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HTTP://WWW.HOLLYWOOD.COM/CELEBRITIES/ROBIN-RIKER-57502972/>TITLE=ROBIN RIKER {{!, Biography and Filmography {{!}} 1952first=Hollywood.comlanguage=en-US}}| birth_place = Brothers (1984 TV series)>Brothers’’Alligator (film)’The Bold and the Beautiful’Get a Life (American TV series)>Get a Life’The Gregory Hines Show’Thunder Alley’’Actress|author}}| yearsactive = 1976–present| spouse = }}Robin Riker (born October 2, 1952) is an American actress and author. She made her big screen debut in the 1980 horror film Alligator and later went to star in the Showtime comedy series Brothers (1984–1989).Riker had starring roles in a number of sitcoms during 1990s, include Get a Life (1990–92), Shaky Ground (1992–93), Thunder Alley (1994–95), and The Gregory Hines Show (1997–98). From 2008 to 2010 she played the role of Beth Logan in the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.Robin Riker Actors | Soaps.com

Early life

Riker began acting in theater when she was two years old.BOOK, A Survivor’s Guide to Hollywood How To Play The Game Without Losing Your Soul, September 2013, Callipygian Press, 978-0-9888156-0-5,

Career

Riker began her career appearing in episodes of M*A*S*H, Fantasy Island, The Fall Guy, The Rockford Files, The A-Team and Airwolf. She made her film debut appearing as a female lead in the 1980 horror film Alligator. From 1984 to 1989, she starred as Kelly Hall in the Showtime comedy series Brothers. She also appeared in films Stepmonster (1993), A Reason to Believe (1995), Brink! (1998) and Don’t Look Under the Bed (1999).During 1990s, Riker had starring roles in a number of sitcoms, include Get a Life (1990-92), Shaky Ground (1992-93), Thunder Alley (1994-95), and The Gregory Hines Show (1997-99). She guest starred on Murder, She Wrote, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm in the Middle, Reba, NCIS, Boston Legal, Bones, Justified and The Glades.In 2000, Riker began appearing in a daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives. In 2005, she was named by KCL Productions to dress up as Princess Peach mascot to do Mario Superstar Baseball commercial. After, she signed a contract for the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful in the recast role of Beth Logan. Her first appearance was on June 18, 2008. Riker continues to work in stages from Los Angeles to New York and to receive nominations for her work in the theatre. In 2013, she provided the voice and motion capture for Lilith in the video game . In May 2016, Riker was hired to portray the recurring role of Naomi Dreyfus on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. She played the role from June 3, 2016 to September 21, 2016.NEWS, SOD, ROBIN RIKER JOINS GH,www.soapoperadigest.com/content/robin-riker-joins-gh, May 11, 2016, Soap Opera Digest, American Media (publisher), American Media, Inc., May 11, 2016,www.soapoperadigest.com/content/robin-riker-joins-gh," title="web.archive.org/web/20160517183605www.soapoperadigest.com/content/robin-riker-joins-gh,">web.archive.org/web/20160517183605www.soapoperadigest.com/content/robin-riker-joins-gh, May 17, 2016, live, United States,

Filmography

Films{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! Notes| 1980Alligator (film)>Alligator| Marisa|| 1990| Writer’s Block| Magenta| Short film| 1990| Without Her Consent| Marcia| Television film| 1991(Body Chemistry (film series)>Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger)| Brenda|| 1993| Stepmonster| Denise Gore|| 1994(In the Heat of Passion>In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful)| Catherine|| 1995| A Reason to Believe| Constance|| 1995| Dead Badge| Joyce Deitz|| 1996| Christmas Every Day| Carolyn Jackson| Television film| 1997| The O Show| Mom| Television film| 1998| Brink!| Maddie Brinker| Television film| 1999| Don’t Look Under the Bed| Karen McCausland| Television film| 2002| The Stoneman| Dr. Anna Weston|| 2005| Gone But Not Forgotten| Nora Sloane / Samantha Reardon| Television film| 2006| Read It and Weep| Diana|| 2011| Convincing Clooney| Head Honcho|| 2012| Save the Date| Aunt Mary|| 2012| Divorce Invitation| Lucy Christian|| 2012| Holly’s Holiday| Carol|| 2012| The Famous Joe Project| Carrie|| 2013| This Magic Moment| Maryellen Gable| Television film| 2016| Saved By Grace| Anne|| 2016The Wedding Party (2016 film)>The Wedding Party| Kit “The Cougar“|| 2018| Hildy & Maude| Hildy| Short film| 2018| Killer in a Red Dress| Mary|| 2019| Granny’s Home| Colleen| Original Title: “Psycho Granny”“>

