"My father was an opera singer. His brothers performed in vaudeville. I had an aunt who was a soprano. From a young age I had all this art around me so I joined them. When I was seven, I sang Danny Boy at a school event. A few years later the Hearst newspaper chain sponsored a public speaking contest with the topic on John Paul Jones. Why they chose him as their subject, I don't know. Thousands of kids from all over the country participated. I won."

 (Rae Allen, all'anagrafe Raffaella Julia Theresa Abruzzo, attrice; New York, 3 luglio 1926 – Los Angeles, 6 aprile 2022)