Robin Pappas is an American

United States

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 actress. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Acting. Her credits include The Shining

The Shining (film)

The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. A writer, Jack Torrance, takes a job as an...

and Superman II

Superman II

Superman II is the 1980 sequel to the 1978 superhero film Superman and stars Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, and Jack O'Halloran. It was the only Superman film to be filmed by two directors...

, as well as an uncredited role in Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British film. It tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice....

. She is the mother of singer-songwriter Nellie McKay

Nellie McKay

Nellie McKay , is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and former stand-up comedienne, noted for her critically acclaimed albums, and for her Broadway debut in The Threepenny Opera , for which she won a Theatre World Award...

. She also served as the executive producer

Executive producer

An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

 of her daughter's second album, Pretty Little Head

Pretty Little Head

Pretty Little Head is the second album by singer Nellie McKay. It was released October 31, 2006, on Nellie's own Hungry Mouse label. Initial reports indicated that the album would be released on the Internet in January, with a possible conventional release in February; however, this did not end up...

and co-produced fifth album Home Sweet Mobile Home

Home Sweet Mobile Home

Home Sweet Mobile Home is the fifth album from American singer-songwriter, Nellie McKay. Released by Verve Records, it is McKay's first collection of original songs since 2007's Obligatory Villagers, and the followup to her critically acclaimed cover album, Normal as Blueberry Pie - A Tribute to...

with McKay herself. She appeared in the music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for "David".

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