Robyn Bernard obit

Robyn Bernard Dies: ‘General Hospital’ Alum Was 64

 

She was not on the list.

Robyn Bernard, who played Terry Brock on General Hospital in more than 140 episodes from 1984-90, died March 12 in San Jacinto, CA, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. She was 64.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said Bernard was found in an open field behind a business but did not reveal a cause of death (see the report here). Detectives were investigating, but sheriff’s Sgt. Wenndy Brito-Gonzalez said, “Foul play was not suspected in this death.”

Bernard was born on May 26, 1959, in Gladewater, Texas. She began performing at a young age, singing gospel songs with her younger sister, future longtime Wings star Crystal. The elder Bernard’s first screen appearance was in the 1981 film Diva, and she followed that with guest spots on such series as The Facts of Life, Simon & Simon and Whiz Kids. Her signature role began in September 1984, playing singer Terry Brock aka Terry O’Connor. During her run on the ABC daytime drama, Bernard’s character — the daughter of the ill-fated D.L. Brock (David Groh) — developed a drinking problem that hindered her music career. Her run on the show ended in March 1990, when Terry scored a recording contract and left Port Charles.

During her run on the hugely popular General Hospital, Bernard also appeared in the 1986 French pic Betty Blue, which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and BAFTA Film Award.

Bernard worked only sporadically after her GH stint, appearing on the French mystery series Maigret in 1992 and the 1997 Gallic feature Kings for a Day. Her final screen credits was as a psychologist in the 2002 film Voices from the High School.

 

Actress

Voices from the High School (2002)

Voices from the High School

7.3

Video

Psychologist

2002

 

Kings for a Day (1997)

Kings for a Day

6.5

Le vieux Polonais (as Bernard Robin)

1997

 

Maigret (1991)

Maigret

8.0

TV Series

Concierge rue Réaumur (as Bernard Robin)

1992

1 episode

 

Maurice Benard, Ingo Rademacher, Julie Berman, Steve Burton, Tyler Christopher, Nancy Lee Grahn, Rebecca Herbst, Kelly Monaco, Kirsten Storms, Laura Wright, Dominic Zamprogna, and Chad Duell in General Hospital (1963)

General Hospital

6.6

TV Series

Terry Brock

Terry O'Connor

Terri Brock

1984–1990

145 episodes

 

Isabelle Pasco in Roselyne and the Lions (1989)

Roselyne and the Lions

6.1

Monsieur Robin (as Bernard Robin)

1989

 

Stephen Caffrey in Tour of Duty (1987)

Tour of Duty

8.3

TV Series

Jessie Garrett

1988

1 episode

 

Béatrice Dalle in Betty Blue (1986)

Betty Blue

7.3

Deuxième locataire (as Bernard Robin)

1986

 

Nancy McKeon, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Charlotte Rae, and Lisa Whelchel in The Facts of Life (1979)

The Facts of Life

6.8

TV Series

Heather Hunt

1984

1 episode

 

Andrea Elson and Matthew Labyorteaux in Whiz Kids (1983)

Whiz Kids

6.8

TV Series

Receptionist

1983

1 episode

 

Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker in Simon & Simon (1981)

Simon & Simon

7.0

TV Series

Cowgirl Waitress

1983

1 episode

 

Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, and Thuy An Luu in Diva (1981)

Diva

7.2

(as Bernard Robin)

1981