with Thomas Meighan in 1908. The bulk of her career was spent performing on radio. Allen had over 40 radio credits. Among these were 'Able's Irish Rose,' 'Pretty Kitty Kelly,' 'The Goldbergs,' 'The Man,' 'Henry Aldrich,' Mr. District Attorney,' 'Perry Mason,' and 'Inner Sanctum.' She was also Aunt Polly on 'David Harum' for 15 years. During the 60's she appeared on several TV commercials. She retired to The Actor's Fund Home in 1970. She is survived by a daughter.|id={{ProQuest|286057640}}}}</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/182502429/?clipping_id=148247390 "KSTP, Northwest's Leading Radio Station: Charme Allen portrays 'Aunt Polly'"]. ''Minneapolis Star Tribune''. June 17, 1946. p. 10.</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/Radio-and-Television-Mirror-1942-01-Vol-17-No-3/page/16/mode/2up?q=%22Charme+Allen%22 "David Harum in Living Portraits: Aunt Polly"]. ''Radio and Television Mirror''. January 1942. p. 17.</ref> She was also the voice of Borden's Elsie the Cow at the 1939 World's Fair and the original narrator for the American Ballet Theatre's debut production of Prokofiev's ''Peter and the Wolf''.<ref>Young, Roz (November 1, 1980). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/395504946/?clipping_id=148381394 "Who Was That Man With All the Initials?"]. ''The Dayton Journal Herald''. p. 44.</ref><ref name="BNobit">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/874147350/?clipping_id=148241795 "Charme Allen Dies at 89; Pioneer Radio Actress"]. ''The Buffalo News''. October 10, 1980. p. 4.</ref>
==Early life and career== Born in Dayton, Ohio,<ref name="CADSTP"/> Allen was the only child of Theresa Wolf and Charles A. Wright.<ref name="SIFBD">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/397497807/?clipping_id=148301529 "Short Illness Followed by Death"]. ''Dayton Daily News''. September 12, 1912. p. 5.</ref><ref>"United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM6W-Z8K : Thu Apr 11 17:38:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Charles A Wright and Therasa Wright, 1900.</ref><ref>"United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFX-KDN : Sun Mar 10 23:11:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Charles A Wright and Theresa Wright, 1910.</ref><ref>"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8HQ-7S6 : Fri Mar 08 10:53:53 UTC 2024), Entry for Chas. A. Wright and Theresa Walf, 1889.</ref> She was performing in public as early as June 1902, when, at age 11, she was one of several piano students giving a recital at the studio of Lottie Schaeffer.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qpBCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA8&dq=%22charme+wright%22 "Musical People; Musical Clubs"]. ''Musical Courier''. July 7, 1902. p. 8.</ref> By age of 16, she was listed in the Dayton business directory as a music instructor.<ref>"United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZCC-NSXY : Sun Mar 10 04:33:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Charme W Wright, from 1907 to 1908.</ref> Her interest in acting begin to develop shortly thereafter, as she attended the O'Brien School of Elocution and Dramatic Art.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dayton-herald/148303876/ "Talk on Known and Unknown"]. ''Dayton Herald''. December 18, 1909. p. 12.</ref> However, in deference to the steadfast opposition of her mother (who envisioned her daughter as a concert pianist), she continued her musical studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music while restricting her dramatic endeavors to local summer stock, initially with the Wright Huntington Players and later the Manhattan Stock Company. As she later recalled, "I took the roles the others didn't want. They were servant and other character parts. I suspect they gave me more valuable training than the heroine got."<ref name="IPRBA">Gooding, E. H. (May 9, 1934). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/839327758/?clipping_id=148425786 "Interfering Parent Rapped by Actress; Charme Allen Thinks Efforts to Remake Careers of Children Wicked"]. ''The Buffalo News''. p. 11.</ref>
Following the premature death of her mother in 1912,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/391781419/?clipping_id=148304387 "Death Closes Kind Woman's Life; Mrs. C. A. Wright Passes Away Tuesday at Family Home; Summons Was Sudden"]. ''The Dayton Herald''. Sep 3, 1912. p. 3.</ref> and a catastrophic flood which destroyed her place of employment and nearly proved fatal, Wright abruptly wed her colleague and fellow Conservatory alumnus, Joseph B. Allen, and the couple soon relocated to Buffalo, New York, where they would reside for more than 20 years.<ref name="IPRBA"/>
In Buffalo, Allen joined the musician's union and quickly found work with local pit orchestras. Shortly thereafter, she connected with drama instructor Jane M. Keeler at the Twentieth Century Club, where she studied for approximately five years before becoming a member of Keeler's Studio Theater Players.<ref name="IPRBA"/>
In the table below is a chronological listing of some of Allen's more notable radio roles.
