Lynn Carlin facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lynn Carlin
Lynn Carlin in 1976
Born	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1968–1987
Spouse(s)	Peter Hall ​ ​ (m. 1958; div. 1960)​ Ed Carlin ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1974)​ John Wolfe ​ ​ (m. 1983; his death 1999)​
Children	2, including Dan Carlin

Mary Lynn Carlin (born Reynolds) is an American actress who is now retired. She became famous for her very first movie role in the 1968 film Faces. For this role, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. This was special because she was the first person who wasn't a professional actor to get an Oscar nomination. Later, she was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her part in the movie Taking Off (1971).

Early Life and First Roles

Lynn Carlin was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father was a business manager in Hollywood, and her mother worked in radio. Lynn grew up in Laguna Beach. She started her acting career on stage in a play called The Women at the Laguna Beach Playhouse.

Her big break came in 1968 with the movie Faces. In this film, she played Maria, the wife of a character played by John Marley. This was her first movie role, and it earned her an Academy Award nomination. It was a big deal because she wasn't a trained actress.

Acting Career in Film and TV

After Faces, Lynn Carlin often played roles as wives and mothers. She appeared in ...tick...tick...tick... (1970) as a wife who pushed her husband. In 1971, she was in Taking Off, playing a mother looking for her daughter among hippies in New York. That same year, she also appeared in the western movie Wild Rovers.

In 1972, she worked with John Marley again in the horror film Deathdream, where she played his wife once more. Other movies she was in include the British drama Baxter! (1973), the comedy French Postcards (1979), and the horror film Superstition (1982).

Lynn Carlin is also well-known for her TV roles. She played the mother of a growing teenager, Lance Kerwin, in the TV movie James at 15 (1977) and its follow-up series James at 16. She also appeared in several episodes of The Waltons in 1977. She was in the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (1976) and had a regular role in the TV series Strike Force (1981–1982).

She acted in many other TV movies, like Silent Night, Lonely Night. In 1972, she was in an episode of Gunsmoke called "Milligan." In 1971, she played a mother in Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones. She also played Peter Falk's wife in A Step Out of Line. In 1974, she was in Terror on the 40th Floor and The Morning After. She played the wife of Sam Houston in a movie about his life in 1975. The next year, she played Eve Plumb's mother in Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway.

Her last TV movie was A Killer in the Family (1983). In this film, she played the mother of three young men. Her final acting role was a guest appearance on the TV show Murder, She Wrote in 1987. She retired from acting that year.

Personal Life

Lynn Carlin has been married three times. Her first marriage was to Peter Hall from 1958 to 1960. Her second marriage was to Edward Carlin, from 1963 to 1974. They had two children together. Her oldest child is Dan Carlin, who is a well-known podcaster and journalist. Her third marriage was to John Wolfe, from 1983 until he passed away in 1999.

Filmography

Films

• Faces (1968) - Maria
• ...tick...tick...tick... (1970) - Julia Little
• A Step Out of Line (1971) - Linda Connors
• Taking Off (1971) - Lynn Tyne
• Wild Rovers (1971) - Sada Billings
• Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971) - Mrs. Jones
• Baxter! (1973) - Scott Jacoby mother
• The Morning After (1974) - Fran Lester
• Deathdream (1974) - Christine Brooks
• Terror on the 40th Floor (1974) - Lee Parker
• The Honorable Sam Houston (1975) - Margaret Houston
• The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975) - Nancy Royce
• Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976) - Dawn's Mother
• French Postcards (1979) - Mrs. Weber
• Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) - Nell (voice)
• The Kid from Nowhere (1982) - Molly Edward
• Superstition (1982) - Melinda Leahy
• A Killer in the Family (1983) - Dorothy Tison

TV series

• Cannon (1971) - Helen Kern
• Hawaii Five-O (1973) - Maxine Taylor
• Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (1976) - Sarah Hunt
• The Waltons (1975-1977) - Sara Griffith Bridges/Eula Mae
• James at 15 (1977-1978) - Meg Hunter
• Strike Force (1981) - Lorraine Klein

Awards and Nominations

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  Lynn Carlin in 1976

See also

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