Amy Robinson
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Amy Robinson | |
---|---|
Born | |
Occupation(s) | Actress, film producer |
Amy Robinson (born 1948 or 1949 (age 75–76)) is an American actress and film producer.[1]
Biography
Robinson grew up in Trenton, New Jersey and attended Sarah Lawrence College[2] with later film education at the Sundance Institute.[3] She got her first film role as the female lead in Martin Scorsese's breakthrough hit Mean Streets. She turned to producing when disappointed with the roles she was being offered, eventually producing Scorcese's film After Hours.[3] She was a member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1987. In 1986, Robinson and her business partner in Double Play Productions, Griffin Dunne, signed a two-year deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to develop motion pictures.[4]
Filmography
Producer
- Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) (a.k.a. Head Over Heels)
- Baby It's You (1983)
- After Hours (1985)
- Running on Empty (1988)
- White Palace (1990)
- Once Around (1991)
- With Honors (1994)
- For Love of the Game (1999)
- Drive Me Crazy (1999)
- Autumn in New York (2000)
- From Hell (2001)
- When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003)
- Marie and Bruce (2004)
- Game 6 (2005)
- The Great New Wonderful (2005)
- 12 and Holding (2005)
- Julie & Julia (2009)
Actor
- A Brand New Life (1973, TV movie) - Nancy
- Mean Streets (1973) - Teresa
- Get Christie Love! (1974, TV series) - Sally
- The Neighborhood (1982, TV movie) - Mrs. Kilgore
- Casualty (1988, TV series) - Julie (final television appearance)
References
- ^ Carlson, Timothy (February 18, 1980). "Robinson joins exclusive club". The Daily Advertiser.
- ^ Taylor, Clarke (May 17, 1983). "Perfect Partnership for Film Production". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b Thomas, Bob (October 14, 1985). "'After Hourse' Was Actor's Dream". The Charlotte Observer.
- ^ "Dunne & Robinson Ink 2-Year Pact With MGM". Variety. March 5, 1986. p. 6.
External links
- Amy Robinson at IMDb
- Amy Robinson at AllMovie
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- BLP articles lacking sources from April 2018
- All BLP articles lacking sources
- Use mdy dates from December 2013
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with PLWABN identifiers
- Articles with SNAC-ID identifiers
- 1948 births
- Actresses from New Jersey
- American film actresses
- Film producers from New Jersey
- Living people
- Actors from Trenton, New Jersey
- Sarah Lawrence College alumni
- 20th-century American actresses
- American women film producers
- 21st-century American women