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19
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Actor
Carlin Glynn
Acting
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Movies: 16Series: 3
TMDB ID: 203731
IMDb ID: nm0323344
Known for: Acting
Born: February 19, 1940
Died: July 13, 2023
Age: 83
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2006
Years active: 32
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q5041297
Also known as
Carlin Gylnn
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Carlin Glynn.
7.2
The Exonerated
as Judge
2006 Movie
5.6
Lost Junction
as Waitress
2003 Movie
2.0
West of Here
as Sally Blackwell
2002 Movie
5.6
Judy Berlin
as Maddie
1999 Movie
3.7
Blessing
as Arlene
1994 Movie
4.7
Day-O
as Margaret DeGeorgio
1992 Movie
5.5
Convicts
as Asa
1991 Movie
4.4
Night Game
as Alma
1989 Movie
4.6
Blood Red
as Miss Jeffreys
1989 Movie
6.2
Gardens of Stone
as Mrs. Feld
1987 Movie
7.2
The Trip to Bountiful
as Jessie Mae
1985 Movie
6.8
Sixteen Candles
as Brenda Baker
1984 Movie
6.2
The Escape Artist
as Treasurer's Secretary
1982 Movie
6.1
Continental Divide
as Sylvia
1981 Movie
6.5
Resurrection
as Suzy Kroll
1980 Movie
7.3
Three Days of the Condor
as Mae Barber (as Carlin Gylnn)
1975 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Carlin Glynn.
