She was selected to join the panel of news people on "Front Page Challenge" (1957) because the producer wanted one good-looking woman and there were few to be found at the time among actual journalists in Canada. She stayed with the show through a pregnancy but left in 1961 to pursue a film career, and was replaced by journalist 'Betty Kennedy (II)'.
Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre is named after the actress, who died from the disease.