Toby Robins was born on March 13, 1931 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for For Your Eyes Only (1981), Space: 1999 (1975) and Department S (1969). She was married to Bill Freedman. She died on March 21, 1986 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre is named after the actress,
who died from the disease.
She was selected to join the panel of news people on Front Page Challenge (1957) because the producer wanted one good-looking woman and there were few to be found at the time among actual journalists in Canada. She stayed with the show through a pregnancy but left in 1961 to pursue a film career, and was replaced by journalist Betty Kennedy.