Cybill Shepherd wrote in her autobiography "Cybill Disobedience" (2000) that it was Robin who encouraged her towards a television career when her film career stalled in the early 1980s. Robin had cast her in an episode of
Fantasy Island (1977), but Cybill was very "underwhelmed", since she wasn't even the lead guest-star, but Robin told her that she would set up meetings for her with top independent agents who would turn her career around. Cybill was grateful to her, since it was "a great piece of advice," as she was able to get an agent who soon made her a TV star.