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.
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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
Sixteen CandlesBrenda Baker6.7
Three Days of the CondorMae Barber (as Carlin Gylnn)7.3
Law & Order: Criminal IntentElla Quinn7.6
Continental DivideSylvia6.1
Gardens of StoneMrs. Feld6.2
The Trip to BountifulJessie Mae7.2
ResurrectionSuzy Kroll6.5
Night GameAlma4.7
The Escape ArtistTreasurer's Secretary6.2
ConvictsAsa5.7
Day-OMargaret DeGeorgio
Blood RedMiss Jeffreys
Filmography
- 2006The ExoneratedFilm: Judge
- 2005Whiskey SchoolFilm: Pamela Evans
- 2003Lost JunctionFilm: Waitress
- 2002West of HereFilm: Sally Blackwell
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries: Ella Quinn (1 episode)
- 1999Judy BerlinFilm: Maddie
- 1994BlessingFilm: Arlene
- 1992Day-OFilm: Margaret DeGeorgio
- 1991A Woman Named JackieSeries: Lady Bird Johnson (2 episodes)
- 1991ConvictsFilm: Asa
- 1990Coyote MountainFilm: Mother
- 1989Night GameFilm: Alma
- 1989Blood RedFilm: Miss Jeffreys
- 1987Gardens of StoneFilm: Mrs. Feld
- 1987Mr. PresidentSeries: First Lady Meg Tresch (9 episodes)
- 1985The Trip to BountifulFilm: Jessie Mae
- 1984Sixteen CandlesFilm: Brenda Baker
- 1982The Escape ArtistFilm: Treasurer's Secretary
- 1981Continental DivideFilm: Sylvia
- 1980ResurrectionFilm: Suzy Kroll
- 1975Three Days of the CondorFilm: Mae Barber (as Carlin Gylnn)
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