Robert Shields

Cast · Writer

Born

March 26, 1951 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Born in California, Robert Shields literally ran away from home and joined the circus as a young boy. He studied mime in Paris and, eventually, became a street mime performer in San Francisco. He met Lorene Yarnell Jansson and formed the "Shields and Yarnell" mime duo. They played stages, worldwide, and appeared in TV and film productions. After their divorce, he formed a jewelry design company in Arizona.