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Lynn Carlin

Actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1938 · age 88

Mary Lynn Carlin is an American retired actress. For her debut role in the 1968 John Cassavetes film Faces, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first nonprofessional performer to receive an Oscar nomination.

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A life in dates

2004Making 'Faces'Film2000A Constant ForgeFilm1984Murder, She WroteSeries, Nicole1983A Killer in the FamilyFilm, Dorothy Tison1982Forbidden LoveFilm, Ella Wagner1981DarkroomSeries, Mrs. Shires1980Tenspeed and Brown ShoeSeriesBattle Beyond the StarsFilm, 1980Nell1979French PostcardsFilm, Mrs. Weber1977James at 16Series, Meg HunterJames at 15Film, 1977Meg Hunter1976Charlie's AngelsSeries, Warden IngramDawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawayFilm, 1976Dawn's Mother1975Iron and HorseFilm, Meridel York1974Paper MoonSeriesDead of NightFilm, 1974Christine Brooks1972Emergency!Series, Mrs. Patterson1971A Step Out of LineFilm, Linda Connors1970… tick… tick… tick…Film, Julia Little1969Hawaii Five-OSeries, Maxine TaylorSilent Night, Lonely NightFilm, 1969Jennifer Sparrow1968FacesFilm, Maria Forst1967IronsideSeries1955GunsmokeSeries, Janet Milligan1938Born31 January 1938

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Known for

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  • Taking Off 1971
  • Dead of Night 1974
  • Wild Rovers 1971
  • Superstition 1982
  • Battle Beyond the Stars 1980

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 27

54 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Photos 1

About this person

She was later nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Milos Forman’s Taking Off (1971).

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1938 · age 88

In the same film or series as Lynn

Linda LavinAlso in The Morning After (1974)Carrie SnodgressAlso in Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969)Estelle ParsonsAlso in The Tenth Level (1976)Dana ElcarAlso in Forbidden Love (1982)Pernell RobertsAlso in The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975)Paul EddingtonAlso in Baxter! (1973)