Robin Byrd

Byrd was born and raised in New York City, New York. She was adopted. Byrd has never been able to identify her birth parents, due to the unwillingness of her adoptive mother to reveal that information and sealed birth and adoption records under New York state law.

At the time of filming the porn classic Debbie Does Dallas, Byrd was living in New York City, and was still known as Robin Cohen. After taking college classes in marketing and advertising at Baruch College and dropping out as a senior, she attended the School of Visual Arts and worked as a nude model for art classes. Her TV career was launched on cable TV with the Hot Legs Show. She subsequently starred in porn films during the late 1970s, including a role in the previously mentioned Debbie Does Dallas.