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| caption = Lynn Carlin in 1976
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| birth_name = Mary Lynn Reynolds
| birth_name = Mary Lynn Reynolds
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| birth_date = January 31, 1938<!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --><ref name="californiabirthindex/2059974">{{cite web |title=Mary Lynn Reynolds, born on January 31, 1938 in Los Angeles County, California. |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/mary_lynn_reynolds_born_1938_2059974 |website=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org |access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| occupation = [[Actor|Actress]]
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==Life and career==
==Life and career==
She was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of socialite Muriel Elizabeth (née Ansley) and Laurence 'Larry' Reynolds.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-30/local/me-1867_1_orange-county Muriel Reynolds LA Times obituary] accessed 1-2-2016</ref> Her father was a Hollywood business manager, and her mother worked in radio. She grew up in Laguna Beach.<ref name="cet">{{cite news |last1=Kleiner |first1=Dick |title=Lynn Carlin Nervous in Second Film Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42437212/lynn_carlin/ |accessdate=January 17, 2020 |work=Cumberland Evening Times |agency=Newspaper Enterprise |date=July 5, 1969 |location=Maryland, Cumberland |page=9|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
Lynn Carlin was born as Mary Lynn Reynolds on 31 January 1938,<ref name="californiabirthindex/2059974"/> in Los Angeles, the daughter of socialite Muriel Elizabeth (née Ansley) and Laurence 'Larry' Reynolds.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-30/local/me-1867_1_orange-county Muriel Reynolds LA Times obituary] accessed 1-2-2016</ref> Her father was a Hollywood business manager, and her mother worked in radio. She grew up in Laguna Beach.<ref name="cet">{{cite news |last1=Kleiner |first1=Dick |title=Lynn Carlin Nervous in Second Film Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42437212/lynn_carlin/ |accessdate=January 17, 2020 |work=Cumberland Evening Times |agency=Newspaper Enterprise |date=July 5, 1969 |location=Maryland, Cumberland |page=9|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


Carlin, a secretary-turned-actress, earned her only Academy Award nomination in 1968 for her first feature role as [[John Marley]]'s suicidal wife Maria in [[John Cassavetes]]' ''[[Faces (1968 film)|''Faces'']]'' (1968). She is the first nonprofessional to be nominated for an Academy Award.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harford |first1=Margaret |title=Lynn Carlin: Memo Taker May Take Home an Oscar |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42437762/lynn_carlin/ |accessdate=January 17, 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=April 8, 1969 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=Part IV - 1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She subsequently played wives and mothers before retiring in 1987. She next appeared in ''[[...tick...tick...tick...]]'' (1970) as [[George Kennedy]]'s ambitious, henpecking wife and returned to offbeat roles as [[Buck Henry]]'s wife, searching for her missing daughter amid the hippies and drug culture of 1970s New York in [[Miloš Forman]]'s ''[[Taking Off (film)|Taking Off]]'' (1971). The same year, she appeared in [[Blake Edwards]]' western ''[[Wild Rovers]]''. In 1972, she was re-teamed with John Marley, again as his wife, in [[Bob Clark|Bob Clark's]] horror film ''[[Deathdream]]'', and her other film roles include the British drama film ''[[Baxter!]]'' (1973) as the mother of [[Scott Jacoby (actor)|Scott Jacoby]], the 1979 comedy ''[[French Postcards]]'', and the 1982 horror film ''[[Superstition (1982 film)|Superstition]]''.
Carlin, [[Robert Altman]]{{'}}s<ref name="rogerebert/faces-1968">{{cite news |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title='Faces' movie review & film summary (1968) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/faces-1968 |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=rogerebert.com |date=December 19, 1968 |language=en}}</ref> secretary-turned-actress,<ref name="isbn=978-0-85712-841-6">{{cite book |last1=Charity |first1=Tom |title=John Cassavetes: Lifeworks |date=26 June 2012 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-841-6 |page=99 |quote=... Lynn Carlin, a secretary who worked for another young, frustrated film-maker in the adjacent office at Screen Gems, Robert Altman. Carlin had done a little ... |language=en}}</ref><ref name="jonathanrosenbaum/faces">{{cite news |last1=Rosenbaum |first1=Jonathan |author1-link=Jonathan Rosenbaum |title=Faces |url=https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2023/06/faces/ |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=jonathanrosenbaum.net |agency=[[Chicago Reader]] |date=July 13, 2001}}</ref> earned her only Academy Award nomination in 1968 for her first feature role as [[John Marley]]'s suicidal wife Maria in [[John Cassavetes]]' ''[[Faces (1968 film)|''Faces'']]'' (1968). She is the first nonprofessional to be nominated for an Academy Award.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harford |first1=Margaret |title=Lynn Carlin: Memo Taker May Take Home an Oscar |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42437762/lynn_carlin/ |accessdate=January 17, 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=April 8, 1969 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=Part IV - 1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She subsequently played wives and mothers before retiring in 1987. She next appeared in ''[[...tick...tick...tick...]]'' (1970) as [[George Kennedy]]'s ambitious, henpecking wife and returned to offbeat roles as [[Buck Henry]]'s wife, searching for her missing daughter amid the hippies and drug culture of 1970s New York in [[Miloš Forman]]'s ''[[Taking Off (film)|Taking Off]]'' (1971).<ref name="nytimes/1971/04/18/lynn-mom">{{cite news |last1=Klemesrud |first1=Judy |title=Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/18/archives/-lynn-went-along-as-mom.html |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=nytimes.com |date=April 18, 1971 |quote=WHAT kind of woman would go on as the very last guest on the David Frost show, where she barely gets to utter a peep, and not let it bother her; would, at the age of 33, take movie roles that make people think she is in her 40's and not let it bother her; would let herself get typecast as a hysterical suburban housewife and not let it bother her; and would play a partially nude scene— even though she has one inverted nip ple—and not let it bother her? (Well, not much, anyway.)}}</ref> The same year, she appeared in [[Blake Edwards]]' western ''[[Wild Rovers]]''. In 1972, she was re-teamed with John Marley, again as his wife, in [[Bob Clark|Bob Clark's]] horror film ''[[Deathdream]]'', and her other film roles include the British drama film ''[[Baxter!]]'' (1973) as the mother of [[Scott Jacoby (actor)|Scott Jacoby]], the 1979 comedy ''[[French Postcards]]'', and the 1982 horror film ''[[Superstition (1982 film)|Superstition]]''.


