Robin Bartlett

For the professor of economics, see Robin L. Bartlett.

Robin Bartlett
Born	(1951-04-22) April 22, 1951 New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1969–present
Spouse(s)	Alan Rosenberg ​ ​ (m. 1976; div. 1984)​ Terence Cannon ​ (m. 1990)​

Robin Bartlett (born April 22, 1951) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in two NBC sitcoms The Powers That Be and Mad About You.

Career

She appeared in the short-lived series The Powers That Be and had a recurring role as Debbie Buchman (the lesbian sister of Paul Reiser's character) in the series Mad About You and as a TV producer on Series. She has played a teacher at least twice—as Mrs. Elliott in 1989's Lean on Me, then again as French teacher Mrs. Grober in the 1991 film If Looks Could Kill. In addition, she portrayed the dean of a private school in an episode ("The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial") of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.

In June 2010 it was announced Barlett would be appearing as Hannah Pitt in Signature Theatre Company's 20th-anniversary production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America. She also portrayed Bridget Kearns in Shutter Island in 2010.

In 2013, she portrayed Dr. Miranda Crump in American Horror Story's second season, Asylum, and later that year returned for the third season, Coven, portraying Cecily Pembroke.

She starred in the 2014 film H., for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female in 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Heaven's Gate	Mrs. Lezak
1982	Sophie's Choice	Lillian Grossman
1987	Baby Boom	Yuppie Wife
1987	Moonstruck	Barbara
1989	Lean on Me	Mrs. Elliot
1989	See You in the Morning	Group Therapy Patient
1989	Crimes and Misdemeanors	Wedding Guest
1990	Postcards from the Edge	Aretha
1990	Alice	Nina
1991	If Looks Could Kill	Patricia Grober	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1991	Regarding Henry	Phyllis
1991	Deceived	Charlotte
1995	Dangerous Minds	Mrs. Carla Nichols
1997	Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves	Patti Szalinski
1998	City of Angels	Anne
2005	The Dying Gaul	Bella
2010	Shutter Island	Bridget Kearns
2013	Inside Llewyn Davis	Lillian Gorfein
2014	H.	Helen	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
2015	Chronic	Martha
2017	The Glass Castle	Erma
2021	The Seventh Day	Helen
2021	Land of Dreams	Jackie
2022	The Fabelmans		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Playing for Time	Etalina	Television movie
1981	Ryan's Hope	Judy Prince	Episode: "#1.1619"
1981	Skokie	JDL Girl	Television movie
1988	Spenser: For Hire	Mrs. Drake	Episode: "To the End of the Line"
1989	Miami Vice	Rhoda King	Episode: "The Cell Within"
1992	Coach	Sarah	Episode: "If That's Opportunity, Don't Answer"
1992–93	The Powers That Be	Sophie Lipkin	20 episodes
1993	Fallen Angels	Jean Medill	Episode: "Murder, Obliquely"
1993	It Had to Be You	Eve Parkin	6 episodes
1993	12:01	Anne Jackson	Television movie
1994–99	Mad About You	Debbie Buchman	29 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2000–04	Judging Amy	Atty. Roberta Orr	3 episodes
2000	Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane	Professor Norris	Episode: "I Don't Feel So Good"
2000	Touched by an Angel	Toni	Episode: "Quality Time"
2000	Bull	Dr. Rose Wright	Episode: "To Have and to Hold"
2001	Danny	Unknown	Episode: "Forget About Your Boss"
2002	The West Wing	Susan Thomas	Episode: "The Red Mass"
2003	The Agency	Nili Demsky	Episode: "Unholy Alliances"
2003–04	Dragnet	Donna Bostick	6 episodes
2004	Medical Investigation	Dr. Salgado	Episode: "Team"
2004	NYPD Blue	Evelyn Winker	Episode: "I Love My Wives, But Oh You Kid"
2005	American Dad!	Clara	Episode: "Stan Knows Best"
2005	The Closer	Leah Rainey	Episode: "Flashpoint"
2005	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Meredith Forsythe	Episode: "KiKi"
2006	Justice	Regina Stack	Episode: "Death Spiral"
2007	The Singles Table	Mrs. Braunstein	Episode: "The Work Dinner"
2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Dean	Episode: "The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial"
2010	CSI: Miami	Stephanie Hollister	Episode: "Backfire"
2013	American Horror Story: Asylum	Dr. Miranda Crump	Episode: "Continuum"
2013	American Horror Story: Coven	Cecily Pembroke	3 episodes
2014	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Hot Dog Lady	Episode: "Nick Offerman Wears a Green Flannel Shirt & Brown Boots"
2015	Battle Creek	Judge Warren	Episode: "The Hand-Off"
2015	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Miss Miriam	Episode: "The Mattress"
2016	Vice Principals	Mrs. Leblanc	Episode: "The Foundation of Learning"
2021	The Shrink Next Door	Cathy	Miniseries, 5 episodes

External links

• Robin Bartlett at IMDb
• Robin Bartlett at AllMovie