{{short description|American actress (born 1953)}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Robin Dearden | image = Bryan Cranston (1).jpg | image_size = | caption = Dearden (left) with her husband Bryan Cranston (right) in 2008 | birth_name = Robin Gale Dearden | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|12|04}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Robin Cranston | known_for = {{hlist|''Magic Mongo''|''Generations''|''Magnum, P.I.''}} | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1977–present | spouse = {{marriage|Bryan Cranston|1989}} | children = Taylor Dearden | relatives = Joseph Cranston (father-in-law) | website = }} '''Robin Gale Dearden''' (born December 4, 1953)<ref name=pin>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/who-is-bryan-cranstons-wife-robin-dearden-exploring-her-life-and-career-as-actor-reveals-secret-to-34-year-old-marriage-1274788|access-date=March 15, 2024|title=Who Is Bryan Cranston's Wife Robin Dearden? Explore Her Life And Career As Actor Reveals Secret To 34-Year-Long Marriage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315202542/https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/who-is-bryan-cranstons-wife-robin-dearden-exploring-her-life-and-career-as-actor-reveals-secret-to-34-year-old-marriage-1274788|archive-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name=dove>{{cite web|url=https://doveclove.com/robin-dearden|access-date=March 15, 2024|title=Who Is Robin Dearden? Wife Of Bryan Cranston|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315222031/https://doveclove.com/robin-dearden|archive-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref> is an American actress known for the television series ''Magic Mongo'', ''Generations'', and ''Magnum, P.I.''<ref>{{cite web |title=The star of everyone's favorite new TV show The Pitt has a mega-famous actor dad |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/821475/the-pitt-actor-has-a-mega-famous-actor-dad/ |website=www.hellomagazine.com}}</ref>
==Early life== Dearden was born Robin Gale Dearden in Los Angeles, California, on December 4, 1953<ref name=pin /><ref name=dove /> to Richard (1920–1993) and Helen (née Ernst; 1924–2017) Dearden.<ref name="Helen">{{cite web |title=Helen Isabel Dearden 1924 - 2017 |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/orangecounty/name/helen-dearden-obituary?id=15638888 |website=www.legacy.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Dearden Obituary - Whittier, CA |url=https://www.rosehills.com/obituaries/whittier-ca/richard-dearden-8449550 |website=www.rosehills.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Helen Isabel Ernst Dearden |url=https://tridelta.historyit.com/tag.php?id=243910&q=Dearden,%20Helen%20Isabel%20Ernst |website=tridelta.historyit.com}}</ref> She has a sister named Diane.<ref name="Helen"/>
==Personal life== Dearden is married to American actor and filmmaker Bryan Cranston.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who Is Bryan Cranston's Wife Robin Dearden? Exploring Her Life And Career As Actor Reveals Secret To 34-Year-Long Marriage |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/who-is-bryan-cranstons-wife-robin-dearden-exploring-her-life-and-career-as-actor-reveals-secret-to-34-year-long-marriage-1274788 |website=www.pinkvilla.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Who Is Bryan Cranston's Wife? All About Robin Dearden |url=https://people.com/who-is-robin-dearden-bryan-cranston-wife-7562599 |website=people.com}}</ref> They wed on July 8, 1989 and their daughter Taylor Dearden was born on February 12, 1993.<ref name=pin /><ref name=dove /> Her father-in-law was producer and actor Joseph Cranston.<ref name="GQMagazine2014">{{cite news|title=Bryan Cranston interview|work=GQ Magazine|date=May 2014}}</ref><ref name=soap83>{{cite news|last=Reichardt|first=Nancy M.