Cynthia Chenault

Cynthia Chenault
Cynthia Chenault
Born January 5, 1937(1937-01-05)
Hammond, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation Actor, television producer & writer
Years active 1955–Present
Spouse Tommy Leonetti (m. 1964–1979) «start: (1964)–end+1: (1980)»"Marriage: Tommy Leonetti to Cynthia Chenault" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Chenault) (his death)

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.

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Television career

Her first acting role on television was in 1955, in the episode Moonfire of the television western series Brave Eagle.

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

Her most well-known role was Carol Porter, one of the daughters in the one-season sit-com The Tom Ewell Show (1960–61).[1]

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 (Perry Mason, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Tightrope, Dragnet).

Film career

She appeared in several films from 1957-59:

  • I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) playing Pearl, Vic's Girl
  • Dino (1957), a Sal Mineo drama, playing Sylvia
  • Rockabilly Baby (1957), a film about family secrets and small-town life (featuring Les Brown and His Band of Renown), playing Vougette #1
  • Gunsight Ridge (1957), a Joel McCrea Western, playing the Bride
  • This Earth Is Mine (1959), a Rock Hudson drama about California wine country, playing Buz Dietrick

Producing/Writing Career

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.

In 1986, she shared in the nomination for a Daytime Emmy in the category Outstanding Writing in a Children's Special, for the ABC Weekend Special The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn.[2]

Personal life

Cynthia Chenault was born January 5, 1937, in Hammond, Louisiana, USA.

She had one child, actress Kimberly Beck, born in Glendale, California, in January 1956.

Cynthia, then still known as Cindy Robbins, married Australian singer-songwriter Tommy Leonetti in the mid-1960s. The two of them, plus her young daughter, moved to Sydney, Australia, and lived there for the remainder of the 1960s and for most of the 1970s before returning to America in the late 70's. Her husband Tommy died in 1979. She began around that time using her actual name for her writing credits, rather than her screen name.

References

  1. ^ The Tom Ewell Show webpage on the Classic TV Archive website
  2. ^ 1986 Daytime Emmy Awards webpage at the IMDB website

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