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