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Carlin Glynn

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1940-02-19

Birth Place

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Movies and TV shows :

poster

A Woman Named Jackie

1991

9.2

TV
Blessing

Blessing

1994

4.0

Movie
Blood Red

Blood Red

1989

4.4

Movie
Continental Divide

Continental Divide

1981

6.0

Movie
Convicts

Convicts

1991

5.4

Movie
Day-O

Day-O

1992

4.7

Movie
Gardens of Stone

Gardens of Stone

1987

6.3

Movie
Judy Berlin

Judy Berlin

1999

5.9

Movie
poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

7.6

TV
Lost Junction

Lost Junction

2003

4.8

Movie
poster

Mr. President

1987

7.5

TV
Night Game

Night Game

1989

4.4

Movie
Resurrection

Resurrection

1980

6.5

Movie
Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

1984

6.8

Movie
The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

1982

6.1

Movie
The Exonerated

The Exonerated

2006

8.0

Movie
The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful

1985

7.3

Movie
Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor

1975

7.3

Movie
West of Here

West of Here

2002

2.0

Movie
Whiskey School

Whiskey School

2005

6.0

Movie