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person_profile-Carlin Glynn

Carlin Glynn Died at age: 83

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Carlin Glynn

Date of Birth:

Feb 19, 1940

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jul 13, 2023

Biography of

Carlin Glynn

    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.

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Carlin Glynn

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Filmography of

Carlin Glynn

Found 16 Movies in total

The Exonerated

Judge ( Actor )

... 2006

Lost Junction

Waitress ( Actor )

... 2003

West of Here

Sally Blackwell ( Actor )

... 2002

Judy Berlin

Maddie ( Actor )

... 1999

Blessing

Arlene ( Actor )

... 1994

Day-O

Margaret DeGeorgio ( Actor )

... 1992

Convicts

Asa ( Actor )

... 1991

Night Game

Alma ( Actor )

... 1989

Blood Red

Miss Jeffreys ( Actor )

... 1989

Gardens of Stone

Mrs. Feld ( Actor )

... 1987

The Trip to Bountiful

Jessie Mae ( Actor )

... 1985

Sixteen Candles

Brenda Baker ( Actor )

... 1984

The Escape Artist

Treasurer's Secretary ( Actor )

... 1982

Continental Divide

Sylvia ( Actor )

... 1981

Resurrection

Suzy Kroll ( Actor )

... 1980

Three Days of the Condor

Mae Barber (as Carlin Gylnn) ( Actor )

... 1975