=== Radio === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1930–? | ''Nine O'Clock Show'' | various, inc. May Robson and Marie Dressler | <ref name="ELASONBC">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/841228234/?clipping_id=148243185 "Ex-Local Actress Stars Over NBC; Charme Debut in 'March of Time'"]. ''The Buffalo News Magazine''. April 5, 1941. p. 5.</ref> |- | 1932–? | ''King's Castle'' | Mrs. Perkins (the caretaker's wife) | <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/838873189/?clipping_id=148229831 "Sunday: Dr. Scherer—New Dramatic Series—Price and Rubinoff—Russian Gaieties"]. ''The Buffalo News''. September 10, 1932. p. 23.</ref> |- | 1935 | ''Melody Master'' | Mother Clemens | <ref name="CAEABTRA">Haeffner, Joe (October 30, 1935). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/839618888/?clipping_id=148229576 "Charme Allen Established as Big-Time Radio Actress"]. ''The Buffalo News''. p. 29.</ref> |- | 1935 | ''The March of Time'' | "frequent parts" | <ref name="CAEABTRA"/> |- | 1935–? | ''The Story of Mary Marlin'' | Sarah Jane Kane | <ref name="TBB"/> |- | 1935 | ''Backstage Wife'' | Mercy | <ref name="RGY: TEORP"/> |- | 1937–1951 | ''David Harum'' | Aunt Polly Benson | 1941: "She has been Polly in the David Harum series four years."<ref name="ELASONBC"/><br> 1942: "Charme Allen is known as 'Radio's Aunt Polly.' She has won the hearts of thousands of radio listeners as the genial sister of David Harum."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle/148248490/ "WHAM: Serving America 24 Hours a Day: David Harum Heard Daily 3:00 P.M."]. ''Rochester Democrat and Chronicle''. June 1, 1942. p. 6.</ref><br> 1947: "Prud'homme, who portrays 'David Harum' and Charme Allen, who is known to millions as 'Aunt Polly,' are eagerly awaited visitors every morning."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/148247211/ "Great Dramatic Serials Monday Through Friday"]. ''The Baltimore Sun Magazine''. November 30, 1947. p. 39.</ref> <br> 1949: "Prud'homme [as] the kindly but shrewd small-town banker and Charme Allen as the lovable Aunt Polly..."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/618230835/?clipping_id=148246787 "Aunt Polly and David"]. ''The Charlotte Observer''. April 21, 1949. p. 40.</ref><br>1950: "Charme Allen portrays Aunt Polly Benson, and Cameron Prud'homme portrays David Harum..."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/883645692/?clipping_id=148246510 "David Harum"]. The Daily Sentinel-Tribune April 22, 1950. p .10.</ref> "Charme Allen returns to 'David Harum.'"<ref>{{Cite news|title=From the Production Centres: In New York City|author=|date=October 18, 1950|work=Variety|page=24|quote=|id={{ProQuest|1286080247}}}}</ref> |- | 1937–? | ''Pretty Kitty Kelly'' | Mrs. Murger | <ref name="TBB"/> |- | 1938–? | ''Valiant Lady'' | Mrs. Scott | <ref name="TBB"/> |- | 1938–? | ''County Seat'' | Sarah Whipple | With Ray Collins as Doc Hackett and Cliff Carpenter as Jerry Whipple.<ref name="RGY: TEORP"/> |- | June 30, 1938 | ''Pulitzer Prize Plays''<br> Ep. "Why Marry?" | NA | <ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1r00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZKgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5704%2C4000476&dq=why+marry+remainder+roles+charme+allen "Notes for Coming Week"]. ''The Montreal Gazette''. June 30, 1938. p. 19.</ref> |- | 1939 | ''Meet the Dixons'' | | <ref name="DTA">Tranter, Don (August 6, 1939). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/buffalo-courier-express/148232020/ "Announcing"]. ''Buffalo Courier Express''. p. 27.</ref> |- | July 20, 1939 | ''John Brown's Body'' | NA | Radio adaptation of Benet's poem by Norman Corwin.