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Robin Mattson is an American actress, known for portraying Heather Webber on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital.

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Mattson made her daytime debut as Hope Bauer on Guiding Light (1976–77). She received a Soap Opera Digest Award and an Emmy Nomination for her first major role, as Heather Webber on General Hospital (1980–83, 2004, 2012–2016). During Ilene Kristen's absence from Ryan's Hope, she played Delia Reid (1984), who married the older Harve Presnell, while having an affair on her wedding night. Replacing Linda Gibboney on Santa Barbara, she received additional Emmy Nominations for her role of Gina Blake Lockridge, a role which lasted from December 1985 through the final episode in January 1993.

Following the end of the series, Mattson moved to New York to take on the role of Janet Green on All My Children (1994–2000). "Janet From Another Planet," as her character was known, turned from psychotic crowbar killer to respectable citizen, but when the character returned (played by Kate Collins, who originated the part), the character's psychosis had returned. Over the next few years, Mattson took on several short term parts on soaps: Sugar (Sheila Carter's sidekick) on The Bold and the Beautiful in 2003; Madame Cheri Love on As the World Turns (2007); and Lee Michaels (a prison inmate who was part of a body organ theft ring) on Days of our Lives (2010–2011). Mattson has returned to General Hospital on two occasions, first in 2004 for six months where she was reunited with her former Santa Barbara co-star Jed Allan in a storyline where Heather tried to murder the aging Edward Quartermaine after marrying him for his money and showing an obsession for Anthony Geary's Luke Spencer. Her most recent return came about in April 2012 when Heather was again released from a mental institution and set about causing havoc again in Port Charles, revealing that the late Franco was really Jason Morgan's twin brother.

Other television credits of Mattson's include the NBC's television series Daniel Boone on May 7, 1970. The episode was called "Israel and Love," she played the daughter of Secord (Tim O'Connor). Mattson guest-starred on Barnaby Jones in a 1978 installment entitled "Hitch-Hike to Terror." She also had a significant role in the two-hour Dukes of Hazzard episode "Carnival of Thrills," which aired at the beginning of season three in 1981. In it, she played Bo Duke's love interest, "Diane," who was also the head of a traveling stunt-thrill show. Mattson also appeared in The Six Million Dollar Man from the fifth until the sixteenth episode. Other television credits include the television series The Incredible Hulk. The October 6, 1978 episode was called "Ricky." She played the character "Irene," the mechanic for a race car driver.

Mattson starred in Namu, the Killer Whale at the age of 9. She was also in the 1975 film Return to Macon County. She appeared in the romantic comedy film The Last Guy on Earth in 2006. She also played Francine Landon, mother of an American Muslim extremist, in '"American Jihad," the 13th-season opener of the television series Law & Order.

Mattson is a gourmet cook. She co-authored the cook book Soap Opera Café: The Skinny on Food from a Daytime Star. Previously married to film director Ray Manzella, Mattson and former soccer player Werner Roth were engaged in 2005. The couple married in June 2006

