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 daughter, actress Mary Stuart Masterson.
Masterson posted on Instagram about her mother.
“She was the most graceful clumsy person you would ever meet. Strong, smart, silly, intuitive, kind, generous, passionate, and a deep listener. She was devoted to my father and to the enormous circle of students and collaborators who were considered her chosen family.”
Born on February 19, 1940 in Cleveland, Glynn was raised in Houston. 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.
Masterson posted on Instagram about her mother.
“She was the most graceful clumsy person you would ever meet. Strong, smart, silly, intuitive, kind, generous, passionate, and a deep listener. She was devoted to my father and to the enormous circle of students and collaborators who were considered her chosen family.”
Born on February 19, 1940 in Cleveland, Glynn was raised in Houston. 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.
- 7/20/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack Kehler, perhaps best known as The Dude (Jeff Bridges)’s landlord in “The Big Lebowski,” has died of complications from leukemia, according to his son Eddie Kehler. The lifetime member of the Actors Studio died May 7 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, just shy of his 76th birthday.
Besides his memorable performance as the stammering landlord in “The Big Lebowski,” Kehler’s other film appearances included “Pineapple Express, “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” “Lethal Weapon 4,” “Waterworld,” “Point Break,” and “Men in Black II.”
He made his feature film debut as a gas station attendant in 1983’s “Strange Invaders” and according to his IMDb profile, was filming Eric Fulford’s “The Platinum Loop” at the time of his death.
Kehler played Frank Szymanski on 1990s series “Murder One” and had recurring roles as Harlan Wyndam-Matson on “The Main in the High Castle” and in the 2003 Teri Polo Sitcom,...
Besides his memorable performance as the stammering landlord in “The Big Lebowski,” Kehler’s other film appearances included “Pineapple Express, “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” “Lethal Weapon 4,” “Waterworld,” “Point Break,” and “Men in Black II.”
He made his feature film debut as a gas station attendant in 1983’s “Strange Invaders” and according to his IMDb profile, was filming Eric Fulford’s “The Platinum Loop” at the time of his death.
Kehler played Frank Szymanski on 1990s series “Murder One” and had recurring roles as Harlan Wyndam-Matson on “The Main in the High Castle” and in the 2003 Teri Polo Sitcom,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Jack Kehler, a character actor who had supporting roles in dozens of TV shows and films over four decades including the Dude’s landlord in The Big Lebowski, has died. He was 75.
Kehler’s son, Eddie Kehler told Deadline, that his father died Saturday of complications of leukemia at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery
Born on May 22, 1946, in Philadelphia, the elder Kehler studied with Sanford Meisner and Wynn Handman and was a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. He was a regular on the short-lived ABC adventure series McKenna and in Season 2 of ABC’s Murder One. He recurred on such shows as The Man in the High Castle, mid-2000s ABC sitcom I’m with Her and the star-packed 1986 miniseries Fresno.
He also guested on dozens of popular series ranging from Hill Street Blues, Hunter, Cagney & Lacey, L.A. Law, Newhart...
Kehler’s son, Eddie Kehler told Deadline, that his father died Saturday of complications of leukemia at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery
Born on May 22, 1946, in Philadelphia, the elder Kehler studied with Sanford Meisner and Wynn Handman and was a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. He was a regular on the short-lived ABC adventure series McKenna and in Season 2 of ABC’s Murder One. He recurred on such shows as The Man in the High Castle, mid-2000s ABC sitcom I’m with Her and the star-packed 1986 miniseries Fresno.
He also guested on dozens of popular series ranging from Hill Street Blues, Hunter, Cagney & Lacey, L.A. Law, Newhart...
- 5/10/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
As we finally turn the calendar on the Cruelest Year, let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the memorable people we lost from the world of entertainment. Click through the photo gallery above.
Among those who passed during 2020 were big-screen Hollywood legends from Kirk Douglas and Olivia de Havilland to Sean Connery and Chadwick Boseman, sitcom favorites Jerry Stiller and Dawn Wells and two of the all-time showbiz multihyphenates in Carl Reiner and Buck Henry. Other actors who left us include Diana Rigg, Max Von Sydow, Brian Dennehy, Kelly Preston, Fred Willard, Naya Rivera, Nick Cordero, Monty Python’s Terry Jones and Indian stars Irrfan Khan and Soumitra Chatterjee.
