Carlin 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 daught…
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.
They married and relocated to New York City so that Masterson could continue his acting career. Glynn left the business to raise the couple’s children. By the mid-1970s, Peter Masterson morphed from acting to directing and producing. Inspired by an article, he began writing the musical in collaboration with the article’s writer and Texan songwriter Carol Hall.
Glynn was lured from retirement to play Miss Mona Stangley, the madame of the musical’s “Chicken Ranch.” By the time the musical premiered at Off-Broadway’s Entermedia Theatre in 1978, Glynn’s high school friend Tommy Tune was cochoreographing and codirecting with Masterson. It moved to Broadway shortly after.
The production nabbed seven Tony nominations and two wins at the 1979 honors. One of those wins was for Glynn, taking Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her work. Glynn reprised her performance in the musical’s 1982 Broadway revival. success came shortly after Glynn returned to other acting with a role as Mae Barber in The Trip to BountifulGlynn was pre-deceased by Peter Masterson in 2018.
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