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Allyn Ann McLerie Biography (1926-)

Born December 1, 1926, in Grand'Mere, PQ, Canada; daughter of Allan Gordon (an aviator) and Vera Alma MacTaggart (Stewart) McLerie; married Adolph Green (a playwright and lyricist), March 21, 1947 (divorced, 1953); married George Gaynes (an actor), December 20, 1953; children: Iya, Matthew. Addresses: OFFICE--c/o Actors' Equity Association, 6430 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles,CA 90028.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

December 1, 1926

Grand'Mere, Canada

Famous Works

• Credits
• BROADWAY DEBUT--Dancer, One Touch of Venus, Imperial Theatre, 1943.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Second ballet girl, doll girl, then Ivy Smith, On the Town, Adelphi Theatre, New York City, 1945.
• Eustasia, Bonanza Bound!, Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1947.
• Susan, Finian's Rainbow, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1948.
• Amy Spettigue, Where's Charley?, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1948.
• Monique DuPont, Miss Liberty, Imperial Theatre, 1949.
• Amy Spettigue, Where's Charley?, Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1951.
• Myrtle, To Dorothy, a Son, Garrick Theatre, London, 1951.
• Lady India, Ring Around the Moon, Hyde Park Playhouse, Hyde Park, NY, 1955.
• WAC Corporal Jean Evans, Time Limit!, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1956.
• Gwynne, Bells Are Ringing, Coliseum Theatre, London, 1957.
• Lola, Damn Yankees, Ninotchka, Silk Stockings, Gladys, The Pajama Game, all Sacramento Music Circus, Sacramento, CA, 1957.
• Anita, West Side Story, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1960.
• Ensign Nellie Forbush, South Pacific, City Center Theatre, New York City,1961.
• Claudine, Can-Can, Garden Court Dinner Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1962.
• various roles, The Beast in Me, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1963.
• Ellie, Show Boat, State Theater, New York City, 1966.
• Tlimpattia, Dynamite Tonight, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1967.
• Elmire, Tartuffe, Clytemnestra, The Flies, both Inner City Repertory, LosAngeles, CA, 1967.
• Irma, Irma La Douce, Anita, West Side Story, both Sacramento Music Circus, 1967.
• Lenore, LA under Siege, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1970.
• Alma Stone, The Mind with the Dirty Man, Mark Taper Forum, 1973.
• Judith Fellowes, The Night of the Iguana, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles,CA, 1975.
• Calpurnia, Julius Caesar, Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1979.
• Also played in a scene from Floradora at a benefit for the American National Theatre and Academy, Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City, 1950; appeared in You Never Can Tell, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA, 1952; King of Hearts, Fall River, MA, 1955; Our Town, Long Beach Theatre, Long Beach, CA, 1978; Dancing in the Dark, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1979.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Dancer, Rodeo and Fancy, with the Ballet Theatre, European cities, 1950.
• Anita, West Side Story, U.S. cities, 1963.
• Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady, U.S. cities, 1964.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL CABARET APPEARANCES
• Appeared as part of a dance team with John Butler throughout the U.S., 1947-48.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Words and Music, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948.
• Where's Charley?, Elstree, 1951.
• Battle Cry, Warner Brothers, 1955.
• Calamity Jane, Warner Brothers, 1953.
• Phantom of the Rue Morgue, Warner Brothers, 1954.
• The Reivers, National General, 1969.
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Warner Brothers, 1969.
• Monte Walsh, National General, 1970.
• The Cowboys, Warner Brothers, 1972.
• Jeremiah Johnson, Warner Brothers, 1972.
• The Magnificent Seven Ride, Universal, 1972.
• The Way We Were, Columbia, 1973.
• Cinderella Liberty, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974.
• All The President's Men, Warner Brothers, 1976.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• The Delphi Bureau, ABC.
• The Walton, CBS.
• Cannon, CBS.
• The F.B.I., ABC.
• Love Story, NBC.
• Ghost Story, NBC.
• Bonanza, NBC.
• My World and Welcome to It, NBC.
• Nichols, NBC.
• We'll Get By, CBS.
• Kodiak, ABC.
• Lou Grant, CBS.
• Young Dr. Kildare, syndicated.
• Credits; SERIES
• Janet Reubner, Tony Randall Show, ABC, 1976-77, then CBS, 1977-78.
• mother, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC, 1987--.
• MINI-SERIES Edna Davis, Beulah Land, NBC, 1980.
• Mrs. Smith, The Thorn Birds, ABC, 1983.
• Credits; MOVIES
• Miss Martin, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, NBC, 1974.
• Emma Lasko, Born Innocent, NBC, 1974.
• Jean, Someone I Touched, ABC, 1975.
• Alice Whitmore, Death Scream, ABC, 1975.
• Mrs. Pasko, The Entertainer, NBC, 1976.
• Polly Baker, A Shining Season, CBS, 1979.
• Dora, And Baby Makes Six, NBC, 1979.
• Shirley, Fantasies, ABC, 1982.
• Aunt Polly, Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer andHuck Finn, CBS, 1982.
• Aunt Emily, Two Kinds of Love, CBS, 1983.
• Audrey Williams, Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story, NBC, 1983.