Robin Dearden is best-known as an actress, and a supportive wife of the famous “Breaking Bad” actor, Bryan Cranston. After her retirement years ago, now she is living a private life in Los Angeles.
Early life, family, educational background
Robin Gale Dearden was born in Los Angeles, California USA, on 17 September 1972, so her zodiac sign is Sagittarius, holds American nationality and is of white ethnicity. She is now 67 years old. She is the daughter-in-law of Joe Cranston and the sister-in-law of Kyle Edward Cranston. Robin is a highly private person, even if she is a well-known actress, as there details about her parents, any siblings as well as her educational background aren’t available on the web.
Career
Robin’s acting career started when she debuted in a children’s morning show, “The Krofft Superstar Hour” in 1978. In the same year, she appeared in an episode of the TV series “Man Undercover”, which opened the door for her to be cast in “The Incredible Hulk” the following year, and is considered as her movie debut. In 1980, Robin made it to the movie entitled “Fugitive Family, and in the following years she successfully managed to take part on several TV films, “Fugitive Family”, and “Happy Days”. Then made her joined the cast of the series “T.J. Hooker”.
From then, she made guest appearances in several TV shows, “Highway to Heaven”, “Airwolf”, and “Crazy Like a Fox”, to name a few.
She further became part to some of the episodes of “Murder, She Wrote” (1987), and played the role of Kate Wilson in the 1990 TV series “Generations”. In 2001, Robin did the movies entitled “Wooly Boys” as well as “The Illusion”.
Personal life, husband actor Bryan Cranston
Robin was known to be an American actress and wife of famous actor Bryan Cranston. As they are both in the field of industry, they met while working with the TV series “Airwolf” in 1986. In the said series, Bryan played a villain’s role while Robin was held by him as a hostage. Bryan had scenes where he had to hijack a cruise where Robin was, and even point a gun to her head.
While being together on the set, they had attractions and flirted a lot with one another, but at that time both of them had partners, so when the shooting ended, they went on separate ways.
A year passed, then after their break-up with their former partners, they had the chance to meet again, and when a different kind of romance began. In an interview with “People”, Bryan said that having their former partners at the time he and Robin met helped to strengthen their relationship, ‘I think it was serendipitous, because, as Robin says, if we had been unencumbered at the time and started dating, she doesn’t think that we would have stayed together,” he said.
“But because she had a boyfriend and I had a girlfriend, we were able to flirt without the heavy sexual tension, but there was sexual tension, let me tell you! But not the heavy sexual tension, not the ‘faux pas’ sexual tension, but it was there.”
The couple had been dating for a while, but when the time came that Bryan thought of proposing to Robin, he was nervous and couldn’t utter his feelings in front of her. So instead of saying the magical words, “will you marry me?”, he just invited Robin to take a bath together! At that time, both of them were positioned in the same direction so Bryan could propose without looking into Robin’s face.
Whenever Robin recalled her husband’s proposal, still laughs, remembering how Bryan didn’t allow her to look at him while saying how much he loves her. He even told her to take the wedding ring from his pinky toe. Robin still loved the hilarious proposal, and even said in an interview with Steve Kroft on “60 Minutes”, ‘It was so romantic”.
Robin and Bryan married on 8 July 1989, and because of their careers, both of them agreed not to start their own family right away. After four years, on 12 February 1993, their only child was born, and named Taylor Cranston, who followed her parents footsteps by also becoming an actress. Along with her parents, she appeared in the popular series “Breaking Bad” in 2008, and also made it into the movies such as “Sweet/Vicious” in 2016, and “Heartthrob” in 2017.
For more than 30 years of marriage, Bryan and Robin have managed their romantic and healthy relationship. During their trip in Europe, News had reported that the couple were caught having sex in public on a train while going on a 50-minute long tunnel ride. Bryan told the whole story during his interview with Conan O’Brien. He even gave advice by saying, “Before transferring from one seat to another and crossing over the panel with the stick shift, make sure you keep your trousers on”.
Robin now remains as a loving and supportive wife to her husband. She accompanies Bryan to all events, movie premieres, red carpets and movies.
Who is Bryan Cranston?
Robin’s husband, Bryan Lee Cranston, is an American actor, director, producer, and a writer, born on 7 March 1956, in Hollywood, California USA. He is said to inherit his acting skills from his parents who were also actors, Joseph and Annalisa. He has a sister named Amy, and a brother named Kyle. His father abandoned their family when he was only around 11 years old, but they reconnected after more than a decade, when Bryan and Kyle decided to track down their father. In 1976, Bryan graduated from Los Angeles Valley College with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science.
Bryan was best-known for his roles as Walter White in the TV series “Breaking Bad” in 2008, as Hal in the 2000 comedy series “Malcolm in the Middle”, and as Dr. Tim Whatley in the series entitled “Seinfeld” in 1989.
He became more popular when he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008-2010, 2014) for his role in “Breaking Bad”. He then became one of the producers of the said series, which then led to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series twice.
Further, Bryan made his Broadway debut in the play “All The Way” in 2014, and portrayed the role of former US President Lyndon B. Johnson, which helped him earn the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Bryan was also part of some other famous TV series and movies, including in 1988 film “Saving Private Ryan”, “Little Miss Sunshine” in 2006, and in 2014 “Godzilla”.
Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
- Robin loves to practice meditation and yoga.
- She goes to the gym occasionally.
- She is an animal lover who had three dogs.
- She loves travelling with her husband; some of the places they’ve visited have been the Great Wall of China, and the Egyptian Pyramids.
Appearance, clothing style
Robin has brown hair as well as brown eyes. She is 5ft 3ins (1.60m) tall, and remains gorgeous and classy despite being in her sixties.
Net worth and salary
With their acting profession, Robin has an estimated net worth of $6 million, while her husband, Bryan has accumulated a net worth of $40 million, most of which he earned with his character in the series “Breaking Bad”.