Carlin Glynn

Carlin Glynn(born February 19, 1940) is an American singer and retired Tony Award-winning actress.She was married to writer/director/actor Peter Masterson in 1960 until his death in 2018. They have 3 children: actress Mary Stuart Masterson, cinematographer Peter Masterson Jr., and former actress Alexandra 'Lexie' Masterson.She's best known for her roles as Mae Barber inThree Days of the Condor(1975), Brenda Baker - mother toMolly Ringwald's character inSixteen Candles(1984), Jessie Mae inThe 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 inResurrection(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), andWhiskey School(2005).A life member ofThe Actors Studio,she made her belated butTony Award-winning Broadwaydebut - as 1979'sOutstanding Featured Actress in a Musical- portraying "Mona Stangley" in the original production ofThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, a musical comedy adapted by her husband and fellow Studio member, Peter Masterson, from a non-fiction article published inPlayboy, in collaboration with the article's author, Larry L. King, and songwriterCarol Hall, and developed at length in workshop performances at the Studio.