Editing Tim Robbins (section)

== Early life ==
Robbins was born in [[West Covina, California]], and raised in [[New York City]]. His parents were Mary Cecelia ([[married and maiden names|''née'']] Bledsoe), a musician,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tim-robbins-mother-musician-mary-179995 |title=Tim Robbins' Mother, Musician Mary Robbins, Dies Days After Her Husband |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 19, 2011 |access-date=August 24, 2021 }}</ref>  and [[Gil Robbins|Gilbert Lee Robbins]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/arts/music/10robbins.html | work=The New York Times | first=William | last=Grimes | title=Gil Robbins, Folk Musician, Dies at 80 | date=April 9, 2011}}</ref> a singer, actor, and manager of [[The Gaslight Cafe]].<ref name=cbc>{{cite news |title=Folk singer Gil Robbins dies at 80 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/folk-singer-gil-robbins-dies-at-80-1.1074399 |work=[[CBC News]] |date=April 11, 2011 |access-date=April 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/34/Tim-Robbins.html |title=Tim Robbins Biography |access-date=November 1, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wargs.com/other/robbins.html |title=Ancestry of Tim Robbins |access-date=November 1, 2007}}</ref> Robbins has two sisters, Adele and Gabrielle, and a brother, composer [[David Robbins (composer)|David Robbins]]. He was raised Catholic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/angel/walking/timrobbins.html|title=Tim Robbins Interview|publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]|date=February 8, 1996|access-date=May 9, 2010|first=Charlie|last=Rose}}: (Commentary with Tim Robbins saying; "Yes. We, we met. And I was raised a Catholic, so I have a whole other perception of nuns than, than the one that Sister Helen gave me.")</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_5_53/ai_72007022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041126023058/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_5_53/ai_72007022 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 26, 2004 |title=No Nukes&nbsp;— how director Tim Robbins incorporates conspiracy into plots of his films |magazine=[[National Review]] |date=March 19, 2001 |first=Daniel |last=Wattenberg }}</ref>

Robbins moved to [[Greenwich Village]] with his family at a young age while his father pursued a career as a member of a folk music group called [[The Highwaymen (folk band)|The Highwaymen]]. Robbins started performing in theater at age twelve and joined the drama club at [[Stuyvesant High School]] (Class of 1976).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravotv.com/Inside_the_Actors_Studio/guest/Tim_Robbins |title=Inside the Actors Studio&nbsp;— Guests&nbsp;— Tim Robbins |date=December 5, 1999 |publisher=[[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]] |access-date=November 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804064345/http://www.bravotv.com/Inside_the_Actors_Studio/guest/Tim_Robbins |archive-date=August 4, 2007 }}</ref> He spent two years at [[State University of New York at Plattsburgh|SUNY Plattsburgh]] and then returned to California to study at the [[UCLA Film School]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Drama]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite news | title = Tim Robbins | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/person/108437/Tim-Robbins/biography | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080329151753/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/108437/Tim-Robbins/biography | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 29, 2008 | department = Movies & TV Dept. | work = [[The New York Times]] | author = Jason Ankeny | date = 2008 | access-date =August 23, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-alumni-actors/ |title=Notable Alumni Actors |publisher=UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television |access-date=September 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111604/http://www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-alumni-actors/ |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref>