Strasser, Robin 1945-

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Strasser, Robin 1945-

PERSONAL

Full name, Robin Victory in Europe Strasser; born May 7, 1945, in New York, NY; daughter of Martin (a radio engineer) and Anne Strasser; married Laurence Luckinbill (an actor), 1965 (divorced, 1976); married Richard Hogan (a television executive), August 27, 1983 (divorced, 1985); children: (first marriage) Nicholas, Benjamin. Education: Graduated from the High School of the Performing Arts, New York City, c. 1962; studied at the Yale University School of Drama. Avocational Interests: Gourmet cooking, renovating houses and apartments.

Addresses:

Contact—c/o P.O. Box 292, Ojai, CA 93024-0292. Agent—Paradigm Talent Agency, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90067-4100.

Career:

Actress. Apprentice at the New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City, and the Williamstown Summer Theatre, Williamstown, MA; American Conservatory Theatre, New York City, founding member of company; founder of a video company to produce women's health videos; presenter at various awards presentations. Certified kripalu yoga teacher; also a workshop leader. National Osteoporosis Foundation, spokesperson; American Menopause Foundation, member of advisory board; involved with various organizations, including the Actors Fund, Broadway Cares, Equity Fights AIDS, New York Blood Center, and Telicare.

Member:

Los Angeles Women in Theatre (former president), Actors' Equity Association.

Awards, Honors:

Daytime Emmy Award nominations, outstanding actress in a daytime drama series, 1981, 1983, and 1985, Daytime Emmy Award, outstanding lead actress in a drama series, 1982, Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, outstanding contribution to the form of continuing drama who is currently on a daytime serial, 1986, Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, outstanding supporting actress, 1986 and 1994, Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, outstanding lead actress, 1988 and 1995, Soap Opera Digest Award, outstanding lead actress, 1996, Soap Opera Digest Award nomination (with Tuc Watkins), favorite couple, 2005, and Soap Opera Update Award, best actress, all for One Life to Live; Soap Opera Digest Award, outstanding female scene stealer, 2001, for Passions.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Iris Ocasek, The Secret Storm, CBS, 1964-66.

Rachel Davis Matthews Clark Frame Cory Cory Cory Hutchins, Another World (also known as Another World: Bay City), NBC, 1967-72.

Rachel Davis Matthews Frame Clark, Somerset (also known as Another World: Somerset and Somerset: Bay City), NBC, 1970.

Dr. Christina Karras Martin, All My Children (also known as All My Children: The Summer of Seduction and La force du destin), ABC, 1976-79.

Dr. Dorian Cramer Lord Callison Santi Vickers Hayes Laurence, One Life to Live (also known as Between Heaven and Hell), ABC, 1979-87, 1993-2000, 2003—.

Dianne Kirkwood, Knots Landing, CBS, 1989-90.

Hecuba, Passions (also known as Harmony's Passions and The Passions Storm), ABC, 2001-2002.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Elizabeth "Betsy" Stern, Baby M, ABC, 1988.

Felice Richmond, Blind Faith, NBC, 1990.

Abigaile Stoner, Lady Boss (also known as Jackie Collins' "Lady Boss"), NBC, 1992.

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family, NBC, 1993.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Joyce, And the Bones Came Together, ABC, 1973.

Nancy Donovan, Glitz, NBC, 1988.

Jewel Carmen, White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (also known as Hot Toddy), NBC, 1991.

Television Appearances; Specials:

"This Child Is Mine," The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (also known as ABC Matinee Today), ABC, 1972.

Herself, 50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration, CBS, 1994.

Julie, "Me and My Hormones," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1997.

Herself, ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 2003.

Herself, SOAPnet Salutes ABC Daytime, SOAPnet, 2003.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 1994.

Presenter, The 11th Annual Soap Opera Awards, NBC, 1995.

Presenter, The 24th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 1997.

The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, NBC, 1998.

The 15th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards, NBC, 1999.

The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, CBS, 1999.

The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2000.

The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, NBC, 2001.

The 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, CBS, 2002.

18th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards, SOAPnet, 2003.

The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2003.

The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, NBC, 2004.

Presenter, The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, CBS, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Jane, "The Face That Never Was Project," The Delphi Bureau, ABC, 1973.

