Robin Sherwood

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Robin Sherwood is an American actress, best known for her roles in Tourist Trap, Blow Out, and as the role of Carol Kersey in Charles Bronson's film Death Wish II.Sherwood was born in Miami Beach, Florida, to the Hon. Wolfie Cohen, a four-term city councilman and successful restaurateur, and Miriam Rose Cohen, a prominent society hostess. The family lived in Miami Beach, Florida during the fall and winter and traveled in Europe during the spring and summer. She first appeared on stage when she was nine years old.She lost her mother at the age of 11 to Ovarian Cancer and subsequently navigated adolescence on her own. Without a mother to guide her, she learned about becoming a woman and a lady through watching movies, and reading classic romantic literature such as Jane Austen, the Bronte Sisters, Emily Dickinson and Lord Byron. By being brought up in a household with her older brother Zachary Cohen (politician of East Hampton) and guided by father, Robin learned about life as a woman through her imagination. She would later draw on her self-formed nature to create her acting roles.Robin signed with a talent agency in Miami, Florida at the age of 14. Already a great beauty, the resulting contract landed her a national television commercial, fashion modeling assignments in Glamour Magazine and on the runway for designer Oleg Cassini .Through Sarah Lawrence college in New York, she studied acting in London, England. Robin performed the leading roles in both musical comedies, Guys and Dolls as Sarah Brown to Sky Masterson played by Jeff Zinn (founder of the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater), and Philia in Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the North Country Players New England summer repertory theater, under the direction of Ron Bennett.Robin made her movie debut in independent films. She appeared briefly in the Bill Murray comedy Loose Shoes (1978). Soon her resume began to grow with a role in Outside Chance (1978) a CBS movie of the week with Yvette Mimieux. She arrived as a leading lady, with the David Schmoeller iconic mystery/horror film Tourist Trap (1979), which she starred in with Chuck Connors.She then moved into major motion pictures, at MGM Studios, director Martin Davidson saw a photograph of her on the wall of the studio's art director and cast Sherwood in a small role in the romantic comedy, Hero at Large (1980)_ with John Ritter.Immediately following, showing a keen comedic talent, she was delightful as a Marin County hippie feminist, in a supporting role opposite Tuesday Weld in Serial (1980) for Paramount. She then was given the chance to work with director Brian De Palma in a scene stealing cameo role with John Travolta in Blow Out (1981) for Columbia Studios.Her break out role came when she signed to star opposite Charles Bronson as his emotionally traumatized daughter in the high profile, box office hit, Death Wish II (1982) for MGM, directed by Michael Winner.She was showered with accolades for her performance as the muted daughter in Death Wish II and singled out for her beauty on screen by Vincent Canby of the New York Times. Her talent and beauty made her an international box office star.Finding herself in demand on both sides of the Atlantic, she moved to Paris, France. Robin was introduced to the French film community by her companion Serge Siritzky (Parafrance CEO and President).While based in Paris, her father died. And she returned to the states to run his restaurant, The Rascal House Restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida - fulfilling a promise she had made to him. Robin oversaw the managing of the restaurant with a staff of 300 employees.She cooked with Regis Philbin as a guest on his national morning show, and wrote articles with recipes she created that ran in major newspapers around the United States.Robin top-lined on the stage in 1991 playing the titled role in the drama, "Clare's Dream", in Los Angeles at the Coast Theater. She won critical acclaim from the Los Angeles Times for her earnest and heartfelt performance as a spirited writer coming-of-age-in rural California of the 1930s.Robin decided to enjoy the private world outside of a movie set. Although she broadened her visibility in the public eye through her home and fashion accessories catalog she launched, frecklefarm, that reached an audience of 26 million women.She returned to acting in 2009, by guest starring at Chiller Theatre for producer Kevin Clement.On December 21, 2010 she debuted off-Broadway headlining in Fear Mongers: Fireside Chats about Horror Films at Dixon Place, hosted and curated by Clay McLeod Chapman.Robin Sherwood stars in the feature length documentary, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) The documentary is directed by Mark Hartley and produced by Veronica Fury and Brett Ratner.Robin Sherwood made her first star appearance at The Lincoln Center on the opening night of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Film Comment Selects 2015 film festival at the Walter Reade Theater. - IMDb Mini Biography By: dsb@yahoo.com

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Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Robin Sherwood has worked on is 6.2.

6.2 / 10

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A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekenetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins.

6.1/1090 min

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