Molly Ann Glynn (June 14, 1968 – September 6, 2014[2]) was an American actress. She was a well-known Chicago stage actress, and also played several roles in film and television, including a recurring role on the television series Chicago Fire.[2]
Glynn, the youngest of five children, grew up as part of a prominent family in Hartford, Connecticut. Her father, William E. Glynn, served as mayor of Hartford in the 1960s.[3]
Glynn began her acting career on stage and in commercials.[3] She made her network television debut in a May 1998 episode of Early Edition, in which she portrayed Mrs. O'Leary, the owner of the cow that purportedly started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.[3]
Glynn died from injuries from a falling tree in September 2014. She and her husband Joe Foust were bicycling on the North Branch Trail in Erickson Woods, suburban Chicago, on September 5 when a sudden storm swept through; wind gusts in the area were over 70 miles per hour (110 km/h).[2] The tree fell on them just as they were about to take shelter. Foust was not significantly injured, but Glynn died of her injuries on September 6 at a hospital in Evanston, Illinois.[2][6]
Her death was described by the artistic director of Chicago's Writers Theatre as an "incalculable loss to the Chicago Theatre community."[4] By September 8, a GiveForward.com memorial fund had collected $135,000.[7]
