Portland Hoffa (January 25, 1905 – December 26, 1990) was an American comedian, radio host, actress, and dancer. The daughter of an itinerant optometrist, she was named after Portland, Oregon, the city in which she was born. She began her career performing as a dancer in numerous Broadway productions in the 1920s, before meeting her first husband, comedian Fred Allen. They were married in 1927, and Hoffa began performing characters with Allen in comic radio programs, often portraying a dimwitted female counterpart in fast-paced, witty skits.[1][2] She gained particular notice from audiences for her distinctive, high-pitched voice.[3]
Allen hosted several highly successful network radio shows in the 1930s and 1940s, in which Hoffa was a frequent participant. She remained married to him until his death in 1956, after which she married bandleader Joe Rines. Rines later worked as an advertising executive. Hoffa helped compile her first husband's correspondence, which was published as Fred Allen's Letters in 1965. She died in 1990 in Los Angeles of natural causes, aged 85.
^Fuller-Seeley 2017, p. 69.
^Laurie 1953, p. 21.
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PortlandHoffa (January 25, 1905 – December 26, 1990) was an American comedian, radio host, actress, and dancer. The daughter of an itinerant optometrist...
to Broadway but lasted only ten weeks at the Winter Garden Theatre. PortlandHoffa, who was in the chorus of the show, was eventually to marry Allen. He...
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married Belinda Carlisle). Portland was named for the Masons' friend PortlandHoffa, the wife of the American radio comedian Fred Allen. Pamela Mason filed...
uniting around a single candidate, James P. Hoffa, son of James R. Hoffa, to run against Carey in 1996. Hoffa ran a strong campaign, trading on the mystique...
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building's 34-room unit. Humorist Fred Allen lived in the building with wife PortlandHoffa. Later in the 20th century, residents included actor Darren McGavin...
star Welles in a parody of Les Misérables. Cast: Fred Allen (host), PortlandHoffa, Kenny Delmar, Alan Reed, Benay Venuta, Arthur Godfrey (announcer),...
April 28, 1957. "Prosecutor Guilty In Portland Trial". The New York Times. April 14, 1957. "Wiretaps on Dio and Hoffa Cited." New York Times. February 23...
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Fala on the porch. Other notable guests at the inn include Fred Allen, PortlandHoffa, Joe Louis, Gene Tunney, Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo,...
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Stallone plays Hoffa as a man with good intentions, dogged on both sides, by both sides of the law. Both Hoffa stories feature Hoffa as a tough "man...
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