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Radio Reviews: 'John Brown's Body'|author=Ibee|date=July 26, 1939|work=Variety|page=36|quote=With Ray Collins, Everett Sloan, Florence Robinson, Luis Van Rooten, Ruth Yorke, David Gothard, John Carroll, Santos Ortega, Arnold Moss, Charme Allen, Canada Lee, Ed Latimer, Neil O'Malley, Laura Bauman, John James, John Mitchell, Joseph Julian, John Griggs.|id={{ProQuest|1475960578}}}}</ref> |- | December 1940–January 1941 | ''The Citadel'' | NA | Serialized adaptation of A.J. Cronin novel.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Radio Reviews: 'The Citadel'|author=Hobe|date=January 1, 1941|work=Variety|page=29|quote=With Ralph Forbes, Jill Esmond, Neil O'Malley, Charme Allen, Burford Hampden, Nelson Case, John GriggsBill Meeder.|id={{ProQuest|1505747235}}}}</ref> |- | 1941–? | ''As the Twig Is Bent'' | Mrs. Carlton | The show that would later become ''We Love and Learn''.<ref name="RGY: TEORP"/> |- | 1941–1942 | ''Into the Light'' | Ma Owen | <ref>Cox, Jim (1998). ''[https://archive.org/details/Biblio-1998-USA-John-Dunning-The-Encyclopedia-of-Old-Time-Radio/page/346/mode/2up?q=%22Charme+Allen+as+Ma+Owen%22 The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio]''. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 347 {{ISBN|0-19-507678-8}}.</ref> |- | 1942 | ''Mother and Dad'' | Mother | Succeeds the late Effie Palmer.<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Daily/RD-1942/RD-1942-08.pdf#page=132 "Charme Allen Cast"]. ''Radio Daily''. August 25, 1942. p. 2.</ref> |- | 1942–1944 | ''Abie's Irish Rose'' | Mrs. Mueller | <ref name="RGY: TEORP">Terrace, Vincent (1981). ''[https://archive.org/details/radiosgoldenyear00terr/page/2/mode/2up?q=%22Charme+Allen%22 Radio's Golden Years : The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs, 1930-1960]''. New York: A. S. Barnes & Company. pp. 2-3, 19, 22, 59, 63, 71, 281. {{ISBN|0-498-02393-1}}.</ref> |- | 1943–? | ''Cohen and the Detective'' | NA | <ref name="RGY: TEORP"/> |- | 1944 | ''Columbia Presents Corwin''<br>Ep. Untitled | Mrs. Peters | Written, produced and directed by Norman Corwin; with Fredric March as Hans Peters, Hester Sondergaard as the Music teacher, Kermit Murdock as the Editor, and Michael Ingram as the Nazi.<ref name="TBB">Buxton, Frank; Owen, Bill (1972). ''[https://archive.org/details/the-big-broadcast/page/56/mode/2up?q=%22Charme+Allen%22 The Big Broadcast]''. New York: The Viking Press. pp. 4, 23, 56, 63, 67, 163, 180, 190, 228, and 249, 253. {{ISBN|067016240X}}.</ref> |- | September 1, 1945 | ''Grand Central Station''<br> Ep. NA | <br>NA | <br>Co-starring Berry Kroeger and Doro Merande<ref>Bird, Bill (August 31, 1945). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/pasadena-independent/148247843/ "Radio on Review: For Saturday"]. ''Pasadena Independent''. September 1, 1945. p. 12.</ref> |- | June 10, 1950 | ''Grand Central Station''<br>Ep. "Marked Money" | <br>NA | <br>Co-starring Parker Fennelly, Mason Adams, Thomas Hoier and Robert Emhardt<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/828446396/?clipping_id=148284836 "Television—WTVR—Channel 6"]. ''Richmond Times-Dispatch''. June 10, 1950. p. 16.</ref> |- | March 17, 1951 | ''Grand Central Station''<br>Ep. "Missing Persons Miss Money" | <br>NA | <br>Co-starring Edgar Stehli<ref>Atcheson, Marion (March 17, 1951). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/148285295/ "Running of Banker's Mile to Be Carried by ABC-WQAM"]. ''The Miami Herald''. p. 29.</ref> |- | March 22, 1952 | ''Grand Central Station''<br>Ep. "No Prize for Elmer" | <br>NA | <br>Co-starring Parker Fennelly, Bobby Nick, Joseph Sweeney and Vaughn Taylor<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/219961231/?clipping_id=148281046 "Cast Headed by Boy Actor and Broadway Veteran"]. ''Pasadena Independent''. March 16, 1952. p. 58.