Carlin Glynn Dies: Tony Winner For ‘The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas’ And Mother Of Mary Stuart Masterson Was 83
deadline.comCarlin Glynn, the Tony-winning star of Broadway hit The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, died July 13 from complications of dementia and cancer.
She was 83 and her death was confirmed by her daughter, actress Mary Stuart Masterson. “She was the most graceful clumsy person you would ever meet,” Masterson posted on Instagram about her mother. “Strong, smart, silly, intuitive, kind, generous, passionate, and a deep listener.
She was devoted to my father and to the enormous circle of students and collaborators who were considered her chosen family.” Born in February 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, Glynn was raised in Houston, Texas.
She moved to New York to study at The Actors Studio under Stella Adler and Wynn Handman before moving back to Houston, where she met local actor Peter Masterson while working with him.
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