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Tabyana Ali · Adrian Anchondo · Jens Austin Astrup · Maurice Benard · Braedyn Bruner · Steve Burton · Jane Elliot · Genie Francis · Rory Gibson · Nancy Lee Grahn · Tanisha Harper · Alexa Havins Bruening · Rebecca Herbst · Finola Hughes · Brook Kerr · Katelyn MacMullen · Kate Mansi · Cameron Mathison · Sofia Mattsson · Giovanni Mazza · Eden McCoy · Amanda Setton · Kirsten Storms · Josh Swickard · Donnell Turner · Kristen Vaganos · Kristina Wagner · Cynthia Watros · Maura West · Sawandi Wilson · Laura Wright · Dominic Zamprogna
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Bradford Anderson · Nazneen Contractor · Daniel Cosgrove · Bryce Durfee · Daniel Goddard · Van Hansis · Rick Hearst · Carolyn Hennesy · Lynn Herring · Josh Kelly · Michael E. Knight · Wally Kurth · Lisa LoCicero · Chris L. McKenna · Carlo Rota · Vernee Watson · John J. York
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Cosette Abinante · Asher Antonyzyn · Brenden & Evelyn Beimford · Finn Carr · Scarlett Fernandez · Lily Fisher · Gary James Fuller · Sequoia & Serenity Mork Macko · Scarlett Spears · Viron Weaver
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Dioni Michelle Collins · Risa Dorken · Arlondriah Lenyéa · Jonathan Ohye · Trish Ramish · Jen Ray
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Annie Abbott · Ian Abercrombie · Shantell Yasmine Abeydeera · Roy Abramsohn · Jay Acovone · Julie Adams · Josh Adamson · Jesica Ahlberg · Lexi Ainsworth · Eddie Albert · Kristen Alderson · Sarah Aldrich · Aki Aleong · Christian Alexander · Denise Alexander · Jed Allan · Peter Allas · Chad Allen · Stephanie Allen · Tessa Allen · Renee Allman · Iris Almario · Ryan Alosio · Adrian Alvarado · Julia Ambrose · Rachel Ames · Gunner Anderson · Renee Anderson · Richard Dean Anderson · Starr Andreeff · Marnie Andrews · Réal Andrews · Jennifer Anglin · Gerald Anthony · Vinessa Antoine · Ashton Arbab · Jeffrey Arbaugh · Alicia Arden · Michelle Argyris · Tom Arnold · Mariana Aroxa · Indus Arthur · Senait Ashenafi · Matthew Ashford · Barry Atwater · Tessa Auberjonois · Jack Axelrod · Jerry Ayres
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Amanda Baker · Scott Thompson Baker · Stacey Baldwin · C. Balme · Brandon Barash · Harper Rose Barash · Brenda Barberena · Roseanne Barr · Susan Batten · Brady Bauer · Diahnna Nicole Baxter · Bruce Beatty · Nicolas Bechtel · Bryan Beck · Greg Beecroft · Sam Behrens · Felecia Bell · Tajh Bellow · Joshua James Benard · Amy Benedict · Nawal Bengholam · Meg Bennett · Shaun Benson · Daniel Benzali · Julie Marie Berman · Gigi Bermingham · Robyn Bernard · Susan Bernard · Corbin Bernsen · Patricia Bethune · Loanne Bishop · Patrick Bishop · Robin Blake · Sean Blakemore · Cory Blevins · Andrea Bogart · Steve Bond · Jay Bontatibus · Cameron Boyce · Philip Boyd · Eileen Boylan · Aaron Bradshaw · Alicia Brandt · Jeremy Brandt · Chad Brannon · Jennifer Bransford · Tamara Braun · Patricia Breslin · Lucas Broitman · Brianna Brown · Gilbert Glenn Brown · Kimberly J. Brown · Robert Curtis Brown · Sarah Brown · Susan Brown · Carol Bruce · Breck Bruns · Ian Buchanan · Jensen Buchanan · Rebecca Budig · Paulina Bugembe · David Anthony Buglione · Brooke Bundy · Dan Buran · Richard Burgi · Stephen Burleigh · Bonnie Burroughs · Nathin Butler
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Rafael Cabrera · Inga Cadranel · Tony Camp · John Capodice · Kristin Carey · Ismael 'East' Carlo · Quinn Carlson · Ryan Carnes · Paul Carr · Tia Carrere · Laura Carrington · Crystal Carson · Jonathan Carter · Michael Carvin · Sharon Case · Dylan Cash · Rosalind Cash · Philip Cass · Colin Cassidy · Shaun Cassidy · Gerald Castillo · Teresa Castillo · Lisa Cerasoli · Erin Chambers · Brett Chapin · Judith Chapman · Leslie Charleson · Don Chastain · Nicholas Chavez · Maree Cheatham · Derk Cheetwood · Drew