</ref> |- | February 28, 1953 | ''Grand Central Station''<br>Ep. "Return Ticket" | <br>NA | <br>Co-starring Darren McGavin, Jean Gillespie, and Chester Stratton<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/315085885/?clipping_id=148282043 "Radio Highlights"]. ''Tampa Bay Times''. February 28, 1953. p. 6.</ref> |- | October 1945–November 1945 | ''The World's Great Novels''<br> Ep. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" | NA | Serialized adaptation.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Radio Reviews: 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'|author=|date=January 1, 1941|work=Variety|page=29|quote=Other performances of Will Geer, Charme Allen and Bess McCammon, as the father and relatives, respectively, were commendably done.|id={{ProQuest|1285860666}}}}</ref> |- | Circa May 1947 | ''Perry Mason''<br>Ep. "The Case of the Bartered Bride" | Agnes | <ref>[https://archive.org/details/Radio-Mirror-1947-06-Vol-28-No-1/page/40/mode/2up?q=%22Charme+Allen%22 "Perry Mason Solves the Case of the Bartered Bride"]. ''Radio Mirror''. June 1947. p. 21.</ref> |- | June 28, 1948 | ''We Love and Learn'' | Mrs. Carlton | <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/224758245/?clipping_id=148277335 "KFAM Program Hilights"]. ''St. Cloud Times''. June 26, 1948. p. 8.</ref> |- | 1949 | ''The Second Mrs. Burton'' | Mother Burton | Replacing Hollywood-bound Evelyn Varden<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news/148233065/ "Radio Dialing"]. ''Dayton Daily News''. April, 2. p. 55.</ref> |- | 1950–? | ''Just Plain Bill'' | NA | "John McGovern, Charme Allen, and Richard Janaver added to 'Just Plain Bill.'"<ref>{{Cite news|title=From the Production Centres: In New York City|author=|date=September 13, 1950|work=Variety|page=26|quote=|id={{ProQuest|1286004685}}}}</ref> |- | 1952 | ''Lorenzo Jones'' | NA | <ref>{{Cite news|title=From the Production Centres: In New York City|author=|date=January 9, 1952 |work=Variety|page=42|quote=Charme Allen and Cathleen Cordell have joined the cast of 'Lorenzo Jones.'|id={{ProQuest|962802882}}}}</ref> |- | April 1953 | ''Front Page Farrell''<br>Ep. ? | NA | "Helen Shields, Charme Allen, Sydney Smith, Cathleen Cordell, Florence Robinson in the new 'Front Page Farrell' sequence."<ref>{{Cite news|title=From the Production Centres: In New York City|author=|date=April 22, 1953|work=Variety|page=26|quote=|id={{ProQuest|963058326}}}}</ref> |- | 1956–? | ''The Right to Happiness'' | NA | "Charme Allen, Sydney Smith, Cameron Andrews and Lawrence Zerbe into the cast of 'Right to Happiness."<ref>{{Cite news|title=From the Production Centres: In New York City|author=|date=July 18, 1956|work=Variety|page=28|quote=|id={{ProQuest|963291600}}}}</ref> |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | December 1, 1952 | ''Robert Montgomery Presents''<br>Ep. "Post Road" | NA | <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-portsmouth-star/148364470/ "Dorothy Gish Featured in Comedy Play"]. ''The Portsmouth Star''. November 30, 1952. p. 3.</ref> |- | December 11, 1955 | ''American Inventory''<br>Ep. "In These Hands" | NA | Written by Edgar Marvin, starring House Jameson<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-TV-Index/1955/TV-Index-1955-12-12.pdf#page=3 "Talent Show Sheet, December 9 – December 18, 1955"]. ''Ross Reports on Television''. December 12–18, 1955. p. 3.</ref> |}
