Robin Strasser Movies
American actress Robin Strasser was a Broadway luminary at the age of 18, appearing in the old-fashioned farce The Irregular Verb to Love. A few years later, she won the Critics Circle Award for her work in a revival of Clifford Odets' The Country Girl. Bypassing her lukewarm film career in such turkeys as The House that Cried Murder (1974), it is safe to say that Ms. Strasser is best known for her TV activities -- specifically her daytime drama assignments. The actress has played Dr. Christina Karras on All My Children, Rachel Davis on Another World and Dorian Lord on One Life to Live, a role for which Robin won an Emmy Award in 1982. In honor of her prestige in the soap-opera field, Robin Strasser was one of the hosts of the 1994 CBS television retrospective 50 Years of Soaps. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide- 1996
Three attractive girl friends in their 20s spend the bulk of this melodrama walking and talking their way through the funky streets of New York City. They have come together to celebrate a 30th birthday. Their favorite topic of discussions include men, their pasts, men, their relationships, and men. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1991
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Based on the book Hot Toddy, by Andy Edmunds, this made-for-TV movie revolves around the mysterious death of '30s film star Thelma Todd (Loni Anderson). ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Loni Anderson, Robert Davi, (more)
- 1990
Originally telecast in two parts, Blind Faith was adapted from a fact-based book by investigative author Joe McGinniss. The scene is Toms River, New Jersey; the year is 1984. Insurance salesman Rob Marshall (Robert Urich) informs the authorities that his wife Maria (Joanna Kerns) has been murdered by a band of marauding thieves. Marshall claims that he and his wife were ambushed at a remote picnic area, and for a while everyone believes the man. But further investigation leads to the conclusion that Maria was the victim of a murder conspiracy, fomented by Marshall himself in order collect his wife's insurance. The climactic trial forces Marshall's three teenaged sons to bear witness against their own father. With grim irony, Blind Faith was first broadcast just before Valentine's Day, 1990. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1989
Murphy (Candice Bergen meets her match--literally--when "FYI" agrees to a joint telecast with its counterpart on Russian television. Almost immediately, Murphy clashes with Soviet investigative reporter Vladia (Robin Strasser), who turns out to be Murphy's equal in every way...right down to the oversized ego and mercurial temperament. As air time for the international telecast approaches, it looks as though the Cold War is going to start heating up all over again! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
Baby M is a two-part TV movie predicated on a headline-making true event. In 1985, Mary Beth Whitehead accepted $10,000 to bear a child, which then would be adopted by William and Elizabeth Stern. But after the baby's birth in March of 1986, Whitehead reneged on the agreement. The subsequent high-profile custody trial raged on for well over nine months. The film strives for impartiality, though those pre-disposed members of the audience will not be swayed from their support of the parents or of the surrogate mother. John Shea and Robin Strasser portray the married couple, while JoBeth Williams plays Whitehead. Baby M was initially telecast on May 22 and 23, 1988. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
Glitz was a disappointment for fans of the Elmore Leonard novel on which it was based. Jimmy Smits stars as a savvy Miami police detective Vincent Mora, who is wounded in a shoot-out. Convalescing in Puerto Rico, Mora falls in love with a beautiful woman who later dies under suspicious circumstances. Unable to pursue the case officially, Mora conducts a private investigation of the case. Along the way, he makes the acquaintance of a sprightly lounge singer (Markie Post) and a seriously disturbed ex-con (John Diehl). To many viewers, the title was appropriate: Glitz was plenty of style with little substance. The film was first telecast October 21, 1988. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
During the Korean War, Frank Fletcher, late husband of mystery writer Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), was forced to bail out of the "Dixie Damsel", a crippled C97 cargo plane. Now, 36 years later, the wreckage of the "Dixie Damsel" has been found--with the remains of a murdered man inside! An Air Force inquiry is established to determine if Frank Fletcher had committed murder, prompting Jessica to team up with her old friend, retired pilot Lee Goddard (Dale Robertson), to clear her husband's name and find out what really happened. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
This mystery focuses on the theft of a computer which can instantly translate English into foreign languages after it's inventor is killed. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1973
- PG
This Canadian thriller was also released as The House That Cried Murder. Neurotic newlywed Robin Strasser finds her husband Arthur Roberts in bed with his old flame Iva Jean Saraceni. Robin doesn't get mad-she gets even. Using funds supplied by her wealthy daddy John Beal, the scorned bride turns Roberts and Saraceni's love nest into a dungeon of horror. Despite a near-nonexistent budget, The Bride delivers plenty of solid scares. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robin Strasser, John Beal, (more)
- 1972
This Child Is Mine, a 90-minute videotaped TV drama written by Richard De Roy, stars two popular soap opera performers: Rosemary Prinz (All My Children) and Robin Strasser (Another World). The scene is a courtroom, where a tense custody battle is in progress. The natural mother and foster mother of a child fight tooth and nail over possession. What starts as a standard "Day in Court" affair quickly escalates into a heart-pounding melodrama. The pilot for a never-sold series, This Child Is Mine was originally telecast December 7, 1972 as an "ABC Afternoon Playbreak." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
Laurence Luckinbill stars in the taped-for-television thriller And the Bones Came Together. The scene is a cemetary, where the caretaker has just been laid off. Muttering dark oaths, the caretakers vows revenge...and soon afterward, a tombstone "weeps", and a woman rises from her grave. Featured in the cast is Robin Strasser, then the wife of star Luckinbill. And the Bones Came Together originally aired February 15, 1973, on ABC Wide World of Entertainment. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
