22 Facts About Elvia Allman

Elvia Beatrice Allman was an American actress in Hollywood films and television programs for over 50 years.

Elvia Allman is best remembered for her semi-regular roles on The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction and for being the voice of Walt Disney's Clarabelle Cow.

In 1926, Elvia Allman was a children's story reader at KHJ in Los Angeles.

Elvia Allman married Wesley B Tourtellotte on August 2,1930, and divorced within several years.

Elvia Allman made her debut on The Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope as man-chasing Cobina, a parody of society debutante Cobina Wright.

Elvia Allman portrayed the role in motion pictures and even spoofed it in the Merrie Melodies cartoon Goofy Groceries.

Elvia Allman was frequently heard as a supporting actress in various comedy programs well into the 1950s and in the 1970s returned to radio acting with its brief revival of new programs.

Elvia Allman can be heard in the first Porky Pig cartoon I Haven't Got a Hat in 1935.

Elvia Allman may have originated the character of Clarabelle Cow prior to this, but there are no records indicating the specific cartoons in which she voiced Clarabelle, who was featured in 28 Disney cartoons from 1928 to 1942.

In 1937 Elvia Allman voiced the title role in the cartoon Little Red Walking Hood, a spoof of Little Red Riding Hood.

Elvia Allman played Tootsie Sagwell on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show during the early 1940s.

In 1928, Elvia Allman acted in The Living Corpse a production of the Pasadena Community Players.

Elvia Allman made her film debut as an actress in 1940's The Road to Singapore in an unbilled bit as a homely woman who pursues Bob Hope.

In 1957, Elvia Allman reprised her role of Cora Dithers in a short-lived TV adaption of Blondie.

Elvia Allman had earlier played the role in the 1940s on several episodes of the Blondie radio series.

Elvia Allman appeared on seven episodes of the TV series The Jack Benny Program, having worked often with Benny on his radio program in the 1940s and 1950s.

Elvia Allman appeared as Oscar Madison's mother in one episode of the TV series The Odd Couple in which she and Oscar are treated to an erotic belly dance at a Greek restaurant.

Elvia Allman's career slowed considerably after 1972, and her only television work during the remainder of the decade was in the 1977 television film Halloween with the New Addams Family.

Elvia Allman's career picked up in the 1980s with eleven television appearances, including two episodes of Murder She Wrote.

Elvia Allman died in Santa Monica, California, March 6,1992, from pneumonia, aged 87.

Elvia Allman was predeceased by her last husband, Jerome L Bayler, in 1978.

Elvia Allman is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.