Cheetwood · Tom Choi · Robin Christopher · Tyler Christopher · Brian Patrick Clarke · Don Clarke · Tamara Clatterbuck · Joy Claussen · Jay & Joey Clay · Scott Clifton · Claire Coffee · Matt Cohen · Miguel Cohen · Bradley Cole · Michael Cole · John Colicos · Annie Collings · Faith Collins · Marcus Coloma · Jason Cook · Norma Connolly · Chantal Contouri · Al Coronel · Stacey Cortez · Joshua Cox · Nikki Cox · Bryan Craig · Gianna Maria Crane · Matthew Crane · Linda Cristal · Denise Crosby · Pressly James Crosby · Kendrick Cross · Jason Culp · Teddy Chen Culver · Daniel Cummings · Jon Cypher
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Noshir Dalal · Augusta Dabney · Stuart Damon · Shell Danielson · Linda Dano · Henry Darrow · Eddie Davenport · Jason David · Lane Davies · Sammy Davis, Jr. · Todd Davis · Michelle Davison · Enzo De Angelis · Celesta DeAstis · Max Decker · Angie DeGrazia · Kim Delaney · John DeLuca · James DePaiva · Kassie DePaiva · Chris DeRose · Robb Derringer · Jimmy Deshler · William deVry · Stephanie Dicker · Eileen Dietz · Nicholas DiNardo · Lisa Donahey · Jeff Donnell · Joyce Douglas · Chad Duell · Josh Duhon · Christopher B. Duncan
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Michael Easton · Ted Eccles · Sonya Eddy · Hilary Edson · Zachary Ellington, Jr. · Kiko Ellsworth · Caleb & Kyler Ends · Mark Engelhardt · Hayley Erin · Mary Beth Evans
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Morgan Fairchild · Rick Falk · Richard Fancy · Porter Fasullo · Max Faugno · Tawny Fere' Ellis · Bianca Ferguson · Scarlett Fernandez · Christina Ferraro · Jennifer Field · Brian Fitzgerald · Joe Flanigan · Jerin Forgie · Betsy Franco · James Franco · Susan French · Quinn Friedman · Lisa Fuller · Marcus Dean Fuller
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Holly Gagnier · Max Gail · Edin Gali · Denise Galik-Furey · Don Galloway · Chris Gann · Leif Gantvoort · Paul Ganus · Zachary Garred · Drew Garrett · Kathleen Gati · Anthony Geary · Jason Gerhardt · Azita Ghanizada · Blake Gibbons · Patrick J. Gibbons · Mark Goddard · Robert Gossett · Lon Gowan · Amy Grabow · Dieterich Gray · Michael Gregory · Nathanyael Grey · Nathanyael Grey · Alisyn & Kelli Griffith · David Groh · Rueben Grundy · Bennet Guillory · Jennifer Guthrie · Joyce Guy
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Ron Hale · Maurice Hall · Christopher Halsted · Kim Hamilton · Scott Hamm · Jennifer Hammon · Jim Hanna · Peter Hansen · Dean Harens · Eden Harker · Wiley Harker · Reggie Harper · Adam J. Harrington · Nathaniel Harris · Steve Richard Harris · Gregory Harrison · Lily Anne Harrison · Don Harvey · Bob Hastings · Adrienne Hayes · Ron Hayes · Patricia Healy · Anne Helm · Elizabeth Hendrickson · Briana Nicole Henry · Paige Herschell · Erin Hershey Presley · Brighton Hertford · Jennifer Hetrick · Martin Hewitt · Jane Higginson · Cyrus Hobbi · Evan Hofer · Robert Hogan · Ben Hogestyn · David Holcomb · Gerald Hopkins · Gavin Houston · Anders Hove · Roger Howarth · Kym Hoy · Tina Huang · Janet Hubert · Craig Huebing · Carly Hughes · Van Hughes · Will B. Hunt · Ron Husmann · Adam Huss · Rif Hutton
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Mele Ihara · Annie Ilonzeh · John Ingle
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Jequan Jackson · Jonathan Jackson · Titus Jackson · Matthew Jain · Cassandra James · Anne Jeffreys · Johnny Jensen · DaJuan Johnson · Dutch Johnson · Sarah Johnson · Ashley Jones · Anthony Michael Jones · Kathryn Joosten · Bobbi Jordan · George Juarez
