Allyn Ann McLerie
35 movies · 32 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 1, 1926
- Died
- May 21, 2018 (age 91)
- Place of birth
- Grand-Mère, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as
- Allyn McLerie
Biography
Allyn Ann McLerie (December 1, 1926 - May 21, 2018) was a Canadian-born, Brooklyn-reared actress, singer, and dancer who worked with many Golden Age musical theatre's major choreographers, including George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, and Jerome Robbins. McLerie made her Broadway debut as a teenager in Kurt Weill's One Touch of Venus. She went on to replace Sono Osato as Ivy in On the Town, then created the role of Amy Spettigue in the 1948 Broadway production of Where's Charley? (Theatre World Award). Her other Broadway credits include Miss Liberty, the drama Time Limit, Redhead (understudying Gwen Verdon), and West Side Story. McLerie also danced as a guest soloist with American Ballet Theatre during its 1950-51 European and South American tour.
McLerie's best-known film appearances are as Amy in Where's Charley? (1952), Katie Brown in Calamity Jane (1953), Shirley in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and as The Crazy Woman in Jeremiah Johnson (1972). Other film work includes Words and Music (1948) and The Desert Song (1952). She enjoyed a long career as a character actress on television, making frequent guest appearances on shows such as Bonanza, The Waltons, The Love Boat, Barney Miller, Benson, Hart to Hart, St. Elsewhere, and Dynasty, among many others. She played Miss Janet Reubner, Tony Randall's assistant, on The Tony Randall Show from 1976-1978. McLerie played the recurring role of Arthur Carlson's wife, Carmen on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–82). She may be best-remembered as Florence Bickford, the title character's mother on The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd from 1987-1991. Her last role was on an episode of Brooklyn Bridge in 1993.
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Known for
Allyn Ann McLerie: movies and TV shows
Acting (67)
- 2006
- 1991
- 1987
- 1987 Stranger in My Bed
as Shirley Hunter
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983 Two Kinds of Love
as Aunt Emily
- 1983
- 1983 Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
as Audrey Williams
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 Fantasies
as Shirley
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980
- 1980 To Find My Son
as Mrs. Braggs
- 1980 The Oldest Living Graduate
as Mrs. Hampton
- 1979 A Shining Season
as Polly Baker
- 1979 And Baby Makes Six
as Dora Finley
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978 Return Engagement
as Florence
- 1978
- 1978 Sister Terri
as Mother Superior Helen
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 All the President's Men
as Carolyn Abbott
- 1976 The Entertainer
as Mrs. Pasko
- 1976 Born Innocent
as Emma Lasko
- 1975 Death Scream
as Alice Whitmore
- 1975
- 1975 Someone I Touched
as Jean
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974 France, Incorporated
as The American
- 1974 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Miss Martin
- 1973 Cinderella Liberty
as Miss Watkins
- 1973 The Way We Were
as Rhea Edwards
- 1973 Howzer
as Faye Carsell
- 1972 The Shadow of a Gunman
as Mrs. Grigson
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Jeremiah Johnson
as Crazy Woman
- 1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride!
as Mrs. Donavan
- 1972 The Cowboys
as Ellen Price
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970 Monte Walsh
as Mary Eagle
- 1969 The Reivers
as Alison
- 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Shirl
- 1969
- 1969
- 1965
- 1962 40 Pounds of Trouble
as Blanchard's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1959
- 1959
- 1955 Battle Cry
as Ruby - Waitress in Diner
- 1954 Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Yvonne (as Allyn McLerie)
- 1953 Calamity Jane
as Katie Brown
- 1953 The Desert Song
as Azuri
- 1952 Where's Charley?
as Amy Spettigue (as Allyn McLerie)
- 1951
- 1948 Words and Music
as Singer in Garrick Gaeities
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode