Editing Robin Mattson

{{Short description|American actress}}
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| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]<ref name="Miami News"/>
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'''Robin Mattson''' is a retired American actress. She is best known for her roles on the daytime soap operas ''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'', and ''[[All My Children]]''.

==Career==

===Daytime television===
Mattson made her daytime debut as troubled teen Hope Bauer on ''[[Guiding Light]]'' in 1976, her only complete heroine on the soaps. She received a [[Soap Opera Digest]] Award and an [[Emmy Award]] nomination for her first major role as [[Heather Webber (General Hospital)|Heather Webber]] on ''[[General Hospital]]''.<ref name="Daytime Confidential">{{cite web|title=Robin Mattson profile|url=http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/news/robin-mattson|publisher=Daytime Confidential|access-date=February 27, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231024753/http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/news/robin-mattson|archive-date=December 31, 2013}}</ref> During [[Ilene Kristen]]'s absence from ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'', she played [[Delia Ryan]] (1984). Replacing [[Linda Gibboney]] on ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'', she received additional Emmy nominations as [[Gina Blake Lockridge]], a role she played from December 1985 through the final episode in January 1993. Mattson then moved to New York to play [[Janet Green (All My Children)|Janet Green]] on ''[[All My Children]]'' (1994–2000). Over the next few years, she took on several short term roles on ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' (2003), Madame Cheri Love on ''[[As the World Turns]]'' (2007), and Lee Michaels on ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (2010–11). Mattson returned to ''[[General Hospital]]'' on two occasions, first in 2004 for six months, where she was reunited with her former ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' co-star [[Jed Allan]], and in the spring of 2012. Mattson has continued to play the role for storyline arcs of varying lengths as the plotline dictated. Mattson would exit in early 2015 but returned once again in May 2016.

===Film and primetime television===
Mattson began acting at age seven.<ref name="Miami News">{{cite web|last=Jicha|first=Tom|title=Soap opera star has to be able to keep a secret|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SOhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JEMNAAAAIBAJ&dq=eileen-dietz%20general-hospital&pg=1309%2C1152271|work=The Miami News|access-date=December 16, 2012|date=May 4, 1981}}</ref>

She made her screen debut in ''[[Namu, the Killer Whale]]'' (1966).<ref name="Miami News"/> She co-starred in ''[[Bonnie's Kids]]'' (1973) when she was only 15, including appearing topless, as well as ''[[Candy Stripe Nurses]]'' (1974) and ''[[Return to Macon County]]'' (1975).<ref name="Soap Central">{{cite web|title=Robin Mattson|url=http://soapcentral.com/gh/theactors/mattson_robin.php|publisher=Soap Central|access-date=February 27, 2014}}</ref> She appeared in a number of made for television films and guest starred in a number of primetime series, include ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'', ''[[Happy Days]]'', ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'', ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'', ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' and ''[[Law & Order]]''.

