Who was Carlin Glynn? Tony Award-Winning Actress Dead at 83

Carlin Glynn was an American actress and singer who made her belated but Tony-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 Glynn’s husband and fellow Studio member, Peter Masterson.

She died on July 13, 2023, following dementia and cancer diagnoses in recent years. She was 83 years old at the time of death.

Glynn was also known for her role as mother to Molly Ringwald’s character in Sixteen Candles (1984), as a daughter-in-law to Geraldine Page’s character in The Trip to Bountiful (1985), directed by her husband Peter Masterson.

She was known for several movies and TV shows. Some of them include Resurrection, Continental Divide, The Escape Artist, Garden of Stone, Blood Red, Night Game, Convicts, Judy Berlin, Whiskey School, The Trip to Bountiful, Sixteen Candles, Lost Junction, Day-O, A Woman Named Jackie, The Exonerated, and more.