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- Birth nameValerie Pamela Allen
- Valerie Allen's mother was Valerie Raemier, once known as Broadway's highest salaried showgirl, and a veteran of the Ziegfeld Follies. Her father was Edgar Allen, a talent booker for such venues as The Palace. It was he who suggested to Boston comedy juggler Fred Sullivan that his name was too long for theatre marquees. The comedian took the advice and adopted Edgar's last name and thus became Fred Allen.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mark Sublette
- Born in New York to theatrical parents, Valerie Allen attended Los Angeles City College before seeking a career in show business. In 1955 Allen was discovered by a talent scout from Paramount while performing as a chorus girl in Las Vegas. However, she was not given a screen test for two years. After a series of undistinguished parts, the studio let her contract lapse. During that time, she dated Earl Holliman and Jack Haley Jr. She met future husband Troy Donahue when she auditioned for his film, 'Come Spy With Me'.
After marrying Troy Donahue in 1966, she did some theater with her husband, but her career never really took off. She did the pilot for a sitcom, "Medicine Man", with Ernie Kovacs and Buster Keaton. It was picked up for 13 episodes, but production was ceased after Kovacs died in an automobile accident. In 1968, Allen divorced Donahue. Besides money, in the divorce settlement Donahue gave her his membership in The Factory, an exclusive Beverly Hills disco.
She was offered a job at RCA, and began a career as a writer. Allen wrote soap operas, and eventually became an RCA executive. She lived the final years of her life at the Motion Picture and Television Fund House in Woodland Hills, California.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mlle Wackjob
- SpouseTroy Donahue(October 21, 1966 - November 16, 1968) (divorced)
- She and ex-husband Troy Donahue,met during the filming of Come Spy with Me (1967).
- Crowned "Miss Bowling" in 1955.
- Bore a startling resemblance to Ava Gardner.
- In 1956 she served as the official hostess for the national convention of the American Legion in Los Angeles.
- In 1956, as "Queen Of The Seebees", she welcomed back the crew of the US Navy seaplane tender Curtiss back to Long Beach from three months in the Antarctic.
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