Robin Bartlett is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in two NBC sitcoms ''

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'' and '' Mad About You''.

Career

She appeared in the short-lived series ''

''. She played the sister of a filmmaker in '' Mad About You'' and a television producer in ''

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''. She played a teacher in two films, '' Lean on Me'' and '' If Looks Could Kill''. She played the drug rehab roommate for '' Postcards from the Edge''. In addition, she played the dean of a private school in an episode ("The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial") of the

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series ''

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''. In June 2010, it was announced Barlett would play Hannah Pitt in Signature Theatre Company's 20th-anniversary production of

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/ref> She played Bridget Kearns in '' Shutter Island'' in 2010. In 2013, she portrayed Miranda Crump in ''

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''s second season, '' Asylum'', and later that year returned for the third season, ''

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'', portraying Cecily Pembroke. She starred in the 2014 film '' H.'', for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female in 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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