The movie world also mourns filmmakers Alan Parker, Joel Schumacher and Kim Ki-duk, along with a man who would be on a Mount Rushmore for film composers: Ennio Morrocone.
Also gone this past year were such admired TV personalities as Regis Philbin,...
Among those who passed during 2020 were big-screen Hollywood legends from Kirk Douglas and Olivia de Havilland to Sean Connery and Chadwick Boseman, sitcom favorites Jerry Stiller and Dawn Wells and two of the all-time showbiz multihyphenates in Carl Reiner and Buck Henry. Other actors who left us include Diana Rigg, Max Von Sydow, Brian Dennehy, Kelly Preston, Fred Willard, Naya Rivera, Nick Cordero, Monty Python’s Terry Jones and Indian stars Irrfan Khan and Soumitra Chatterjee.
The movie world also mourns filmmakers Alan Parker, Joel Schumacher and Kim Ki-duk, along with a man who would be on a Mount Rushmore for film composers: Ennio Morrocone.
Also gone this past year were such admired TV personalities as Regis Philbin,...
- 12/31/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Photo: 'It Takes a Lunatic'/Netflix When I think of documentaries, I often associate them with heavy subject matter and a dramatic tone. Many of my favorite documentaries center around conspiracy theories and topics like injustice. While these films are certainly worthy of discussion and analysis, they can be draining. Sometimes, you need something a little less intense to relax you, especially in these anxious times. It Takes a Lunatic is low on the intensity and high on the heartwarming content. It centers on the life and accomplishments of acclaimed acting teacher Wynn Handman, who you probably aren’t familiar with unless you’re well-versed in the theater world. Handman not only taught successful actors, such as Alec Baldwin and Michael Douglas, but he co-founded his own theater. For decades, The American Place Theater was home to some of New York City’s most well-known plays, and Handman...
- 9/17/2020
- by Joshua Valdez
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Benicio Del Toro and Michael Douglas sat down for a chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors. For more, click here.
Michael Douglas made a return to television with Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method” — a comedy about aging in Hollywood that’s his first series-regular work since ’70s drama “The Streets of San Francisco.” His fellow acting veteran Benicio Del Toro (Douglas’ co-star in the 2000 crime drama “Traffic” and in the Marvel universe) made his limited-series debut as prisoner Richard Matt in Showtime’s true-crime saga “Escape at Dannemora.”
Michael Douglas: So, that was a real guy, although he had died before you did “Escape at Dannemora.” Did you do homework about the character beforehand?
Benicio Del Toro: Well, yes. There were transcripts of all the testimonies of the other two characters that survived the escape. So I just read that. Ben Stiller, the director, was really keen on me playing this part,...
Michael Douglas made a return to television with Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method” — a comedy about aging in Hollywood that’s his first series-regular work since ’70s drama “The Streets of San Francisco.” His fellow acting veteran Benicio Del Toro (Douglas’ co-star in the 2000 crime drama “Traffic” and in the Marvel universe) made his limited-series debut as prisoner Richard Matt in Showtime’s true-crime saga “Escape at Dannemora.”
Michael Douglas: So, that was a real guy, although he had died before you did “Escape at Dannemora.” Did you do homework about the character beforehand?
Benicio Del Toro: Well, yes. There were transcripts of all the testimonies of the other two characters that survived the escape. So I just read that. Ben Stiller, the director, was really keen on me playing this part,...
- 6/5/2019
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
New parents Richard Gere and wife Alejandra Silva stepped out for the first time since the couple welcomed their first child together — and they couldn’t look happier.
On Friday night, the 69-year-old actor and Silva, 36, hit the Tribeca Film Festival red carpet for the premiere of the documentary It Takes a Lunatic.
Directed by Billy Lyons, It Takes a Lunatic is a profile of acting teacher Wynn Handman, whose former students included Gere, Michael Douglas, Joel Grey and Frank Langella.
Gere opted for a casual look on the red carpet, wearing a tan baseball cap with a navy blazer,...
On Friday night, the 69-year-old actor and Silva, 36, hit the Tribeca Film Festival red carpet for the premiere of the documentary It Takes a Lunatic.
Directed by Billy Lyons, It Takes a Lunatic is a profile of acting teacher Wynn Handman, whose former students included Gere, Michael Douglas, Joel Grey and Frank Langella.
Gere opted for a casual look on the red carpet, wearing a tan baseball cap with a navy blazer,...
- 5/4/2019
- by Helen Murphy
- PEOPLE.com
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