Allyn Ann McLerie(1926-2018)

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Calamity Jane (1953)

A talented actress, dancer, and singer with a long history on Broadway and in Hollywood, McLerie retired in 1993.

Born in Canada, she was raised in Brooklyn, where she attended Fort Hamilton High School. She was married to actor George Gaynes for over 60 years, until his death in 2016. They had two children. She died at her home in North Bend, Washington, aged 91, in 2018.

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Calamity Jane

7.2

Katie Brown(as Allyn McLerie)

1953

The Way We Were

7.0

Rhea Edwards

1973

Where's Charley?

6.8

Amy Spettigue(as Allyn McLerie)

1952

All the President's Men

7.9

Carolyn Abbott

1976

Credits

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Actress

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
3.5
- Irina Petrovskaya (uncredited)
- 1994
Brooklyn Bridge
8.6
TV Series
- Emma Brooks
- 1993
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
5.6
TV Series
- Carmen Carlson
- 1992
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
8.1
TV Series
- Florence Bickford
- 1987–1991
Dirty Dancing
5.7
TV Series
- Baby's Mother
- 1988
Stranger in My Bed
5.4
TV Movie
- Shirley Hunter
- 1987
Comedy Factory
4.9
TV Series
- Edna McCauley
- 1986
Simon & Simon
7.0
TV Series
- Edith 'Edie' Krelman
- 1986
Webster
5.8
TV Series
- Theo Gabler
- 1986
Mr. Belvedere
6.6
TV Series
- Isabel Carsola
- 1986
Punky Brewster
6.5
TV Series
- Maggie McLerie
- Lois Dent
- 1984–1985
The Duck Factory
6.4
TV Series
- Skip's Mother
- 1984
The Paper Chase
8.1
TV Series
- Mrs. Emily Hart
- 1984
St. Elsewhere
8.0
TV Series
- Roxanne Reed
- 1984
Knight Rider
6.9
TV Series
- Marietta Mattheson
- 1984

Soundtrack

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
8.1
TV Series
- performer: "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
- 1987
Jeremiah Johnson
7.6
- performer: "Shall We Gather at the River" (uncredited)
- 1972
Music for a Spring Night
TV Series
- performer: "Friendship"
- 1960
Calamity Jane
7.2
- performer: "It's Harry I'm Planning to Marry", "Keep It Under Your Hat", "A Woman's Touch", "The Black Hills of Dakota"
- 1953
Where's Charley?
6.8
- performer: "Better Get Out of Here" (uncredited), "The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students' Conservatory Band" (uncredited), "Make a Miracle" (uncredited), "Brazilian Ballet", "At the Red Rose Cotillon" (uncredited), "Finale: My Darling, My Darling (Reprise)/Once in Love With Amy (Reprise)"
- 1952
The Ed Sullivan Show
7.9
TV Series
- performer: "Inspiration" (uncredited)
- 1949
Words and Music
6.4
- performer: "Mountain Greenery"
- 1948

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Calamity Jane

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Alternative name
- Allyn McLerie
Height
- 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Born
- December 1, 1926
- Grand-Mère, Québec, Canada
Died
- May 21, 2018
- North Bend, Washington, USA(Alzheimer's disease)
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Other works
(9/1/50) Stage: Appeared in George Balanchine's choreographed Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, "Theme and Variations," with Tudor's choreographed Schoenberg's ballet, "Pillar of Fire," Petipa's choreographed Tchaikovsky's ballet, "Pas De Deux from The Sleeping Beauty," and Agnes de Mille's choreographed Aaron Copland's ballet, "Rodeo," in an American National Ballet Theatre production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England, with Alicia Alonsgo, Igor Youskevitch, Mary Ellen Moylan, James Mitchell, John Kriza and Charlyne Baker in the cast. Alexander Smallens was choreographer.
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Trivia
On Broadway in the late 40s, she performed in "On the Town" and "Bonanza Bound" written and composed by then-husband Adolph Green. She divorced Green in May of 1953 and married actor George Gaynes in December of that year. They were together over 60 years.