Cynthia Chenault

Cynthia Chenault 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. Early years Robbins was born in Hammond, Louisiana. Her mother operated a dancing school in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Robbins began dancing at age five. When she was eight years old, her family moved to California. When she was a student at Glendale High School, her career plans changed from dancing to acting. In 1952, she was the school's representative at an annual drama festival. She has four sisters. Career Stage Robbins's entertainment debut came in Ken Murray's Blackouts when she was 11 years old. On Broadway, she portrayed Molly Belmont in By the Beautiful Sea (1954), and Janice Dawson in Happy Town (1959). She also had a lead role in The Vacant Lot at the La Jolla Playhouse.