Name
Allyn Ann McLerie
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1926-12-01
Deathday
2018-05-21 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Grand-Mère, Quebec, Canada
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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- 1973 The Way We Were as Rhea Edwards
- 1976 Born Innocent as Emma Lasko
- 1972 Jeremiah Johnson as Crazy Woman
- 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Shirl
- 1953 Calamity Jane as Katie Brown
- 1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride! as Mrs. Donavan
- 1954 Phantom of the Rue Morgue as Yvonne (as Allyn McLerie)
- 1970 Monte Walsh as Mary Eagle
- 1973 Cinderella Liberty as Miss Watkins
- 1952 Where's Charley? as Amy Spettigue (as Allyn McLerie)
- 1953 The Desert Song as Azuri
- 1983 Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story as Audrey Williams
- 1974 France, Incorporated as The American
- 1976 The Entertainer as Mrs. Pasko
- 1972 The Shadow of a Gunman as Mrs. Grigson
- 1982 Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as Aunt Polly
- 1969 The Reivers as Alison
- 1976 All the President's Men as Carolyn Abbott
- 1980 The Oldest Living Graduate as Mrs. Hampton
- 1978 Return Engagement as Florence
- 1980 To Find My Son as Mrs. Braggs
- 1979 A Shining Season as Polly Baker
- 1975 Someone I Touched as Jean
- 1982 Fantasies as Shirley
- 1962 40 Pounds of Trouble as Blanchard's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1955 Battle Cry as Ruby - Waitress in Diner
- 1948 Words and Music as Singer in Garrick Gaeities
- 1972 The Cowboys as Ellen Price
- 1987 Stranger in My Bed as Shirley Hunter
- 1979 And Baby Makes Six as Dora Finley
- 1975 Death Scream as Alice Whitmore
- 1978 Sister Terri as Mother Superior Helen
- 1974 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Miss Martin
- 1983 Two Kinds of Love as Aunt Emily
- 1973 Howzer as Faye Carsell
- 1969 My World and Welcome to It ( 1 episode )
- 1978 WKRP in Cincinnati ( 3 episodes )
- 1979 Trapper John, M.D. ( 1 episode )
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Marie Vale
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Cynthia Parker
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Marietta Mattheson
- 1975 Baretta ( 1 episode )
- 1981 Dynasty ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Punky Brewster ( 3 episodes )
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode ) as Pearl Danko
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Florence
- 1972 The Waltons ( 2 episodes )
- 1976 The Tony Randall Show ( 13 episodes ) as Janet Reubner
- 1991 Brooklyn Bridge ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Music For A Summer Night ( 1 episode )
- 1971 Nichols ( 1 episode ) as Maggie
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Dorothy Harnolds
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Helen Porter
- 1980 Beulah Land ( 3 episodes ) as Edna Davis
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Charity Moffet
- 1974 Kodiak ( 1 episode ) as Margaret
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 1 episode ) as Roxanne Reed
- 1987 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd ( 65 episodes ) as Florence Bickford
- 2006 Legends ( 1 episode ) as Katie Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1975 Barney Miller ( 2 episodes ) as Harriet Shulton
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode ) as Betty Newman
- 1985 The Comedy Factory ( 1 episode ) as Edna McCauley
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode ) as Martha Emmett
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode ) as Jan
- 1972 Delphi Bureau ( 1 episode ) as Ginny
- 1984 The Duck Factory ( 1 episode ) as Skip's Mother
- 1975 Medical Story ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Tassman
- 1976 The Tony Randall Show ( 1 episode ) as Miss Janet Reubner
- 1983 The Thorn Birds ( 4 episodes ) as Mrs. Smith
