Lynn Carlin | |
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![]() Lynn Carlin in 1976 | |
Born | Mary Lynn Reynolds January 31, 1938[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1968–1987 |
Spouses | Peter Hall
(m. 1958; div. 1960)Ed Carlin
(m. 1963; div. 1974)John Wolfe
(m. 1983; died 1999) |
Children | 2, including Dan Carlin |
Mary Lynn Carlin (née Reynolds) 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. 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).