After marrying Walter Bateman Allen Jr. in 1970, she moved to Connecticut where lived until her death in 2023.

Vale-Allen (who would never reveal either her birthname or her father's name)[5] was born on January 19, 1941, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and lived in England from 1961 to 1964 where she worked as a television actress and singer.

She returned to Toronto briefly, performing as a singer and in cabaret revues until she emigrated to the United States in 1966.

She adopted the name "Charlotte Vale" from the Bette Davis character of the film Now, Voyager.

Her first book, Daddy's Girl, was written in 1971, detailing the sexual abuse she described at the hands of her father.