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