Robin Mattson
Robin Mattson (born June 1, 1956 in Los Angeles) is an American soap opera actress.
Mattson was typically cast in supporting, "villainess" type roles, as in her roles in Santa Barbara and General Hospital, where she played an immoral goldigger and a psychopath, in the respective shows. Mattson often played the role of an observing outsider, as in her roles on Santa Barbara, All My Children and As the World Turns, in which she wanted to regain relationships with her children and her sense of family.
Mattson's soap roles include:
- Hope Bauer on Guiding Light (1976–1977)
- Heather Webber on General Hospital (1980–1983 and from June to December, 2004)
- Delia Reid on Ryan's Hope (1984)
- Gina Blake Lockridge on Santa Barbara (1985–1993)
- Janet Green on All My Children (1994–2000)
- Sugar (the brief role as Sheila's sidekick) on The Bold and the Beautiful in 2003
- Cheri Love on As the World Turns (2007)
- Lee Michaels (recurring role as an inmate) on Days of our Lives (2010-2011)
Mattson acted in the romantic comedy film, The Last Guy on Earth (2006). She also played Francine Landon, mother of an American Muslim extremist, in "American Jihad", the 13th-season opener of television series Law & Order. Before her soap opera career, she was in the 1975 film Return to Macon County with Nick Nolte and Don Johnson.
[edit] Other
- Mattson is a gourmet cook. She co-authored the cook book Soap Opera Café : The Skinny on Food from a Daytime Star.[citation needed]
- Mattson also had a significant role in the two-hour Dukes of Hazzard episode, "Carnival of Thrills", which aired at the beginning of season three in 1981. In it she played Bo Duke's love interest, "Diane" who was also the head of a traveling stunt-thrill show.[citation needed]
- Mattson starred in Namu, the Killer Whale at the age of 9.
- Mattson also starred in NBC's television series Daniel Boone on May 7, 1970 the episode was called "Israel and Love", she played the daughter of Secord (Tim O'Connor).
Mattson also starred in The Six Million Dollar Man - episode 5-16
[edit] Family
In 2005, Mattson and former soccer player Werner Roth were engaged. The couple married in June 2006.[citation needed]