Carlin is perhaps best remembered as the parent of growing teen [[Lance Kerwin]] in the TV-movie ''[[James at 15]]'' (1977) and its subsequent spin-off ''James at 16''. In 1977, she was cast in several episodes of ''[[The Waltons]]'' as a nurse who marries the county sheriff. She appeared in the 1976 miniseries ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man Book II]]'', and she had a recurring role on the short-lived television series ''[[Strike Force (TV series)|Strike Force]]'' (1981–1982). She appeared in several other TV movies, including ''Silent Night, Lonely Night''. In 1972, she appeared in an episode of ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' titled "Milligan" as the wife of [[Harry Morgan]]'s character.
Carlin is perhaps best remembered as the parent of growing teen [[Lance Kerwin]] in the TV-movie ''[[James at 15]]'' (1977) and its subsequent spin-off ''James at 16''. In 1977, she was cast in several episodes of ''[[The Waltons]]'' as a nurse who marries the county sheriff. She appeared in the 1976 miniseries ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man Book II]]'', and she had a recurring role on the short-lived television series ''[[Strike Force (TV series)|Strike Force]]'' (1981–1982). She appeared in several other TV movies, including ''Silent Night, Lonely Night''. In 1972, she appeared in an episode of ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' titled "Milligan" as the wife of [[Harry Morgan]]'s character.
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==External links==
==External links==
* https://catalog.afi.com/Person/102856-Lynn-Carlin
* {{IMDb name|0137524}}
* {{IMDb name|0137524}}


Revision as of 23:51, 22 October 2023

Lynn Carlin
Lynn Carlin in 1976
Born
Mary Lynn Reynolds

January 31, 1938[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1968–1987
Spouses
Peter Hall
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(m. 1958; div. 1960)​
Ed Carlin
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(m. 1963; div. 1974)​
John Wolfe
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(m. 1983; died 1999)​
Children2, including Dan Carlin

Mary Lynn Carlin (née Reynolds) is a former actress. She is best known for her debut role in the film Faces (1968), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.