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Judy Kain · Sean Kanan · Ari Kappatos · Kody Kavitha · Lesli Kay · Stephen Kay · Thorsten Kaye · Robert Kelker-Kelly · Shell Kepler · Frank Killmond · Kent King · Ted King · Kodi Kitchen · Michael E. Knight · Jeff Kober · Ilene Kristen · Michael Kruse · Michelle Krusiec
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Jay Lacopo · Sarah Laine · Doug Lambert · Andre Landzaat · Chloe Lanier · Georganne LaPiere · Brandon Larkins · Eva LaRue · Robert LaSardo · David Lautman · Mark Lawson · Tiana Le · Anna Lee · David S. Lee · Edie Lehmann · Steven Leigh · Ella Lentini · Adrianne León · Michael Leone · Page Leong · Lindze Letherman · Chauntal Lewis · David Lewis · Judy Lewis · Scott Lincoln · Jon Lindstrom · William Lipton · Natalia Livingston · Bradley Lockerman · June Lockhart · James Logan · Lydia Look · Rod Loomis · Jacqueline Grace Lopez · Mercedes Lopez Renard · Jophielle Love · Jason Ryan Lovett · Florencia Lozano · Chip Lucia · Joey Luthman · George Lyter
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Virginia Ma · James MacDonald · Stephen Macht · Elizabeth MacRae · William MacMillan · Kayla Madison · Kaitlyn Maggio · Ariebella Makana · Vanessa Marcil · Lisa Marie · Joe Marinelli · Matt Marraccini · Jason Marsden · Alison Martin · Mia Martin · Ricky Martin · Elvis Martinez · Elvis Martinez · John Martinuzzi · Joseph Mascolo · Luke Massy · Vanessa Mathison · Dakin Matthews · Robin Mattson · Brad Maule · Frank Maxwell · Dawson Mays · Heather Mazur · Leigh McCloskey · Kovar McClure · Kimberly McCullough · Kurt McKinney · Michael McLafferty · Amelie McLain · Sam McMurray · Jimmy McNichol · Ron Melendez · Lilly Melgar · David Mendenhall · Gonzalo Menendez · Dawn Merrick · Charles Mesure · Krys Meyer · Jeanna Michaels · Sydney Mikayla · Allan Miller · Billy Miller · Mark Miller · Alley Mills · Donna Mills · Melanie Minichino · Kelly Monaco · O'Neill Monahan · Julie Mond · Juan Monsalvez · Anthony Montgomery · Lynne Moody · Demi Moore · Judith Moreland · Debbi Morgan · Lindsey Morgan · Chris Morley · M'fundo Morrison · William R. Moses · Oliver Muirhead · Chris Muto
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Hugo Napier · Ivy Natalia · Karlotta Nelson · Lois Nettleton · Jaime Ray Newman · Stephen Nichols · James Nigbor · Hannah Nordberg · Brian Norris · Nolan North
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Mary O'Brien · Alyshia Ochse · Tim O'Connor · John O'Hurley · Agnes Olech · Erik & Theo Olson · Heather Olt · Amor Owens
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Ryan Paevey · Janis Paige · Jeffrey Vincent Parise · Palmer & Poe Parker · Tom Parker · Nathan Parsons · Andrea Pearson · Mike Peebler · Thaao Penghlis · Christopher Pennock · Beth Peters · John C. Phillips · Joseph C. Phillips · Cara Pifko · Mark Pinter · Joe Pistone · Ed Platt · Miley & Riley Plonski · Avery Kristen Pohl · Larry Poindexter · Hunt Powers · Cynthia Preston · Nicholas Pryor · Haley Pullos · David Purdham · Linda Purl
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Teddy Quinn
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Brooke Radding · Ingo Rademacher · Ardeshir Radpour · Patsy Rahn · Ella Ramacieri · Marisa Ramirez · Gail Ramsey · Wes Ramsey · Lak Rana · Davin Ransom · Michael Anthony Rawlins · James Read · Marie-Alise Recasner · Johnny Redwood · Scott Reeves · Aaron Refvem · John Reilly · Peter Renaday · Robyn Richards · Cheryl Richardson · Tequan Richmond · Leif Riddell · Alice Rietveld · Tristan Riggs · Robin Riker · Zakary Risinger · Shelley Robertson · Chris Robinson · Sebastian Roché · Michael Rodrick · Kali Rodriguez · Tristan Rogers · Ricco Ross · Trenton Rostedt · Irene Rubaum-Keller · George Russo · Richard Rust · James Ryan · Emme Rylan
