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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Stranger in My Bed
Character:Shirley Hunter
Release Date:12/01/1987
Two Kinds of Love
Character:Aunt Emily
Release Date:08/11/1983
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Character:Audrey Williams
Release Date:08/03/1983
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Character:Aunt Polly
Release Date:27/02/1982
Fantasies
Character:Shirley
Release Date:18/01/1982
To Find My Son
Character:Mrs. Braggs
Release Date:06/10/1980
The Oldest Living Graduate
Character:Mrs. Hampton
Release Date:07/04/1980
A Shining Season
Character:Polly Baker
Release Date:26/12/1979
And Baby Makes Six
Character:Dora Finley
Release Date:22/10/1979
Return Engagement
Character:Florence
Release Date:17/11/1978
Sister Terri
Character:Mother Superior Helen
Release Date:27/05/1978
All the President's Men
Character:Carolyn Abbott
Release Date:09/04/1976
The Entertainer
Character:Mrs. Pasko
Release Date:10/03/1976
Born Innocent
Character:Emma Lasko
Release Date:01/01/1976
Death Scream
Character:Alice Whitmore
Release Date:26/09/1975
Someone I Touched
Character:Jean
Release Date:26/02/1975
France, Incorporated
Character:The American
Release Date:04/06/1974
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Character:Miss Martin
Release Date:27/03/1974
Cinderella Liberty
Character:Miss Watkins
Release Date:18/12/1973
The Way We Were
Character:Rhea Edwards
Release Date:17/10/1973
Howzer
Character:Faye Carsell
Release Date:21/01/1973
The Shadow of a Gunman
Character:Mrs. Grigson
Release Date:04/12/1972
Jeremiah Johnson
Character:Crazy Woman
Release Date:10/09/1972
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Character:Mrs. Donavan
Release Date:01/08/1972
The Cowboys
Character:Ellen Price
Release Date:13/01/1972
Monte Walsh
Character:Mary Eagle
Release Date:26/09/1970
The Reivers
Character:Alison
Release Date:20/12/1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Character:Shirl
Release Date:10/12/1969
40 Pounds of Trouble
Character:Blanchard's Secretary
Release Date:31/12/1962
Battle Cry
Character:Ruby - Waitress in Diner
Release Date:02/02/1955
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Character:Yvonne (as Allyn McLerie)
Release Date:27/03/1954
Calamity Jane
Character:Katie Brown
Release Date:04/11/1953
The Desert Song
Character:Azuri
Release Date:30/05/1953
Where's Charley?
Character:Amy Spettigue (as Allyn McLerie)
Release Date:20/05/1952
Words and Music
Character:Singer in Garrick Gaeities
Release Date:31/12/1948
Television Appearances
Legends
Character:Katie Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brooklyn Bridge
Character:
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Character:Florence Bickford
The Comedy Factory
Character:Edna McCauley
Punky Brewster
Character:
The Duck Factory
Character:Skip's Mother
St. Elsewhere
Character:Roxanne Reed
Knight Rider
Character:Marietta Mattheson
Simon & Simon
Character:
Dynasty
Character:
Beulah Land
Character:Edna Davis
Trapper John, M.D.
Character:
Hart to Hart
Character:
WKRP in Cincinnati
Character:
The Love Boat
Character:Cynthia Parker
Lou Grant
Character:Betty Newman
Lou Grant
Character:Martha Emmett
The Tony Randall Show
Character:Janet Reubner
Medical Story
Character:Mrs. Tassman
Barney Miller
Character:Harriet Shulton
Baretta
Character:
Kodiak
Character:Margaret
Delphi Bureau
Character:Ginny
The Waltons
Character:
Nichols
Character:Maggie
Cannon
Character:
Medical Center
Character:
Medical Center
Character:Jan
My World and Welcome to It
Character:
The F.B.I.
Character:Marie Vale
The F.B.I.
Character:Dorothy Harnolds
The F.B.I.
Character:Helen Porter
Bonanza
Character:Charity Moffet
Music For A Summer Night
Character:
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Florence
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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