Ellen, "The Groupie," Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (also known as Friends and Lovers and The Paul Sand Show), CBS, 1974.

Gina, "Murder Impossible," Wide World Mystery, ABC, 1974.

Laura Page, "Legacy of Death," The Rookies, ABC, 1974.

Kathleen Reynolds, "Time in a Bottle," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1988.

Sylvia Gagliano, "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1988.

Terry, "Annie and the Brooklyn Bridge," Annie McGuire, CBS, 1988.

Dr. Joan Friedman, "Women in White," China Beach, ABC, 1989.

Vladia, "Moscow on the Potomac," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1989.

Elaine Tewksbury, "The Day That Moses Came to Town," Coach, ABC, 1990.

Elaine Tewksbury, "Haven't I Slept with You Somewhere Before?," Coach, ABC, 1990.

Elaine Tewksbury, "The Iceman Goeth," Coach, ABC, 1990.

Elaine Tewksbury, "Professor Doolittle," Coach, ABC, 1990.

Grace Rollins, "Fall from Grace," The Young Riders, ABC, 1990.

(Uncredited) Morgana, "Good Knight MacGyver: Parts 1 & 2," MacGyver, ABC, 1991.

Dr. Rebecca Green, "Devil's Advocate," Civil Wars, ABC, 1992.

(Uncredited) Lila Van Guilden, "Mommy Dearest," Grosse Pointe, The WB, 2000.

Herself, Intimate Portrait: Linda Dano, Lifetime, 2000.

Teensy Manhart, "Without Reservations," Dharma & Greg, ABC, 2001.

Teensy Manhart, "Protecting the Ego-System," Dharma & Greg, ABC, 2002.

Herself, Intimate Portrait: Erika Slezak, Lifetime, 2002.

Guest host, The View, ABC, 2003.

Dr. Dorian Cramer Lord Callison Santi Vickers Hayes Laurence, All My Children (also known as All My Children: The Summer of Seduction and La force du destin), ABC, 2003, 2005.

Herself, Soap Talk, SOAPnet, 2003, 2006.

Herself, The View, ABC, 2006.

Appeared as Brooke Collins, Dear John (also known as Dear John: USA, Divorciados, John Ha-Yakar, Mein Lieber John, and Querido John), NBC; as Lucinda Tremayne, Jack's Place, ABC; and as Dianne, L.A. Law, NBC. Appeared in other programs, including The New Hollywood Squares, syndicated.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Prostitute, 2000 Malibu Road, CBS, 1992.

Film Appearances:

Barbara, The House That Cried Murder (also known as The Bride and No Way Out), Unisphere, 1973.

Mrs. Hayes, Loose Women, Inmotion Entertainment, 1996.

Picture This, 1999.

Mrs. Steinman, Shoot or Be Shot (also known as Shooting Stars), Iron Entertainment, 2002.

Stage Appearances:

Pamela Harrington, Five Finger Exercise, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, Williamstown, MA, 1961.

Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, 1962.

The Irregular Verb to Love, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1963.

Linda Kingsley, The Impossible Years, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1965-67.

Nancy Stoddard, The Country Girl, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1966.

Penelope, A Meeting by the River, Edison Theatre, New York City, 1972.

Cross Country, New Theatre for Now, New York City, 1974-75, then Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1975-76.

Diamonds in the Rough, New Theatre for Now, 1975-76.

Jennie Malone, Chapter Two, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1977-79, then Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1979.

Margarita, Loving Reno, New York Theatre Studio, New York City, 1983.

Kitty Dean, The Royal Family, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, 1985.

Mrs. Rhon, Undiscovered Country, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, 1985.

Claude, Freedomland, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1988.

Marjorie Taub, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ, 2004.

Appeared in productions at various venues, including a Broadway production of The Shadow Box.

Stage Work:

(With Andrew Harris) Producer, The Life of Galileo, Columbia University, Havemeyer Laboratory, New York City, 1978.

Producer of other works.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

(In archive footage) Dr. Christina Karras Martin, All My Children: Daytime's Greatest Weddings, 1993.

Dr. Dorian Cramer Lord Callison Santi Vickers Hays Laurence and Dr. Christina Karras Martin, Daytime's Greatest Weddings, Buena Vista Home Video, 2004.