Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/1/1926
Place of Birth
Grand-Mère, Quebec, Canada
Also Known As
Allyn McLerie
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 (understud...
Known For
The Cowboys
as Ellen Price
The Reivers
as Alison
Jeremiah Johnson
as Crazy Woman
Cinderella Liberty
as Miss Watkins
Death Scream
as Alice Whitmore
Battle Cry
as Ruby - Waitress in Diner
The Way We Were
as Rhea Edwards
Calamity Jane
as Katie Brown
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
as Mrs. Donavan
Monte Walsh
as Mary Eagle
France, Incorporated
as The American
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Shirl
Words and Music
as Singer in Garrick Gaeities
40 Pounds of Trouble
as Blanchard's Secretary
The Desert Song
as Azuri
Return Engagement
as Florence
All the President's Men
as Carolyn Abbott
And Baby Makes Six
as Dora Finley
Where's Charley?
as Amy Spettigue (as Allyn McLerie)
The Shadow of a Gunman
as Mrs. Grigson