Allyn Ann McLerie

Allyn Ann McLerie December 1 1926 May 21 2018 was a Canadianborn Brooklynreared actress singer and dancer who worked with many Golden Age musical theatres major choreographers including George Balanchine Agnes de Mille and Jerome Robbins McLerie made her Broadway debut as a teenager in Kurt Weills 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 Wheres 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 195051 European and South American tour McLeries bestknown film appearances are as Amy in Wheres Charley 1952  Katie Brown in Calamity Jane 1953 Shirley in They Shoot Horses Dont 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 Randalls assistant on The Tony Randall Show from 19761978  McLerie played the recurring role of Arthur Carlsons wife Carmen on WKRP in Cincinnati 197882 She may be bestremembered as Florence Bickford the title characters mother on The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd from 19871991 Her last role was on an episode of Brooklyn Bridge in 1993 Description above from the Wikipedia article Allyn Ann McLerie licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia