Allyn Ann McLerie
Acting
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.
Born: December 1, 1926
Place of Birth: Grand-Mère, Quebec, Canada
Known For
Filmography
as Katie Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Florence Bickford
as Shirley Hunter
as Edna McCauley
as Aunt Emily
as Audrey Williams
as Roxanne Reed
as Marietta Mattheson
as Shirley
as Edna Davis
as Mrs. Braggs
as Mrs. Hampton
as Polly Baker
as Dora Finley
as Florence
as Cynthia Parker
as Betty Newman
as Martha Emmett
as Janet Reubner
as Carolyn Abbott
as Mrs. Pasko
as Emma Lasko
as Alice Whitmore
as Jean
as Harriet Shulton
as Margaret
as The American
as Miss Martin
as Miss Watkins
as Rhea Edwards
as Mrs. Grigson
as Ginny
as Crazy Woman
as Mrs. Donavan
as Ellen Price
as Maggie
as Mary Eagle
as Alison
as Shirl
as Jan
as Marie Vale
as Dorothy Harnolds
as Helen Porter
as Blanchard's Secretary
as Charity Moffet
as Ruby - Waitress in Diner
as Yvonne (as Allyn McLerie)
as Katie Brown
as Azuri
as Amy Spettigue (as Allyn McLerie)
as Florence
as Singer in Garrick Gaeities
as Self