Carlin Glynn, the veteran actress known for her work on both stage and screen, has passed away at 83.
According to her daughter, Mary Stuart Masterson, Glynn died following a battle with dementia and cancer on July 13.
"On Thursday, July 13th, my mother, Carlin Glynn Masterson, passed away. I was with her. I will always be grateful for those last moments, no matter how hard. Death is like birth in the oddest way. From my first breath to her last. This thread is as fragile as it is strong," Masterson wrote on Instagram next to a throwback picture of her late mother."She was the most graceful clumsy person you would ever meet.
Masterson's post continued with a snapshot of a poem and a picture of her mother from her 80th birthday party. "The stanza is from Seamus Heaney's poem, Clearances. The last photo is from her 80th birthday party, before the worst of dementia and cancer took their toll. She never lost her sense of joy or wonder. The silly guy pictured with her is my dear brother @seppisigh Rest in peace, mommy.".
Glynn would go on to reprise the role on Broadway, under the direction of her husband, Peter Masterson, in the '80s. , where she played Brenda Baker, the mother of Sam Baker .
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