Carlin Glynn

Born: 1940-02-19

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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Sixteen Candles

as Brenda Baker
Released: 1984-05-04

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha...

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Three Days of the Condor

as Mae Barber (as Carlin Gylnn)
Released: 1975-09-24

A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until...

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Continental Divide

as Sylvia
Released: 1981-09-18

A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.

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Gardens of Stone

as Mrs. Feld
Released: 1987-05-05

A sergeant; stationed in Arlington, Virginia in the late 1960s; must deal with his desires to...

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Resurrection

as Suzy Kroll
Released: 1980-09-26

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that...

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Convicts

as Asa
Released: 1991-01-01

In 1902, 13-year-old Horace toils on a run-down plantation in rural Texas to buy a tombstone for...

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Blood Red

as Miss Jeffreys
Released: 1989-08-18

Set in the Napa Valley in 1895, an immigrant family struggles to keep their vineyards from...

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Night Game

as Alma
Released: 1989-09-15

A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after...

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The Escape Artist

as Treasurer's Secretary
Released: 1982-05-28

The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from...

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Day-O

as Margaret DeGeorgio
Released: 1992-05-03

A five-year-old named Grace creates an imaginary friend, because her parents only pay attention...

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The Trip to Bountiful

as Jessie Mae
Released: 1985-12-20

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas...

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Judy Berlin

as Maddie
Released: 1999-10-06

Judy Berlin is an aspiring actress whose idealism is at odds with her small suburban community,...

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The Exonerated

as Judge
Released: 2006-03-06

Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death...

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Lost Junction

as Waitress
Released: 2003-02-14

A hitchhiker gets a ride with an oddball woman who has her husband's body in the trunk of the car.

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Blessing

as Arlene
Released: 1994-01-20

Set on a Wisconsin dairy farm, Randi, the daughter, is trying to find a way to escape the farm,...

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West of Here

as Sally Blackwell
Released: 2002-06-09

Finding his only escape in music, Gil Blackwell (Josh Hamilton) decides to leave his monotonous...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Ella Quinn
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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A Woman Named Jackie

as Lady Bird Johnson
First aired: 1991-10-13

This biographical miniseries, based on the best seller by C. David Heymann, starts when Jackie...

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Mr. President

as First Lady Meg Tresch
First aired: 1987-05-03

Mr. President is a United States television series starring George C. Scott that premiered on...

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