Robin Sherwood

Robin Sherwood made her first star appearance at The Lincoln Center in New York on the opening night of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Film Comment Selects 2015 film festival at the Walter Reade Theater.

Robin returned to acting in 2009. In 2014, she stars in the feature-length documentary, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014). The documentary is directed by Mark Hartley and was produced by Brett Ratner.

Robin appeared on the stage in 1991, playing the titled role in the drama, Clare's Dream, in Los Angeles at the Coast Theater. She won critical acclaim from the Los Angeles Times for her earnest and heartfelt performance as a spirited writer coming-of-age-in rural California of the 1930s.

In 1986, her father died, so she returned to the states to run his restaurant, The Rascal House Restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida, fulfilling a promise she had made to him, and kept the Rascal House thriving until 1996.

Her break out role came when she stars opposite Charles Bronson as his emotionally traumatized daughter in Death Wish II (1982), directed by Michael Winner, in the role, she rejected any makeup requested.

She then moved into major motion pictures, at MGM Studios, director Martin Davidson saw a photograph of her on the wall of the studio's art director and cast Sherwood in a small role in the romantic comedy, Hero at Large (1980) with John Ritter.

She played a Marin County hippie feminist, in a supporting role opposite Tuesday Weld in Serial (1980) for Paramount. She then was given the chance to work with director Brian De Palma in a scene stealing cameo role with John Travolta in Blow Out (1981), she also known as nickname "Scream Queen".

Robin made her movie debut in independent films. She appeared briefly in the Bill Murray comedy Loose Shoes (1978). Soon her resume began to grow with a role in Outside Chance (1978), a CBS movie. She arrived as a leading lady, with the David Schmoeller iconic mystery/horror film Tourist Trap (1979), starring Chuck Connors.

Robin Lyn Sherwood (born January 24, 1952) is an American actress, best known for her roles in Tourist Trap (1979), Blow Out (1981), and as the role of Carol Kersey in Charles Bronson's film Death Wish II (1982).