Background
Allen was born in Oakland, California in 1904 to a Scottish mother and a West Coast "character man" father.
Allen was born in Oakland, California in 1904 to a Scottish mother and a West Coast "character man" father.
Her first professional performance at a theatre in Oakland as Beth in Little Women She was ten years old at the time. Her final screen appearance was in The Secretariat-Up in 1926. She worked for two major studios, Universal and Fox.