Robin Bartlett

Biography

Robin Bartlett is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in two NBC sitcoms The Powers That Be and Mad About You.

Robin appeared in the short-lived series The Powers That Be and had a recurring role as Debbie Buchman (the lesbian sister of Paul Reiser’s character) in the series Mad About You and as a TV producer on Series. She has played a teacher at least twice—as Mrs. Elliott in 1989’s Lean on Me, then again as French teacher Mrs. Grober in the 1991 film If Looks Could Kill. In addition, she portrayed the dean of a private school in an episode (“The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial”) of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.

In June 2010 it was announced Barlett would be appearing as Hannah Pitt in Signature Theatre Company’s 20th-anniversary production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. She also portrayed Bridget Kearns in Shutter Island in 2010.

In 2013, she portrayed Dr. Miranda Crump in American Horror Story’s second season, Asylum, and later that year returned for the third season, Coven, portraying Cecily Pembroke.