最初在歌舞剧中扮演女丑角和演唱，又和哥哥、妹妹在夜总会中表演。1935年进入百老汇加入齐格飞歌舞团，参加演出。1936年登上大银幕，在歌舞片导演巴斯比·伯克利的《蔷薇处处开》里演员。曾任全国广播公司的广播节目演出达12年，1946年5月当选最幽默的广播明星。1976年，在她退隐多年去从事电视演出后，又重新登上大银幕，在《炮弹飞车》中演出。
Alan Mowbray, the American film actor who was one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild, was born Ernest Allen on August 18, 1896, in London, England, to a non-theatrical family. He served in the British army during World War I and received the Military Medal and the French Croix De Guerre for bravery in action. He began as a stage actor in England, and in some accounts he gave of his life, claimed he was a provincial actor in England before his naval service. In other versions, he claimed he turned to acting after The Great War, as World War I was then known, as he was broke and had no other skills.
生于怀俄明州肖肖尼，毕业于肯基的汉密尔顿学院。在内布拉斯加州的剧院登台演出几年之后，到了百老汇，仅排演了3个小时，但其在《魔鬼降临》中的精湛表演赢得了评论家的称赞。1932年，因舞台剧《福事》改编成电影，从此登银幕。在她的影片中，以《双城记》中女载缝的扮演最为出色。在40年代...
