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Cindy Robbins

Cynthia Chenault
Betty Davis Cindy Robbins Wagon Train 1959.jpg
Robbins with Bette Davis in Wagon Train, 1959
Born (1937-01-05) January 5, 1937 (age 80)
Hammond, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation Actor, television producer & writer
Years active 1955–present
Spouse(s) Tommy Leonetti (m. 1964–79) (his death)
Children Kimberly Beck

Cynthia Chenault (born January 5, 1937) is an American television actress and producer/writer active from the mid-1950s to the present. She used the screen name Cindy Robbins in her acting credits.

Her first acting role on television was in 1955, in the episode Moonfire of the television western series Brave Eagle. In 1960, Robbins appeared as a ballerina in the "Bullets and Ballet" episode of Tightrope!.

Her last acting role in television was on the television comedy series McHale's Navy in 1964.

Her best-known role was that of Carol Porter, one of the daughters in the one-season sit-com The Tom Ewell Show (1960–61). She also made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of Teddi Hart in the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Treacherous Toupee."

Her other television work consisted of appearances in comedy shows (Ensign O'Toole, Father Knows Best, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Leave It To Beaver), military/action shows (Steve Canyon, Whirlybirds, Harbor Command), westerns (Wagon Train, Outlaws, The Tall Man), and dramas (Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Tightrope, Dragnet).

She appeared in several films from 1957 to 1959:

In the mid-1980s, she produced/wrote several ABC Weekend Specials (notably, Pippi Longstocking) and a CBS Schoolbreak Special. She was also a writer in 1984 for the TV cartoon series Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats.


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