Carlin Glynn, Best Little Whorehouse, mother of Mary Stuart Masterson.

Carlin is a retired American singer and retired actress. She is the mother of actress Mary Stuart Masterson.
A life member of The Actors Studio, Glynn 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, from a non-fiction article published in Playboy Magazine, in collaboration with the article's author, Larry L. King, and songwriter Carol Hall, and developed at length in workshop performances at the Studio.
Glynn's first movie appearance was as Mae Barber in Three Days of the Condor (1975). She is also known for her role as mother to Molly Ringwald's character in Sixteen Candles (1984), and as daughter-in-law to Geraldine Page's character in The Trip to Bountiful (1985). Her other film credits include roles in Resurrection (1980), Continental Divide (1981), The Escape Artist (1982), Gardens of Stone (1987), Blood Red (1989), Night Game (1989), Convicts (1991), Judy Berlin (1999) and Whiskey School (2005).

[@mchris65]

Just adored her in Sixteen Candles, wish I could have seen her on Broadway. Condolences to her family.

[@bbqtom1400]

Carlyn was my babysitter in Houston.

[@janemiller8335]

She also played the mother on Sixteen Candles..

[@jorgemaldonado5575]

Ms. Carlin is my angel 👼 I have the previlage to drive them to the city every month, they are Beautiful people and I thank god for that 🙏🏻