Beloved Sixteen Candles star has died
TONY Award-winning actress Carlin Glynn, known for appearing in the hit 1984 film Sixteen Candles is dead at the age of 83.Carlin Glynn has died at age 83 from complications due to dementia and cancer, her daughter confirmedGlynn appeared in Sixteen Candles as Brenda Baker, the mother of Molly Ringwald's characterHer death was confirmed by her daughter, Mary Stuart Masterson, who"She was the most graceful clumsy person you would ever meet," wrote Masterson.
"She was devoted to my father and to the enormous circle of students and collaborators who were considered her chosenMasterson shared a photo of a young Glynn, along with one from her 80th birthday "before the worst of dementia and cancer took their toll."Glynn was born on February 19, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio but raised in Houston, Texas, and attended the Mirabeau B. Lamar High School.
After graduating high school, Glynn moved to New York and studied at the Actors Studio before moving back to Houston. There she met her husband, Peter Masterson, an actor and playwright who wrote The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - the Broadway hit that led to her Tony win.
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