Allyn Ann 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allyn Ann McLerie, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
All Movies (35)
- Stranger in My Bed1987 · as Shirley Hunter
- Two Kinds of Love1983 · as Aunt Emily
- Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story1983 · as Audrey Williams
- Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn1982 · as Aunt Polly
- Fantasies1982 · as Shirley
- To Find My Son1980 · as Mrs. Braggs
- The Oldest Living Graduate1980 · as Mrs. Hampton
- A Shining Season1979 · as Polly Baker
- And Baby Makes Six1979 · as Dora Finley
- Return Engagement1978 · as Florence
- Sister Terri1978 · as Mother Superior Helen
- All the President's Men1976 · as Carolyn Abbott
- The Entertainer1976 · as Mrs. Pasko
- Born Innocent1976 · as Emma Lasko
- Death Scream1975 · as Alice Whitmore
- Someone I Touched1975 · as Jean
- France, Incorporated1974 · as The American
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1974 · as Miss Martin
- Cinderella Liberty1973 · as Miss Watkins
- The Way We Were1973 · as Rhea Edwards
- Howzer1973 · as Faye Carsell
- The Shadow of a Gunman1972 · as Mrs. Grigson
- Jeremiah Johnson1972 · as Crazy Woman
- The Magnificent Seven Ride!1972 · as Mrs. Donavan
- The Cowboys1972 · as Ellen Price
- Monte Walsh1970 · as Mary Eagle
- The Reivers1969 · as Alison
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969 · as Shirl
- 40 Pounds of Trouble1962 · as Blanchard's Secretary (uncredited)
- Battle Cry1955 · as Ruby - Waitress in Diner
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue1954 · as Yvonne (as Allyn McLerie)
- Calamity Jane1953 · as Katie Brown
- The Desert Song1953 · as Azuri
- Where's Charley?1952 · as Amy Spettigue (as Allyn McLerie)
- Words and Music1948 · as Singer in Garrick Gaeities
All TV Shows (37)
- Legends2006 · as Katie Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Brooklyn Bridge1991
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd1987 · as Florence Bickford
- The Comedy Factory1985 · as Edna McCauley
- Punky Brewster1984
- The Duck Factory1984 · as Skip's Mother
- The Thorn Birds1983 · as Mrs. Smith
- St. Elsewhere1982 · as Roxanne Reed
- Knight Rider1982 · as Marietta Mattheson
- Simon & Simon1981
- Dynasty1981
- Beulah Land1980 · as Edna Davis
- Trapper John, M.D.1979
- Hart to Hart1979
- WKRP in Cincinnati1978
- The Love Boat1977 · as Cynthia Parker
- Lou Grant1977 · as Betty Newman
- Lou Grant1977 · as Martha Emmett
- The Tony Randall Show1976 · as Janet Reubner
- Medical Story1975 · as Mrs. Tassman
- Barney Miller1975 · as Harriet Shulton
- Baretta1975
- Kodiak1974 · as Margaret
- Delphi Bureau1972 · as Ginny
- The Waltons1972
- Nichols1971 · as Maggie
- Cannon1971
- Medical Center1969
- Medical Center1969 · as Jan
- My World and Welcome to It1969
- The F.B.I.1965 · as Marie Vale
- The F.B.I.1965 · as Dorothy Harnolds
- The F.B.I.1965 · as Helen Porter
- Bonanza1959 · as Charity Moffet
- Music For A Summer Night1959
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Florence
- The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self