Anyone who loves B-movies of the 1950s appreciates this lovely actress. She was born Mary Jane Hayes, on March 6, 1930, in Charleston, West Virginia. The raven-haired beauty was the 1949 Washington, D.C. entry into the Miss America pageant. Shortly afterwards, Mary adopted the familiar first name Allison. She got her start on local Washington TV before heading to Hollywood in the early 1950s. Allison began her career with Universal; the studio groomed her, but only on the path of B-movies. I ...[Read Story]