Allene Roberts

Acting

Allene Roberts

Born September 1, 1928 · Fairfield, Alabama, USA

Died May 9, 2019 · aged 90

Allene Roberts (September 1, 1928 - May 9, 2019) was an American actress. Born in Fairfield Highlands, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, she starred in twelve movies between 1947 and 1954 and appeared on TV in Four Star Playhouse, The Adventures of Superman and Dragnet. Her first big picture was The Red House starring Rory Calhoun, Julie London and Edward G. Robinson. That movie was considered by…

Known For

Union StationUnion Station · 1950
Union Station
6.51950
MovieThrillerCrime
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
Knock on Any DoorKnock on Any Door · 1949
Knock on Any Door
6.21949
MovieDramaCrime
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
The Red HouseThe Red House · 1947
The Red House
6.31947
MovieMysteryThriller
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Santa FeSanta Fe · 1951
Santa Fe
6.81951
MovieWestern
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
The HoodlumThe Hoodlum · 1951
The Hoodlum
6.21951
MovieDramaThriller
Vincent Lubeck is a vicious ex-convict. His criminal activities are despised by his family, but he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Eventually his own brother must stand up to him.
The Sign of the RamThe Sign of the Ram · 1948
The Sign of the Ram
6.01948
MovieDramaThriller
A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.
Kid Monk BaroniKid Monk Baroni · 1952
Kid Monk Baroni
6.41952
MovieDrama
Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.
Bomba on Panther IslandBomba on Panther Island · 1949
Bomba on Panther Island
5.11949
MovieAdventure
In this second film in the Bomba, the Jungle Boy series, Bomba tracks a dangerous panther.

Filmography

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Four Star PlayhouseFour Star Playhouse · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
6.81952
SeriesDramaComedy
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

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