Background
She was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of socialite Muriel Elizabeth (née Ansley 1909-1993) and Laurence "Larry" Reynolds. Her father was a Hollywood business manager in the 1930s.
She was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of socialite Muriel Elizabeth (née Ansley 1909-1993) and Laurence "Larry" Reynolds. Her father was a Hollywood business manager in the 1930s.
She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1968 for her role in Faces. Carlin made her stage debut in Clare Boothe Luce"s The Women at the Laguna Beach Playhouse. She next appeared in The same year she appeared in Blake Edwards" western Wild Rovers.
, the 1979 comedy French Postcards, and the 1982 horror film Superstition.
The small screen saw Carlin cast for her maternal presence as well. She is perhaps best remembered as the parent of growing teen Lance Kerwin in the television-movie and its subsequent spin-off, James at 16.
In 1977, she was cast in several episodes of The Waltons as a nurse who marries the county sheriff. She appeared in the 1976 miniseries Rich Manitoba, Poor Manitoba Book II, and had a recurring role on the short-lived television series, She appeared in several other television movies, providing a strong supporting turn in Silent Night, Lonely Night.
In 1971, she played the mother of teenage father Desi Arnaz Junior. in Bo Jo Jones.
That same year she played Peter Falk"s wife in A Step Out of Lincolnshire. In 1974, she appeared in both Terror on the 40th Floor and The Morning After. She played the wife of Sam Houston in the biopic, The Honorable Sam Houston, in 1975.
The following year she played Eve Plumb"s mother in Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway.
Her 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.