Elvia Beatrice Allman (September 19, 1904 – March 6, 1992) was an American actress in Hollywood films and television programs for over 50 years.
She 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.
Allman's first big network radio successes were on the Blue Monday Jamboree (where she portrayed beauty expert Auntie MacCasser, high society matron Octavia Smith-Whiffen, and home economist Pansy Pennypincher),[6] and on The Komedy Kingdom (as "Elvia, The Queen of Mirth").
[8] Allman's other roles included Mrs. Kennedy on The Adventures of Maisie,[7]: 12 Penelope the Pelican on The Cinnamon Bear,[7]: 76 and Cuddles Bongschnook on The Durante-Moore Show.
[7]: 45-45 In the 1950s, Allman became a familiar face to television viewers with numerous guest appearances on many programs of the era, usually situation comedies.
The 1960s proved to be her most prolific era with 58 appearances on various television series as well as five motion pictures including Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Nutty Professor.
In her autobiography, Mary Tyler Moore credits Allman with finding her house as did Betty White in her book Here We Go Again.
Allman's final work appropriately brought her full circle, reviving the voice of Clarabelle Cow for the first time in over 50 years in the Mickey Mouse cartoon feature version of The Prince and the Pauper in 1990.