1. Lynn Carlin was later nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Milos Forman's Taking Off.
12 Facts About Lynn Carlin
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Lynn Carlin was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of socialite Muriel Elizabeth and 'Larry Reynolds'.
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Lynn Carlin's father was a Hollywood business manager, and her mother worked in radio.
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Lynn Carlin is the first nonprofessional to be nominated for an Academy Award.
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Lynn Carlin subsequently played wives and mothers before retiring in 1987.
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Lynn Carlin is perhaps best remembered as the parent of growing teen Lance Kerwin in the TV-movie James at 15 and its subsequent spin-off James at 16.
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Lynn Carlin appeared in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, and she had a recurring role on the short-lived television series Strike Force.
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Lynn Carlin appeared in several other TV movies, including Silent Night, Lonely Night.
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Lynn Carlin played the wife of Sam Houston in the biopic The Honorable Sam Houston in 1975.
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Lynn Carlin's last acting role was a guest appearance on Murder, She Wrote in 1987 as the wife of the episode's murder victim, played by Cornel Wilde.
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Lynn Carlin was married to Peter Hall from 1958 until their divorce in 1960.
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Lynn Carlin was married to John Wolfe from 1983 until his death in 1999.