Queenie Mary Allen (December 1911 — 2 August 2007), later Queenie Webber, was an English badminton player from the 1930s into 1950s. She won the women's doubles title at the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1949 with Betty Uber. She also won international competitions in Denmark, Scotland, South Africa, Ireland, and France.

Career Allen competed in the 1934 All England Badminton Championships. At the 1948 South African Badminton Championships, Allen won in the women's doubles category, with her partner Betty Uber. In 1947, 1948, and 1949, she won the women's singles category at the Irish Open; she also won the women's doubles category at the Irish Open in 1947 and 1949 with Betty Uber, and the mixed doubles category in 1949 with Harold Marsland. She won the women's singles category at the Scottish Open in 1948, 1949, and 1950; she also won the women's doubles category at the Scottish Open with Betty Uber in 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, and 1953."Roll of Honour: Post-War Scottish Open Championship Winners" Badminton Scotland. At the French Open, she won the mixed doubles title with Malaysian player Eddy Choong in 1951 and 1952, and the ladies doubles title with Audrey Stone in 1951.

At the 1949 All England Badminton Championships, Allen won in the women's doubles category, with her partner Betty Uber, and finished as a runner-up in the mixed doubles category, with her partner T. Wynn Rogers."All England Bandminton Championship Winners", All England Badminton."Freeman Wins Singles Event" The Baltimore Sun (March 6, 1949): 30. via Newspapers.com At the 1951 All England Badminton Championships, Queenie Webber (using her married name) finished as a runner-up in the women's doubles category, with her partner Mavis Henderson.BadmintonEngland, Facts and Records.

She played in the first badminton games broadcast on television in the United Kingdom, and her colleague recalled, "We had been told that white did not televise well, so that we must all wear colours no matter what they were. Queenie wore a blue skirt and yellow shirt, and I wore a black skirt and red-and-white shirt."Betty Uber, A Brief History of Badminton from 1870 to 1949 (Read Books Ltd 2016).

Singing Queenie Allen-Webber was also a contralto singer. She performed in concert at Wigmore Hall in 1955.Concert listings, The Observer (June 5, 1955): 6. via Newspapers.com

Personal life Queenie Allen married F. G. Webber.Scottish Open Women's Doubles, Badminton Scotland. She died at a rest home in Sussex in 2007, aged 95 years."Deceased Estates notice for Queenie Allen-Webber" The Gazette(September 2007).

Achievements International tournaments (20 titles, 16 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1939 Denmark Open Tonny Ahm 5–11, 4–11 Runner-up 1947 Irish Open Betty Uber 11–7, 11–8 Winner 1948 Scottish Open Betty Uber walkover Winner 1948 Irish Open Barbara Good 11–9, 11–6 Winner 1949 Scottish Open Nancy Horner 12–10, 11–4 Winner 1949 Irish Open Barbara Good 11–2, 11–3 Winner 1950 Scottish Open Betty Uber 10–12, 11–7, 11–8 Winner

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1938 Welsh International Bessie Staples Diana Doveton Betty Uber 6–15, 6–15 Runner-up 1939 Denmark Open Ruth Dalsgaard Bessie Staples Diana Doveton 12–15, 15–10, 15–11 Winner 1947 Irish Open Betty Uber Nora Conway Barbara Good 15–8, 15–11 Winner 1948 Scottish Open Betty Uber Nora Conway Barbara Good 15–3, 15–10 Winner 1948 Irish Open V. E. Duringer Nora Conway Barbara Good 16–18, 5–15 Runner-up 1948 All England Open Betty Uber Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl 6–15, 15–12, 2–15 Runner-up 1948 South African Championships Betty Uber B. Bayne Florrie Mackenzie 15–7, 15–8 Winner 1948 Denmark Open Betty Uber Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl 4–15, 11–15 Runner-up 1949 Scottish Open Betty Uber V. E. Duringer Joy Saunders 15–7, 15–2 Winner 1949 Irish Open Betty Uber Nora Conway Barbara Good 15–1, 15–7 Winner 1949 All England Open Betty Uber Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl 15–8, 15–10 Winner 1950 Scottish Open Betty Uber V. E. Duringer Nancy Horner 15–5, 15–8 Winner 1950 All England Open Betty Uber Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl 17–16, 5–15, 8–15 Runner-up 1950 Denmark Open Elisabeth O'Beirne Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl 2–15, 6–15 Runner-up 1951 Scottish Open Betty Uber Amy Choong Elisabeth O'Beirne 15–4, 15–7 Winner 1951 Irish Open L. R. Ludlam Amy Choong Elisabeth O'Beirne 8–15, 13–15 Runner-up 1951 All England Open Mavis Henderson Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl 15–17, 7–15 Runner-up 1951 French Open Audrey Stone Betty Grace Mimi Wyatt 15–8, 9–15, 18–14 Winner 1952 All England Open Betty Uber Tonny Ahm Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 15–18, 4–15 Runner-up 1952 French Open Mimi Wyatt Mavis Henderson Audrey Stone 12–15, 6–15 Runner-up 1953 Scottish Open Nancy Horner Barbara Rosson Joy Saunders 15–6, 15–13 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1948 Scottish Open Harold Marsland James Rankin Betty Uber 12–15, 13–15 Runner-up 1948 South African Championships Noel Radford Warwick Shute Betty Uber 13–15, 12–15 Runner-up 1949 Irish Open Harold Marsland Lim Kee Fong A. Love 14–18, 15–6, 15–4 Winner 1949 All England Open Wynn Rogers Clinton Stephens Patricia Stephens 5–15, 15–2, 12–15 Runner-up 1951 Scottish Open Frank Peard Tom Wingfield Betty Uber 15–12, 10–15, 12–15 Runner-up 1951 Irish Open Frank Peard Eddy Choong Amy Choong 9–15, 6–15 Runner-up 1951 French Open Eddy Choong Cheong Hock Leng Audrey Stone 15–7, 15–7 Winner 1952 French Open Eddy Choong David Choong Mimi Wyatt 12–15, 15–1, 15–11 Winner

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