Allyn Ann McLerie

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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.

Most Popular Allyn Ann McLerie Trailers

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Someone I Touched Trailer (1975)

26 February 1975

A woman learns that her husband has been unfaithful and that she has acquired a venereal disease. Tht

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Trailer (1974)

27 March 1974

The story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.

A Shining Season Trailer (1979)

26 December 1979

The true story of University of New Mexico track star John Baker who, dying of cancer, spent his remaining time coaching a losing girls' track team to a winning season.

Where's Charley? Trailer (1952)

20 May 1952

Musical version of the comedy, "Charley's Aunt," by Brandon Thomas. As part of a simple enough ruse, a Cambridge student poses as his aunt but his scheme goes wrong, first when someone falls for the aunt, and then when the real aunt turns up.

All the President's Men Trailer (1976)

09 April 1976

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

The Way We Were Trailer (1973)

17 October 1973

Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP.

The Cowboys Trailer (1972)

13 January 1972

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster.

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Trailer (1969)

10 December 1969

In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize.

Battle Cry Trailer (1955)

02 February 1955

The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat.

The Reivers Trailer (1969)

20 December 1969

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.

Stranger in My Bed Trailer (1987)

12 January 1987

A woman gets amnesia after an accident, and doesn't remember her life, including her husband. While she tries to recall, she meets a man and begins a relationship with him.

Calamity Jane Trailer (1953)

04 November 1953

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.

The Magnificent Seven Ride! Trailer (1972)

01 August 1972

Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits.

The Oldest Living Graduate Trailer (1980)

07 April 1980

Henry Fonda stars as Col. J. C. Kincaid, crusty patriarch of a Texas family. Kincaid's weak-willed son Floyd (George Grizzard) wants to get into the old man's good graces so that he can develop the Colonel's vast land ownings.

Jeremiah Johnson Trailer (1972)

10 September 1972

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.

Death Scream Trailer (1975)

26 September 1975

Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to help and refuse to cooperate with the police.

The Shadow of a Gunman Trailer (1972)

04 December 1972

Is a sensitive and mysterious poet really an IRA gunman in hiding? Set in a Dublin tenement in the 1920s, this was the first part of Sean O'Casey's celebrated "Dublin Trilogy.

Born Innocent Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls.

Cinderella Liberty Trailer (1973)

18 December 1973

A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.

And Baby Makes Six Trailer (1979)

22 October 1979

A middle-aged couple with three grown children discovers that they soon will be parents once more and faces a variety of emotional responses from friends and family.

Monte Walsh Trailer (1970)

26 September 1970

Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options.

The Entertainer Trailer (1976)

10 March 1976

A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom.

Sister Terri Trailer (1978)

27 May 1978

Failed TV pilot.

40 Pounds of Trouble Trailer (1962)

31 December 1962

Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.

Phantom of the Rue Morgue Trailer (1954)

27 March 1954

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be.

Words and Music Trailer (1948)

31 December 1948

Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood.

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story Trailer (1983)

08 March 1983

TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, and aspiring to rise above it all.

Return Engagement Trailer (1978)

17 November 1978

A live-theater production in which Elizabeth Taylor stars as Emily Loomis, a professor of ancient history at a small California college, who reluctantly agrees to rent a room in her house to one of the new students, named Stewart Anderson.

To Find My Son Trailer (1980)

06 October 1980

A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply because he is single, he has an uphill battle with the government bureaucracy, and particularly with a power-hungry administrator.

Fantasies Trailer (1982)

18 January 1982

A crazed killer stalks the cast of a television soap-opera.

Two Kinds of Love Trailer (1983)

08 November 1983

Two kinds of love are experienced by young Ricky Schroder in this made-for-TV drama. One kind is the tenuous affection he extends to his estranged father when Schroder's mother unexpectedly dies.

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Trailer (1982)

27 February 1982

The adventures and misadventures of Tom and Huck on the Mississippi River in Missouri with their involvement when they fall in with a gang of con artists, take up with a ragtag circus, help a freed slave buy his sister's freedom, and then see a dastardly villain get her.

The Desert Song Trailer (1953)

30 May 1953

Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food.

France, Incorporated Trailer (1974)

04 June 1974

In the year 2222, a former drug dealer is kept in a state of hibernation. Reanimated, he tells his story.

Howzer Trailer (1973)

21 January 1973

Howzer Cassel and his sister Deborah, feel like run-always long before they one day, at the ages of 12 and 14, scrape up enough money and actually flee to California.