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Antonio Sabato, Jr. · Dahlia Salem · Emma Samms · Marc Samuel · Aaron Sanders · Linda Sanders · Brytni Sarpy · Paul Satterfield · Michael Saucedo · Paul Savior · Ava & Grace Scarola · Brad Schmidt · Carly Schroeder · Travis Schuldt · Coltin Scott · Martha Scott · Susan Seaforth Hayes · Ignacio Serricchio · Aaron Seville · Monti Sharp · Charles Shaughnessy · Cari Shayne · Alex Sheafe · Doug Sheehan · Parry Shen · Kin Shriner · Brooklyn Rae Silzer · Londyn Silzer · Richard Simmons · Jennifer Sky · Gabriel Sky · Erika Slezak · Tava Smiley · Brooke Anne Smith{{ · Stephen A. Smith·}}Hillary B. Smith · Rena Sofer · Suanne Spoke · Rick Springfield · Andrew St. John · Rebecca Staab · Michelle Stafford · Vic Stagliano · John Stamos · Valerie Starrett · Riley Steiner · Richard Steinmetz · Stella Stevens · Garren Stitt · Julian Stone · Deborah Strang · Sally Struthers · James Patrick Stuart · Katie Stuart · Kelly Sullivan · Michael Sutton · Lauren Swickard · Easton Rocket Sweda · Lincoln & Teddy Sykes
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Amber Tamblyn · Bart Tangredi · Mason Tannous · Barbara Tarbuck · Elizabeth Taylor · Brynn Thayer · Kelly Thiebaud · C.J. Thomason · Marsha Thomason · Jason Thompson · Darin Toonder · Maria Tornberg · Constance Towers · Ellen Travolta · Matt Trudeau · Jessica Tuck · Janine Turner
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Andy Umberger · Hank Underwood
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Erik Valdez · Granville Van Dusen · Christopher Van Etten · John Vargas · Greg Vaughan · Hunter von Leer · Danielle von Zerneck · John Vance · Cathy Vu · Lisa Vultaggio
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Johnny Wactor · Catherine Wadkins · Jack Wagner · Angel Wainwright · Tonja Walker · Braden Walkes · David Wallace · Dee Wallace · Peggy Walton-Walker · Lisa Waltz · Daisy Wang · Samuel Wang · Megan Ward · Cari Anne Warder · Billy Warlock · Darren Dupree Washington · Robert Palmer Watkins · T.K. Weaver · Bruce Weitz · Annie Wersching · Hudson West · Martin West · Justin Whalin · Johnny Whitaker · Dan White · Rosina Widdowson-Reynolds · Walt Willey · Bergen Williams · Stephanie Williams · Bree Williamson · Alicia Leigh Willis · Chandra Wilson · Emily Wilson · Marie Wilson · Landon Wine · Josh Wingate · Time Winters · William Wintersole · Sherilyn Wolter · Kari Wührer · Kai Wulff · Sharon Wyatt
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Brian Yang · Derek Yates · Jacob Young · William Allen Young
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Maysoon Zayid · Patrick Zeller · Jacklyn Zeman · Anna Zielinski · Cynthia Zitter
Original Cast
John Beradino · Tom Brown · Mae Clarke · Robert Clarke · Carolyn Craig · Craig Curtis · Ross Elliott · Neil Hamilton · Allison Hayes · Matthew S. Infante · Lenore Kingston · Ralph Manza · Emily McLaughlin · Ruth Phillips · Hunt Powers · Simon Scott · K.T. Stevens · Jana Taylor · Roy Thinnes · Lucille Wall
Temporary
Robert Adamson · Dimitra Arliss · Vincent Baggetta · Jeanne Bates · Chris Beetem · Kevin Bernhardt · Blake Berris · Molly Burnett · Mary Grace Canfield · Tiffany Daniels · Davey Davison · Susan Diol · Juliet Donenfeld · Gideon Emery · Stephanie Erb · Ethan Erickson · Sandra Ferguson · Courtney Fulk · Priscilla Garita · Lindsay Hartley · Asante Jones · Christine Jones · Jamison Jones · Nick Kiriazis · Holiday Mia Kriegel · Briana Lane · Damien Leake · Jen Lilley · Martha Madison · Helena Mattsson · Patty McCormack · Maura McGiveney · Camilla More · Nicole Paggi · Jay Pickett · Brenda Scott · Jan Shepard · Mathew St. Patrick · Nick Stabile · Darby Stanchfield · Anthony Starke · Barbara Stuart · Les Tremayne · Guy Wilson · Meg Wyllie ·