==Personal life==
Mattson, whose father was a chef in California, studied at culinary school and co-authored the [[cook book]] ''Soap Opera Café: The Skinny on Food from a Daytime Star''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112174126/donna-lee-daytime-drama-villainess-is/|first=Donna|last=Lee|title=Daytime-drama villainess is dead serious about food|date=May 3, 1995|work=Fresno Bee|access-date=October 28, 2022|page=E4A|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112174467/donna-lee-soap-opera-stars-book-hits/|first=Donna|last=Lee|title=Soap opera star's book hits three magic buttons|date=November 2, 1997|work=Morristown (New Jersey) Daily Record|access-date=October 28, 2022|page=C3|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> From June 1996 until March 1997, she had a cooking show on [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]], called ''The Main Ingredient''.
<ref>[http://abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital/cast/character-heather-webber ''General Hospital'' profile], abc.go.com; accessed April 4, 2015.</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1966
|''[[Namu, the Killer Whale]]''
|Lisa Rand
|
|-
| 1967
|''[[Island of the Lost]]''
|Lizzie MacRae
|
|-
| 1973
|''[[Bonnie's Kids]]''
|Myra
|
|-
|1974
|''[[Candy Stripe Nurses]] ''
|Dianne
|
|-
| 1974
|''[[Phantom of the Paradise]]''
|Groupie
|
|-
| 1975
|''[[Return to Macon County]]''
|Junell
|
|-
| 1980
|''[[Wolf Lake (film)|Wolf Lake]]''
|Linda
|
|-
| 1984
|''In 'n Out ''
|Nancy
|
|-
| 1988
|''Take Two''
|Susan Bentley
|
|-
| 1991
|''In Between''
|Margo Turner
|
|-
| 2019
|''The Citizen Hotel''
|As herself
|Documentary film
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1967
|''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]''
|Robin James
|Episode: "Cap'n Flint"
|-
| 1967
|''[[Gentle Ben]]''
|Jenny Maddox
|Episode: "Gator Man"
|-
| 1967
|''[[Off to See the Wizard]]''
|Lizzie MacRae
|Episodes: "Island of the Lost: Part 1" and "Island of the Lost: Part 2"
|-
| 1970
|''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]''
|Brae
|Episode: "Israel and Love"
|-
| 1975
|''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''
|Mavis Brander
|Episode: "Dark Corridors"
|-
| 1975
|''[[Happy Days]]''
|Linda
|Episode: "Three on a Porch"
|-
| 1975
|''[[The Secret Night Caller]]''
|Jan Durant
|Television film
|-
| 1976–1977
|''[[Guiding Light]]''
|[[Hope Bauer]]
|Series regular
|-
| 1978
|''[[James at 15]]''
|Janice Gordon
|Episode: "Unrequited Love... Twice"
|-
| 1978
|''[[What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (TV series)|What Really Happened to the Class of '65?]]''
|Linda
|Episode: "Class Clown"
|-
| 1978
|''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''
|Da Nay Jensen
|Episode: "The Lost Island"
|-
| 1978
|''[[The Runaways (TV series)|The Runaways]]''
|Melinda
|Episode: "Melinda and the Pinball Wizard"
|-
| 1978
|''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
|Irene Shannon
|Episode: "Ricky"
|-
| 1978
|''[[Barnaby Jones]]''
|Shelly Barrett
|Episode: "Hitch-Hike to Terror"
|-
| 1978
|''[[Sword of Justice (TV series)|Sword of Justice]]''
|Carol
|Episode: "Girl on the Edge"
|-
| 1978
|''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]''
|Sheila
|Episode: "Scorpion's Sting"
|-
| 1978
|''[[The Eddie Capra Mysteries]]''
|Jill Turnbull
|Episode: "Where There's Smoke"
|-
| 1978
|''[[Superdome (film)|Superdome]]''
|Gail Green
|Television film
|-
| 1978
|''[[Doctors' Private Lives]]''
|Sheila
|Television film
|-
| 1978
|''[[Are You in the House Alone?]]''
|Allison Bremer
|Television film
|-
|1979
|''[[Captain America (1979 film)|Captain America]]''
|Tina Hayden
|Television film
|-
| 1979
|''[[Hot Rod (1979 film)|Hot Rod]]''
|Jenny
|Television film
|-
| 1979
|''[[Mirror, Mirror (1979 film)|Mirror, Mirror]]''
|Pamela Gorman
|Television film
|-
| 1980
|''Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die''
|Shelby Battles
|Television film
|-
| 1980
|''[[Charlie's Angels]]''
|Erica Burke
|Episode: "Of Ghosts and Angels"
|-
| 1980
|''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
|Diane Benson
|Episode: "Carnival of Thrills"
|-
| 1980–1983, 2004, 2012–2016
|''[[General Hospital]]''
|[[Heather Webber (General Hospital)|Heather Webber]]
|Series regular (1980–83)<br>[[Soapy Awards|Soapy Award for Favorite Villainess]] (1981, 83, 84)<br>Nominated — [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]] (1983)
|-
| 1982
|''Fantasies''
|April
|Television film
|-
| 1984
|''[[Fantasy Island]]''
|Wendy Collins
|Episode: "The Awakening of Love/The Impostor"
|-
| 1984
|''[[Ryan's Hope]]''
|[[Delia Ryan]]
|Series regular
|-
| 1985–1993
|''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''
|[[Gina DeMott Capwell|Gina Capwell]]
|Series regular<br>[[Soap Opera Digest Awards|Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Comic Performance by an Actress: Daytime]] (1989–90)<br>Nominated — [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]] (1987–89)<br>Nominated — [[Soap Opera Digest Awards|Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Comic Performance by an Actress: Daytime]] (1988) 
|-
| 1989
|''False Witness''
|Jody
|Television film
|-
| 1990
|''Menu for Murder''
|Jan Mayfield
|Television film
|-
|1993
|''[[Silk Stalkings]]''
|Susan Enwright
|Episode: "Schemes Like Old Times"
|-
| 1994–2000
|''[[All My Children]] ''
|[[Janet Green (All My Children)|Janet Green]]
|Series regular<br>[[Soap Opera Digest Awards|Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Scene Stealer]] (1996)
|-
| 1994
|''[[Green Dolphin Beat]]''
|Rose
|Television film
|-
| 2002
|''[[Law & Order]]''
|Francine Landen
|Episode: "American Jihad"
|-
| 2003
|''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''
|Janet “Sugar” Webber
|Recurring role
|-
| 2007
|''[[As the World Turns]]''
|Cheri Love
|Recurring role
|-
| 2010–2011
|''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
|Lee Michaels
|Recurring role
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0560478}}

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