Television{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable” | Notes| 2016| General Hospital| Naomi Dreyfus| ABC| 2015| Austin & Ally| Mrs. Whitfield| Episode: “Rejection & Rocket Ships”| 2008–2010| The Bold and the Beautiful| Beth Logan| CBS (54 episodes)| 2003| Exit 9| Lynne| TV pilot| 2000| Days of Our Lives| Bonnie Lockhart| NBC| 1999Sliders (TV series)>Sliders| First Lady Mrs. Williams| Episode (5/7): “A Current Affair”| 1997–1998| The Gregory Hines Show| Nicole Moran| CBS (20 episodes)| 1994–1995Thunder Alley (TV series)>Thunder Alley| Roberta “Bobbi” Turner| ABC (19 episodes)| 1992–1993| Shaky Ground| Helen Moody| FOX (17 episodes)| 1990–1992Get a Life (American TV series)>Get a Life| Sharon Potter| FOX (31 episodes)| 1989| Empty Nest| Janet Majors| Episode 2x05: “Just You and My Kid”| 1984–1987Brothers (1984 TV series)>Brothers| Kelly Hall| Showtime (80 episodes)|1977M*A*S*H (TV series)>M*A*S*H|Nurse Perry|“Fallen Idol” (Season 6, Ep. 2)| 1976Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)>Baa Baa Blacksheep| 1st Nurse| NBC“>

Episodic – Guest Star{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable” | Notes| 2017| You’re The Worst| Faye Cottumaccio| Episodes: “Worldstar!” and “Dad-Not-Dad”| 2014Anger Management (TV series)>Anger Management| Terri| Episode: “Charlie Rolls the Dice in Vegas”| 2013Justified (TV series)>Justified| Deborah Jane| Episode: “Money Trap”| 2012–2013| DeVanity| Angelica Roth| www.devanity.com (3 episodes)| 2012Last Man Standing (American TV series)>Last Man Standing| Wanda| Episode: “Ed’s Twice Ex-Wife”| 2012Switched at Birth (TV series)>Switched at Birth| Michelle Natterson| Episode: “Street Noises Invade the House”| 2011Hung (TV series)>Hung| Actress| Episode: “A Monkey Named Simian or Frances is Not a Fan”| 2011Svetlana (TV series)>Svetlana| Liam’s Mom| Episode: “Mom! Dad!”| 2010–2013The Glades (TV series)>The Glades| Jody Cargill| A&E (3 episodes)| 2010Bones (TV series)>Bones| Nadia Blake| Episode: “The Shallow in the Deep ”| 2007| Big Love| Meredith Paulson| Episode: “The Happiest Girl”| 2006| Boston Legal| Candy Springtime| ABC (2 episodes)| 2006| The Closer| Barbara| Episode: “The Other Woman”| 2006| Twenty Good Years| Helen| Episode: “Sorry, Wrong Ship”| 2005NCIS (TV series)>NCIS| Saleena Lockhart| Episode: “Black Water”| 2004| Cold Case| Doreen Denova| Episode: “Disco Inferno”| 2004| Crossing Jordan| Frances Pritchard| Episode: “Til Death Do Us Part”| 2003| American Dreams| Mrs. Jensen| Episode: “Ticket to Ride”| 2002–2003Reba (TV series)>Reba| Sue Montgomery| The WB (2 episodes)| 2002One on One (American TV series)>One on One| Connie| Episode: “Adventures in Double Dating”| 2002What I Like About You (TV series)>What I Like About You| Eileen| Episode: “Spa Day” 2001Family Law (American TV series)>Family Law| Actress| Episode: “Sex, Lies, and Internet”| Dead Last| Bunny Cahill| Episode: “Jane’s Exit”Six Feet Under (TV series)>Six Feet Under| Chloe Yorkin | Episode: “Crossroads” (uncredited)Two Guys and a Girl>Two guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place| Mrs. Brewer| Episode: “Make Mine Tea”| Malcolm in the Middle| Tina| Episode: “New Neighbors” | 1998Clueless (TV series)>Clueless| Bev| Episode: “Father’s Keeper” | 1997| Buffy the Vampire Slayer| Catherine MadisonWitch (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode)>Witch”| 1996| Sabrina, the Teenage Witch| Marigold Wiccan| Episode: “A Halloween Story”| 1996| Murder, She Wrote| Colleen Sellers| Episode: “Death by Demographics”| 1994| (Diagnosis: Murder)| Claire| Episode: “Many Happy Returns” 1989| Murder, She Wrote| Connie Kowalski| Episode: “Dead Letter” (as Robin Riker-Hasley)| Highway to Heaven| Peg Bennett| Episode: “The Silent Bell”| 1985| Misfits of Science| Sarah| Episode: “Grand Theft Bunny” |1985|Highway to Heaven|Sherri Johnson|(TV Series), 2 episodes: “A Song for Jason: Part 1” and “A Song for Jason: Part 2”| 1984| Airwolf| Dr. Karen Hansen| Episode: “Moffett’s Ghost”| 1983| The Fall Guy| Leslie Tyler| Episode: “Wheels” (S03E12)| 1983| The A-Team| Amanda Huston| Episode: Water, Water Everywhere”|Pearl (TV series)>Pearl|| CBS

Theatre

• Ladies’ Room (1988; Tiffany Theatre Los Angeles)
• The Kiss at City Hall (2000; Pasadena Playhouse; Victim Dramalogue Award Winner Stage Coach Theatre
• Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex and Sex (2005; The Matrix Theatre)
• I Remember You (2006; Falcon Theatre)
• Welcome to the Woods (2009; off-Broadway)
• Cannibals (2010) Zephyr Theatre
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses (The Blank Theatre Company)
• All My Sons (Geffen Playhouse)
• Pied a Terre Off Broadway

References

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External links

• {{Official websitewww.robinriker.com}}
• {{IMDb name|0726939|Robin Riker}}

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