People
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Stranger in My Bed as Shirley Hunter | 1987-01-12 |
Two Kinds of Love as Aunt Emily | 1983-11-08 |
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story as Audrey Williams | 1983-03-08 |
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as Aunt Polly | 1982-02-27 |
Fantasies as Shirley | 1982-01-18 |
To Find My Son as Mrs. Braggs | 1980-10-06 |
The Oldest Living Graduate as Mrs. Hampton | 1980-04-07 |
A Shining Season as Polly Baker | 1979-12-26 |
And Baby Makes Six as Dora Finley | 1979-10-22 |
Return Engagement as Florence | 1978-11-17 |
Sister Terri as Mother Superior Helen | 1978-05-27 |
All the President's Men as Carolyn Abbott | 1976-04-09 |
The Entertainer as Mrs. Pasko | 1976-03-10 |
Born Innocent as Emma Lasko | 1976-01-01 |
Death Scream as Alice Whitmore | 1975-09-26 |
Someone I Touched as Jean | 1975-02-26 |
France, Incorporated as The American | 1974-06-04 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Miss Martin | 1974-03-27 |
Cinderella Liberty as Miss Watkins | 1973-12-18 |
The Way We Were as Rhea Edwards | 1973-10-17 |
The Shadow of a Gunman as Mrs. Grigson | 1972-12-04 |
Jeremiah Johnson as Crazy Woman | 1972-09-10 |
The Magnificent Seven Ride! as Mrs. Donavan | 1972-08-01 |
The Cowboys as Ellen Price | 1972-01-13 |
Monte Walsh as Mary Eagle | 1970-09-26 |
The Reivers as Alison | 1969-12-20 |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Shirl | 1969-12-10 |
40 Pounds of Trouble as Blanchard's Secretary | 1962-12-31 |
Battle Cry as Ruby - Waitress in Diner | 1955-02-02 |
Phantom of the Rue Morgue as Yvonne (as Allyn McLerie) | 1954-03-27 |
Calamity Jane as Katie Brown | 1953-11-04 |
The Desert Song as Azuri | 1953-05-30 |
Where's Charley? as Amy Spettigue (as Allyn McLerie) | 1952-05-20 |
Words and Music as Singer in Garrick Gaeities | 1948-12-31 |