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Portrait of Lynn Carlin

Acting

Lynn Carlin

Career

Active from 1968 to 2011, with a break from 1984 to 2010, busiest in 1971 and 1974 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Taking Off
Taking Off
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lynn Carlin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wonder
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0
  • Fantasy
    1.0, average 1.7
  • Politics
    1.9, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Bleak Realism 2
  • Coming of Age 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Faces
Faces (2011)

as Maria Forst (archive footage)

1980s

9 titles · average score 64
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Nicole

A Killer in the Family
A Killer in the Family (1983)
GoodWatch score 65

as Dorothy Tison

Superstition
Superstition (1982)
GoodWatch score 52

as Melinda Leahy

Forbidden Love
Forbidden Love (1982)

as Ella Wagner

The Kid From Nowhere
The Kid From Nowhere (1982)

as Molly Edward

Darkroom
Darkroom (1981)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Mrs. Shires

The Girl on the Edge of Town
The Girl on the Edge of Town (1981)

as Selma Mantley

Battle Beyond the Stars
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
GoodWatch score 48

as Nell

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

1970s

32 titles · average score 66
James at 16
James at 16 (1977)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Meg Hunter

James at 15
James at 15 (1977)
GoodWatch score 71

as Meg Hunter

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)
GoodWatch score 60

as Dawn's Mother

The Tenth Level
The Tenth Level (1976)
GoodWatch score 59

as Barbara

Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels (1976)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show · as Warden Ingram

The Lives of Jenny Dolan
The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975)

as Nancy Royce

Dead of Night
Dead of Night (1974)
GoodWatch score 71

as Christine Brooks

Terror on the 40th Floor
Terror on the 40th Floor (1974)
GoodWatch score 46

as Lee Parker

The Morning After
The Morning After (1974)
GoodWatch score 72

as Fran Lester

Taking Off
Taking Off (1971)
GoodWatch score 87

as Lynn Tyne

Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers (1971)
GoodWatch score 58

as Sada Billings

… tick… tick… tick…
… tick… tick… tick… (1970)
GoodWatch score 67

as Julia Little

1960s

7 titles · average score 64
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jennifer Sparrow

Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O (1969)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Maxine Taylor

Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Helen Stewart

Medical Center
Medical Center (1969)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

Faces
Faces (1968)
GoodWatch score 80

as Maria Forst

Ironside
Ironside (1967)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

Mannix
Mannix (1967)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Nancy Traherne

1950s

1 title · average score 76
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Janet Milligan