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Robin has previously illuminated daytime television with her portrayals of Heather Webber on General Hospital and Gina Timmons on Santa Barbara. By infusing her roles with an off-beat sense of humor as well as her own brand of wicked mischief, Robin has achieved immense popularity with daytime television viewers. Her performances have garnered her four Emmy Award nominations and three Soap Opera Digest Awards -- two for Best Comedic Performance and one for Best Villainess.
A native of Los Angeles, Robin began to act professionally at the age of six. After appearances on numerous series, including Daniel Boone and The John Forsythe Show, she made her feature film debut starring in Namu, The Killer Whale for legendary producer Ivan Tors. As a child actress, she was placed under contract by Tors, and went on to appear in Gentle Ben, Flipper, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Island of the Lost.
The ambitious Robin attended high school and college simultaneously through an advanced placement program for gifted students, and studied psychology before returning to acting. Television series credits include Charlie's Angels, Happy Days, Silk Stalkings, and most recently, Aaron Spelling's pilot, Green Dolphin Beat. Motion pictures for television include Mirror, Mirror, Are You Alone in the House?, Doctors' Private Lives, False Witness and Murder at the PTA. Robin has appeared in the feature films, Return to Macon County opposite Nick Nolte and Don Johnson; In and Out with Sam Bottoms; Take Two with Grant Goodeve; and Wolf Lake with Rod Steiger. She is also reported to have appeared au naturel in the flick Candy Striped Nurses.
Mattson won a Soap Opera Digest Award as the Best Soap Villainess in 1995. Her performance as the wacky Janet Green was slated to end in May of 1996, but after ABC was flooded with letters from fans urging the writers to reconsider writing out Janet, the Powers That Be regrouped and signed Robin to a new contract.
Upon completion of Santa Barbara, Robin chose to pursue her lifelong passion for cooking by enrolling in the Gastronomic Directives Course at the Los Angeles International Culinary Institute. After graduation in September 1993, Robin's newly acquired expertise inspired her to create a cooking show, and to begin developing her own product line.
Acting Portfolio
TELEVISION
Days of our Lives
Lee Michaels
October 5, 2010 to February 2, 2011
As the World Turns
Cheri Love
February 12, 2007 to September 27, 2007
The Bold and the Beautiful
Sugar
September 29, 2003 to October 10, 2003
T-Fal infomercial
Host/herself
2000
Green Dolphin Beat
Rose
1994
The Main Ingredient
Host
1998-1999
All My Children
Janet Green
1994 to May 9, 2000
Menu for Murder
1990
False Witness
Jody
1989
Santa Barbara
Gina Blake DeMott Capwell Timmons
1985-1993
Ryan's Hope
Delia Coleridge #4
1984
Fantasies
April
1982
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Shelby
1980
General Hospital
Heather Grant Webber
1980 to 1983; June 25, 2004 to December 3, 2004; April 2, 2012 to Present
Mirror, Mirror
Pamela Gorman
1979
Hot Rod
Jenny
1979
Captain America
Tina Hayden
1979
Are You in the House Alone?
Allison Bremer
1978
Doctors' Private Lives
Sheila
1978
Superdome
Gail
1978
Guiding Light
Hope Bauer Spaulding
1976-1977
Happy Days
Linda, Episode 3.12 "Three on a Porch"
November 18, 1975
The Secret Night Caller
Jan Durant
1975
FILM
In Between
1991
Take Two
Susan
1988
Gringo Mojado
Nancy
1984
Wolf Lake
Linda
1978
Return to Macon County
Junelle
1975
Phantom of the Paradise
Groupie
1974
Candy Stripe Nurses
Dianne
1974
Bonnie's Kids
Myra
1973
Island of the Lost
1967
Namu, the Killer Whale
Lisa Rand
1966
Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series (1983; for General Hospital)
Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series (1987, 1988, 1989; for Santa Barbara)
Soap Opera Digest Award Winner, Best Villainess (1996; for All My Children)
Soap Opera Digest Award Winner, Best Comedic Performance (1989, 1990; for Santa Barbara)
Soap Opera Digest Award Nomination, Best Comedic Performance (1988; for Santa Barbara) Vital Statistics
PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles
DATE OF BIRTH: June 1
HEIGHT: 5'7"
HAIR: Blonde
EYES: Blue News Archive
News Archive: Robin Mattson will exit AMC in May. [Mar 27, 2000]
News Archive: Final Mattson airdate announced. [Apr 3, 2000]
News Archive: Mattson returning to GH role? [Feb 26, 2001]
News Archive: Kimberlin Brown back to B&B -- with Robin Mattson. [Sep 8, 2003]
News Archive: ATWT hires four-time Emmy nominee Robin Mattson. [Jan 15, 2007]
News Archive: Days of our Lives hires Robin Mattson. [Aug 1, 2010]
News Archive: Robin Mattson checking back in to General Hospital. [Feb 7, 2012]
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