Life and career

Lynn Carlin was born as Mary Lynn Reynolds on 31 January 1938,[1] in Los Angeles, the daughter of socialite Muriel Elizabeth (née Ansley) and Laurence 'Larry' Reynolds.[2] Her father was a Hollywood business manager, and her mother worked in radio. She grew up in Laguna Beach.[3]

Carlin, Robert Altman's[4] secretary-turned-actress,[5][6] earned her only Academy Award nomination in 1968 for her first feature role as John Marley's suicidal wife Maria in John Cassavetes' Faces (1968). She is the first nonprofessional to be nominated for an Academy Award.[7] She subsequently played wives and mothers before retiring in 1987. She next appeared in ...tick...tick...tick... (1970) as George Kennedy's ambitious, henpecking wife and returned to offbeat roles as Buck Henry's wife, searching for her missing daughter amid the hippies and drug culture of 1970s New York in Miloš Forman's Taking Off (1971).[8] The same year, she appeared in Blake Edwards' western Wild Rovers. In 1972, she was re-teamed with John Marley, again as his wife, in Bob Clark's horror film Deathdream, and her other film roles include the British drama film Baxter! (1973) as the mother of Scott Jacoby, the 1979 comedy French Postcards, and the 1982 horror film Superstition.

Carlin is perhaps best remembered as the parent of growing teen Lance Kerwin in the TV-movie James at 15 (1977) and its subsequent spin-off James at 16. In 1977, she was cast in several episodes of The Waltons as a nurse who marries the county sheriff. She appeared in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, and she had a recurring role on the short-lived television series Strike Force (1981–1982). She appeared in several other TV movies, including Silent Night, Lonely Night. In 1972, she appeared in an episode of Gunsmoke titled "Milligan" as the wife of Harry Morgan's character.

In 1971, she played the mother of teenage father Desi Arnaz Jr. in Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones. The same year, she played Peter Falk's wife in A Step Out of Line. In 1974, she appeared in both Terror on the 40th Floor and The Morning After. She played the wife of Sam Houston in the biopic The Honorable Sam Houston in 1975. The following year, she played Eve Plumb's mother in Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway.

In her last television movie, she played the mother of three young men manipulated into breaking their father (Robert Mitchum) out of jail in A Killer in the Family (1983). Her last acting role was a guest appearance on Murder, She Wrote in 1987 as the wife of the episode's murder victim, played by Cornel Wilde.

Personal life

Carlin was married to Peter Hall from 1958 until their divorce in 1960. Her second marriage was to Edward Carlin, with whom she had two children. This union (1963–74) also ended in divorce. Her oldest child is podcaster/journalist Dan Carlin. She was married to John Wolfe from 1983 until his death in 1999.[9][better source needed]

Filmography

Films

TV series

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1969 3rd National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Actress Faces Nominated
41st Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
1972 25th British Academy Film Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Taking Off Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b "Mary Lynn Reynolds, born on January 31, 1938 in Los Angeles County, California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. ^ Muriel Reynolds LA Times obituary accessed 1-2-2016
  3. ^ Kleiner, Dick (July 5, 1969). "Lynn Carlin Nervous in Second Film Role". Cumberland Evening Times. Maryland, Cumberland. Newspaper Enterprise. p. 9. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Ebert, Roger (December 19, 1968). "'Faces' movie review & film summary (1968)". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  5. ^ Charity, Tom (26 June 2012). John Cassavetes: Lifeworks. Omnibus Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-85712-841-6. ... Lynn Carlin, a secretary who worked for another young, frustrated film-maker in the adjacent office at Screen Gems, Robert Altman. Carlin had done a little ...
  6. ^ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (July 13, 2001). "Faces". jonathanrosenbaum.net. Chicago Reader. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  7. ^ Harford, Margaret (April 8, 1969). "Lynn Carlin: Memo Taker May Take Home an Oscar". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. p. Part IV - 1. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Klemesrud, Judy (April 18, 1971). "Movies". nytimes.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023. WHAT kind of woman would go on as the very last guest on the David Frost show, where she barely gets to utter a peep, and not let it bother her; would, at the age of 33, take movie roles that make people think she is in her 40's and not let it bother her; would let herself get typecast as a hysterical suburban housewife and not let it bother her; and would play a partially nude scene— even though she has one inverted nip ple—and not let it bother her? (Well, not much, anyway.)
  9. ^ Hollywood.com profile; accessed July 24, 2014.

External links

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