|title=Soap star loves his craft|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ophOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3158,1234963|access-date=February 8, 2014|newspaper=The Prescott Daily Courier|date=October 5, 1983|page=3|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022031143/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ophOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3158%2C1234963|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="wikitable unsortable" | Notes |- | 1985 | ''Stitches'' | Nancy McNaughton | Comedy film |- | 1988 | ''The Big Turnaround'' | Restaurant Waitress | Action film |- | 1999 | ''Last Chance'' | Lauren | |- | rowspan="2" | 2001 | ''The Shrink Is In'' | Mrs. Coleman (scenes deleted) | |- | ''Wooly Boys'' | Kate Harper | |- | rowspan="2" | 2004 | ''Myron's Movie'' | Julia | |- | ''Illusion'' | Diane | Romance film |- | 2017 | ''Chicanery'' | Diana Flare | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="wikitable unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 1977 | ''Magic Mongo'' | rowspan="2" | Kristy | rowspan="2" | 16 episodes |- | ''The Krofft Supershow'' |- | 1978 | ''David Cassidy: Man Undercover'' | Carol Sommers | Episode: "Baby Makes Three" |- | rowspan="3" | 1979 | ''Family'' | Peggy | Episode: "Prelude" |- | ''Bigfoot and Wildboy'' | | Episode: "Meteor Menace" |- | ''B.J. and the Bear'' | Sue Anne Lumm | Episode: "Gasohol" |- | rowspan="4" | 1980 | ''To Race the Wind'' | Mary (uncredited) | television film |- | ''Trouble in High Timber Country'' | Joanna Yeager | television film |- | ''Fugitive Family'' | Nancy Roberts | television film |- | ''The Asphalt Cowboy'' | Rosie Caulpepper | television film |- | 1979–1981 | ''The Incredible Hulk'' | Joleen Collins<br>Rachel | Episode: "Brain Child"<br>Episode: "Danny" |- | 1981 | ''Happy Days'' | Mona Hildebrand | Episode: "The Other Guy" |- | 1982 | ''Love, Sidney'' | A Grown Patti | Episode: "Patti, the Torch" |- | 1981–1982 | ''Magnum, P.I.'' | Mandy, the Flight Attendant<br>Lexi Ziller | Episode: "No Need to Know"<br>Episode: "The Elmo Ziller Story" |- | rowspan="3" | 1983 | ''Murder 1, Dancer 0'' | Jenny Burnell | television film |- | ''Matt Houston'' | Constance | Episode: "The Ghost of Carter Gault" |- | ''The A-Team'' | Kathy | Episode: "The Taxicab Wars" |- | rowspan="2" | 1984 | ''Masquerade'' | | Episode: "Spanish Gambit" |- | ''Earthlings'' | Sally | television film |- | 1985 | ''Highway to Heaven'' | Libby Hall | Episode: "One Winged Angels" |- | 1983–1985 | ''Knight Rider'' | Liberty Cox<br>Mel | Episode: "Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death"<br>Episode: "Buy Out" |- | rowspan="3" | 1986 | ''Crazy Like a Fox'' | Joanna Blake | Episode: "Hearing Is Believing" |- | ''New Love, American Style'' | | Episode: "Love and the Beeper" |- | ''Airwolf'' | Alicia Kincaid | Episode: "Desperate Monday" |- | 1982-1986 | ''T.J. Hooker'' | Michelle Forrest<br>Officer Karen Remy | Episode: "Big Foot"<br>Episode: "Taps for Officer Remy" |- | 1987 | ''Outlaws'' | Elektra | Episode: "Pursued" |- | 1988 | ''9 to 5'' | | Episode: "The Big Sleep" |- | 1990 | ''Generations'' | Kate Wilson | 26 episodes |- | 1991 | ''The New Adam-12'' | Julie Copeland | Episode: "Deadly Trade" |- | 1987-1991 | ''Murder, She Wrote'' | Kay Davis<br>Gail Sutton<br>Lisa Sutton | Episode: "The Corpse Flew First Class"<br>Episode: "The Taxman Cometh"<br>Episode: "The Committee" |- | 2005 | ''Grounded for Life'' | Lois | Episode: "Oh, What a Knight" |- | 2010 | ''Breaking Bad'' | Emotional Woman | Episode: "No Mas" |- | 2016 | ''Fantasy Hospital'' | Chief Kuckles (voice) | 10 episodes |}
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