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Carlin Glynn

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
21

Gender
Female

Birthday
February 19, 1940 (86 years old)

Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Carlin Glynn

Biography

Carlin Glynn (February 19, 1940 - July 13, 2023) was an American singer and Tony Award-winning actress. She was married to writer/director/actor Peter Masterson in 1960 until his death in 2018. They had 3 children: actress Mary Stuart Masterson, cinematographer Peter Masterson Jr., and former actress Alexandra 'Lexie' Masterson.

She wa best known for her roles as Mae Barber in Three Days of the Condor (1975), Brenda Baker - mother to Molly Ringwald's character in Sixteen Candles (1984), Jessie Mae in The Trip to Bountiful (1985) (directed by her husband), First Lady Meg Tresch alongside George C. Scott's character President Samuel Tresch on FOX's TV series Mr. President, and Lady Bird Johnson on the miniseries A Woman Named Jackie.

Her other film credits include roles in Resurrection (1980), Continental Divide (1981), The Escape Artist (1982), Gardens of Stone (1987) (where her husband and daughter also had roles), Blood Red (1989), Night Game (1989), Convicts (1991), Judy Berlin (1999), and Whiskey School (2005).

A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her belated but Tony Award-winning Broadway debut - as 1979's Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - portraying "Mona Stangley" in the original production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, a musical comedy adapted by her husband and fellow Studio member,  Peter Masterson, from a non-fiction article published in Playboy, in collaboration with the article's author, Larry L. King, and songwriter Carol Hall, and developed at length in workshop performances at the Studio.

Known For

Acting

2006The Exoneratedas Judge
2005Whiskey Schoolas Pamela Evans
2003Lost Junctionas Waitress
2002West of Hereas Sally Blackwell
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intentas Ella Quinn
1999Judy Berlinas Maddie
1994Blessingas Arlene
1992Day-Oas Margaret DeGeorgio
1991A Woman Named Jackieas Lady Bird Johnson
1991Convictsas Asa
1990Coyote Mountainas Mother
1989Night Gameas Alma
1989Blood Redas Miss Jeffreys
1987Gardens of Stoneas Mrs. Feld
1987Mr. Presidentas First Lady Meg Tresch
1985The Trip to Bountifulas Jessie Mae
1984Sixteen Candlesas Brenda Baker
1982The Escape Artistas Treasurer's Secretary
1981Continental Divideas Sylvia
1980Resurrectionas Suzy Kroll
1975Three Days of the Condoras Mae Barber (as Carlin Gylnn)

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