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), and on "The Komedy Kingdom" (as "Elvia, The Queen of Mirth"). She made her debut on "The Pepsodent Show" starring Bob Hope on September 27, 1938, as man-chasing Cobina, a parody of society debutante Cobina Wright. She portrayed the role in motion pictures and even spoofed it in the Merrie Melodies cartoon "Goofy Groceries". Allman was frequently heard as a supporting actress in various comedy programs well into the 1950s and in the 1970s returned to radio acting with its brief revival of new programs.