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