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Toby Robins
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<h2 id="death">Death</h2> <p>Toby Robins died from <a href="/facts/Breast_cancer/6hME580v">breast cancer</a> on 21 March 1986. In 1991, her family founded the Breakthrough Toby Robins Breast Cancer Centre in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, which was opened in 1999 by <a href="/facts/HRH_The_Prince_of_Wales/oJxhUVX7">HRH The Prince of Wales</a>, with the aim of producing a coordinated program of research to tackle breast cancer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> It is the first dedicated breast cancer research centre in the United Kingdom, and directly linked to one of the most renowned cancer facilities in the world, the <a href="/facts/Royal_Marsden_Hospital/FAcl8Lq4">Royal Marsden Hospital</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1950</td><td><i>Parking on This Side</i></td><td>The Girl</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1952</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Big_Revue/FJJ3wfHB">The Big Revue</a></i></td><td>Co-host</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1965</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Game_for_Three_Losers/QWhIbuB9">Game for Three Losers</a></i></td><td>Frances Challinor</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Naked_Runner/fnf1xQME">The Naked Runner</a></i></td><td>Ruth</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1969</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Department_S_(TV_series)/FsFkVeNg">Department S</a></i></td><td>Selina Trenton</td><td>Episode: “The Man In The Elegant Room”</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Mind_of_Mr._J.G._Reeder/e9g9bzbH">The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder</a></i></td><td>Sadie</td><td>Episode: "The Duke"</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Friends_(1971_film)/sb4da8xL">Friends</a></i></td><td>Mrs. Gardner</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Protectors/HNQ7eeIF">The Protectors</a></i></td><td>Madame Rue</td><td>Episode: "Ceremony for the Dead"</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Paul_and_Michelle/Esb9r5yQ">Paul and Michelle</a></i></td><td>Jane</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Spy_Story_(film)/xaSEfTwj">Spy Story</a></i></td><td>Helen Schlegel</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Space%3a_1999/WKYeHdSl">Space: 1999</a></i></td><td>Diana Morris</td><td>Two-part Episode:<p>"<a href="/facts/The_Bringers_of_Wonder%2c_Part_One/hHQGkr5N">The Bringers of Wonder, Part One</a>" & "<a href="/facts/The_Bringers_of_Wonder%2c_Part_Two/V67feckY">The Bringers of Wonder, Part Two</a>"</p></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Hazell_(TV_series)/hT1G3lLa">Hazell</a></i></td><td>Jean Curzon</td><td>Episode: "Hazell Gets the Part"</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Licensed_to_Love_and_Kill/KPtLV7CX">Licensed to Love and Kill</a></i></td><td>Scarlet Star</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td><i><a href="/facts/For_Your_Eyes_Only_(film)/8PQB91Yl">For Your Eyes Only</a></i></td><td>Iona Havelock</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Princess_Daisy_(miniseries)/rRfsSVMd">Princess Daisy</a></i></td><td>Eleanour Kavanaugh</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Scandalous_(film)/g6AQfgdf">Scandalous</a></i></td><td>Pamella Reynolds</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732330/">Toby Robins</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Barris, Alex. Front Page Challenge: The 25th Anniversary (Toronto: CBC Books, 1981). <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Toby Robins". BFI. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190301151023/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba45bf030" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190301151023/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba45bf030</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Profile, radiotimes.com; accessed January 26, 2014. <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/sf7j/minder--series-4---8-willesden-suite" target="_blank">http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/sf7j/minder--series-4---8-willesden-suite</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Toby Robins | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. <a href="https://theatricalia.com/person/3s3/toby-robins" target="_blank">https://theatricalia.com/person/3s3/toby-robins</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre - The Institute of Cancer Research, London". www.icr.ac.uk. <a href="https://www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/centres-and-collaborations/centres-at-the-icr/breast-cancer-now-centre" target="_blank">https://www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/centres-and-collaborations/centres-at-the-icr/breast-cancer-now-centre</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Our research centre". Breast Cancer Now. June 2, 2015. <a href="https://breastcancernow.org/breast-cancer-research/where-we-fund-our-research/our-research-centre" target="_blank">https://breastcancernow.org/breast-cancer-research/where-we-fund-our-research/our-research-centre</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>