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