Carlin Glynn

Born: 1940-02-19 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died: 2023-07-13

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2006

The Exonerated as Judge

2005

Whiskey School as Pamela Evans

2003

Lost Junction as Waitress

2002

West of Here as Sally Blackwell

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Ella Quinn

1999

Judy Berlin as Maddie

1994

Blessing as Arlene

1992

Day-O as Margaret DeGeorgio

1991

Convicts as Asa
A Woman Named Jackie as Lady Bird Johnson

1990

Coyote Mountain as Mother

1989

Blood Red as Miss Jeffreys
Night Game as Alma

1987

Gardens of Stone as Mrs. Feld
Mr. President as First Lady Meg Tresch

1985

The Trip to Bountiful as Jessie Mae

1984

Sixteen Candles as Brenda Baker

1982

The Escape Artist as Treasurer's Secretary

1981

Continental Divide as Sylvia

1980

Resurrection as Suzy Kroll

1975

Three Days of the Condor as Mae Barber (as Carlin Gylnn)