===Theatre=== Although Allen never did get to realize her "fondest wish" (that being to "play on Broadway [and] show New York what I really can do"<ref name="ELASONBC"/>), she did manage to give New York—or at least its Off-Broadway contingent–at least one reasonably representative sample when she appeared in a 1948 revival of Lennox Robinson's ''Church Street'', a one-act play presented by New Stages Inc. as the opening act of a double bill with Jean-Paul Sartre's ''The Respectful Prostitute''. And while the critical consensus regarding the two pieces presented that night strongly favored the latter, that imbalance did not carry over into their assessment of performances, least of all as regards Allen. J.T.S. of ''The New Leader'' wrote, "This work is given a somewhat less smooth performance, but the women especially are good, from Florida Friebus as the fluttery and starving Miss Pettigrew to the soberly sharp work of Charme Allen as Aunt Moll."<ref>{{Cite news|title=New Stage's Second|author=J. T. S.|date=February 28, 1948|work=The New Leader|page=13|quote=|id={{ProQuest|1308957789}}}}</ref> ''The Hollywood Reporter's'' Lee Rogow devoted so much space to Sartre's play that he had scarcely a paragraph left for ''Church Street'', which he judged, in closing, "an overlong but interesting curtain-raiser [that] was illuminated by beautiful performances by Florida Friebus, Charme Allen, and Gertrude Corey."<ref>{{Cite news|title=The New York Play|author=Rogow, Lee|date=February 10, 1948|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=3|quote=|id={{ProQuest|2320665928}}}}</ref> Similarly, ''Women's Wear Daily'' critic Thomas R. Dash, leaving himself little space to discuss ''Church Street'', made sure to acknowledge the "superb portrayal by Charme Allen of the cantankerous yet highly intelligent Aunt Moll."<ref>{{Cite news|title=New Stages Twin Bill|author=Dash, Thomas R.|date=February 10, 1948|work=Women's Wear Daily|page=77|quote=|id={{ProQuest|1565144685}}}}</ref> Even the ''Times''' Brooks Atkinson, who, alone among these critics, judged ''Church Street's'' presentation as harshly as he did the work being presented, exempted exactly one participant from this critique. <blockquote>"'Church Street' turns out to be more charade than drama, and with the exception of Charme Allen's acting, the performance is typical of most non-commercial productions; the characters are always just sliding out of the actors' grasp."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Off Broadway: New Stages Produces Brief Melodrama by Sartre in Bleecker Street|author=Atkinson, Brooks|date=February 15, 1948|work=The New York Times|page=B1|quote=|id={{ProQuest|108342301}}}}</ref></blockquote>
==Personal life and death== In Dayton, Ohio, on April 7, 1913, prompted by their harrowing experience in that season's well-publicized flood, Charme Wright and her then employer, saxophonist/clarinetist and bandleader Joseph Brown Allen, were married.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/397546580/?clipping_id=148238044 "Wedding Is One Result of Flood"]. ''Dayton Daily News''. April 12, 1913. p. 12.</ref><ref name="CADSTP"/><ref>"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKVQ-8YL8 : Sat Feb 24 03:13:43 UTC 2024), Entry for Joseph Brown Allen and Charme W Allen, 26 Apr 1942.</ref> Their union produced one child, radio actress Willa Gene Allen,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news/148240399/ "Studio Audiences Are Wise to Average Program Queries; News Nuggets"]. ''The Buffalo News''. August 16, 1939. p. 19.</ref> and lasted until her husband's death on June 9, 1962.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/868805612/?clipping_id=148240845 "Obituary: Joseph B. Allen"]. ''The Buffalo News''. June 12, 1962. p. 34.</ref>
On October 4, 1980, Allen died following a long illness at age 89, at the Actor's Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, where she had moved ten years prior.<ref name="BNobit"/> Allen's remains are interred at the Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, in Dayton, Ohio.<ref name="RP: TBS"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|10313448}} * [https://www.otrr.org/OTRRPedia/pedia.html?s=per&id=39579&t=1 Charme Allen] at Old Time Radio Researchers.
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