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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Laila Robins Biography (1959-)
Born March 14, 1959, in St. Paul, MN; daughter of Janis (a research chemist)and Brigita (maiden name, Svarcs) Robins. Addresses: Agent: Sarah Fargo, Paradigm, 19 West 44th St., Suite 1410, New York, NY 10036.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- March 14, 1959
- St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- Solveig, Peer Gynt, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1984
- (Broadway debut) Annie, The Real Thing, Plymouth Theatre, 1984
- Stepdaughter, Six Characters in Search of an Author, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1984
- Alma Winemilker, Summer and Smoke, Williamstown Theatre Festival,1986
- Mary Shelly, Bloody Poetry, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, New York City, 1987
- Nan Sinclair, The Film Society, Second Stage Theatre Company, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, New York City, 1988
- Monica Bowlin, Maids of Honor, Workshop of the Players Art Theatre, New York City, 1990
- Laura, The Extra Man, Manhattan Theatre Club, City Center Stage IITheatre, New York City, 1992
- Nina, The Seagull, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Madison, NJ, 1992
- Melitta, Mrs. Klein, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1995-96
- Portia, The Merchant of Venice, New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1995
- Blanche DuBois, A Streetcar Named Desire, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, 1997
- Kyra Hollis, Skylight, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1997
- Susanna Hall, The Herbal Bed, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1998
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Summer and Smoke, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1999
- Emily Shapiro, Resurrection Blues, Guthrie Theatre, 1999
- May, Fool for Love, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1999
- Title role, Hedda Gabler, Guthrie Theatre, 2000
- Zelda Fitzgerald, The Fitzgeralds (reading), Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 2000
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Tiny Alice, Second Stage Theatre Company, 2000-2001
- Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Guthrie Theatre, 2002
- Linda, Fiction, McCarter Theatre, 2003
- Constance, King John, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, 2003
- Agnetha, Frozen, Manhattan Class Company, Circle in the Square, East Thirteenth Street Theatre, New York City, 2004
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Macbeth, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, 2004
- Agnetha, "Frozen," The Play's the Thing (recorded for future radiobroadcasts), The Play's The Thing,
L.A. TheatreWorks, SkirballCultural Center, Los Angeles, 2005
- Judy, Sore Throats, Theatre for a New Audience, Duke Theatre on Forty-Second Street, New York City, 2006
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The Chekhov Cycle (staged readings), Two Rivers Theatre Company, Margate Performing Arts Center, Margate, NJ, 2006
- Also appeared in Arms and the Man,
Comedy of Errors,
Electra,
The Homecoming,
Macbeth, and Twelfth Night, all at New Jersey Shakespeare Festival; The Barbarians,
Ivanov,
La Ronde,
Richard Corey, and Undiscovered Country, all atWilliamstown Theatre Festival; Chopin in Space and Major Barbara, both at Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT; For Dear Life, NewYork Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, New York City; TheLady from the Sea, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD; The Philadelphia Story, Arena Stage, Washington, DC; and The Women, Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT; also performs at readings and benefits.
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Major Tours
- Melitta, Mrs. Klein, U.S. cities, 1995
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Film Appearances
- Marty Ellis, A Walk on the Moon, Midwest, 1987
- Susan "Sue" Page, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Paramount, 1987
- Kate Rainwood, An Innocent Man, Buena Vista, 1989
- Elizabeth Zaks, Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, Paramount, 1990
- Rachel, Live Nude Girls, Republic, 1995
- Emma, Female Perversions (also known as Phantasien einer Frau), October Films, 1996
- Catherine, The Blood Oranges, Trimark Pictures, 1997
- Patricia Findley, True Crime, Warner Bros., 1999
- Viv, Drop Back Ten, E Films, 2000
- Barbara Mattei, Searching for Paradise, Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, 2002
- Irene, Nowhere to Go But Up (also known as Happy End and I Want to Be Famous), Studio Canal, 2003
- Mother, Jailbait, Kindred Media Group, 2004
- Michaela Stark, Slippery Slope, Fresh Films, 2005
- Miss Millie, Things that Hang from Trees, Aviles Street Productions, 2006
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Victoria Heller, Gabriel's Fire, ABC, 1990-91
- Nora Paxton, The Book of Daniel, NBC, 2006
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Miniseries
- Charm Blackburn, Trial: The Price of Passion, NBC, 1992
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Movies
- Phoebe, Dream Breakers (also known as In Evil's Grasp and The O'Connors), CBS, 1989
- Frances Hannon, Oxygen, Cinemax, 1999
- Rita Fiore, Spenser: Small Vices (also known as Robert B. Parker's "Small Vices"), Arts and Entertainment, 1999
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Episodic
- Cindy Claussen, "The Last Campaign," The Equalizer, 1988
- Diana Hawthorne, "Trophy," Law & Order, NBC, 1996
- Jean Kohl (some sources cite Jean Cole), "House of Rage," Nothing Sacred, ABC, 1997
- Liann Crosby, "Venom," Law & Order, NBC, 1998
- Ellen Travis, "A Single Life," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 1999
- Young Livia, "Down Neck," The Sopranos, HBO, 1999
- Sharon Reiner, "Journey to the Himalayas," Third Watch, NBC, 2000
- Young Livia, "Fortunate Son," The Sopranos, HBO, 2001
- Dominique Boucher, "Conundrum," Witchblade, TNT, 2001
- Dominique Boucher, "Diplopia," Witchblade, TNT, 2001
- Kit Sternman, "Enemy Within," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2001
- Audra Clark, "The Cold War," Sex and the City, HBO, 2004
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Electronic
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Playbill Online, http://playbill.com, April 9, 1997; September 14,1999
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