Robbin Bain, who coated style and sweetness as a “At the moment Woman” on the NBC morning present, died Oct. 21 in Southampton, NY. She was 87.
Bain’s daughter, Lara McLanahan, informed Deadline that breast most cancers was the reason for her loss of life.
Born on Aug. 10, 1936, Barbara Jane Bain’s profession received underway in 1959 when the Queens native was topped Miss Rheingold, which was the area’s hottest beer on the time.
Incomes the $50,000 prize, Bain made a number of appearances throughout the US and Europe and was even tapped for Revlon and Helena Rubinstein adverts.
“It was not a physique factor,” Bain informed The New York Each day Information in 2000, per The New York Instances.
“Character and wholesomeness had been crucial. You needed to look very approachable to the fellows sitting on the bar or going to the grocery store,” Bain added.
She additionally gained fame as one in all 4 “Portrettes” who launched Jackie Gleason on his selection present, “The Jackie Gleason Present.”
In 1961, Bain joined “At the moment,” the place she mentioned style, make-up, and different female-driven characteristic matters.
Barbara Walters, who died final yr at 93, grew to become a “At the moment Woman” after becoming a member of the present in 1961 as a author and researcher.
In “Audition: A Memoir,” she stated it’s “Neanderthal” for girls to be caught solely masking “options geared for girls.”
Bain, who labored within the place just for 2 months earlier than leaving on account of being pregnant, held the next opinion of the function.
“I used to be the one lady, apart from the make-up lady, on the set,” Bain recalled throughout a 2012 on-air reunion of “At the moment Women.”
Following her departure from “At the moment,” Bain grew to become an inside designer.
She is survived by McLanahan, daughter Dina Nemeth, her husband, Alexander Guadieri, stepson Alexandre Guadieri, and 6 grandchildren.