Claim: Allen, born in Manchester on February 7, 1907, trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; then had two children with Raymond Massey.
Evidence: Adrianne Allen (7 February 1907 – 14 September 1993) was an English stage actress. After her education in France and Germany, she trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where her 1926 graduation performance caught the attention of Basil Dean, who cast her as Nina Vansittart in the Noël Coward play Easy Virtue. She had two children with Raymond Massey, Daniel and Anna, who later became actors.