Allyn Ann McLerie

Allyn Ann McLerie

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...

Known For

All the President's Men

as Carolyn Abbott

Jeremiah Johnson

as Crazy Woman

The Way We Were

as Rhea Edwards

Cast Credits

Stranger in My Bed

as Shirley Hunter

Two Kinds of Love

as Aunt Emily

Fantasies

as Shirley

To Find My Son

as Mrs. Braggs

A Shining Season

as Polly Baker

And Baby Makes Six

as Dora Finley

Sister Terri

as Mother Superior Helen

All the President's Men

as Carolyn Abbott

The Entertainer

as Mrs. Pasko

Born Innocent

as Emma Lasko

Death Scream

as Alice Whitmore

France, Incorporated

as The American

Cinderella Liberty

as Miss Watkins

The Way We Were

as Rhea Edwards

Howzer

as Faye Carsell

The Shadow of a Gunman

as Mrs. Grigson

Jeremiah Johnson

as Crazy Woman

The Cowboys

as Ellen Price

Monte Walsh

as Mary Eagle

The Reivers

as Alison

40 Pounds of Trouble

as Blanchard's Secretary (uncredited)

Battle Cry

as Ruby - Waitress in Diner