Biography
Born Robert Carrier McMahon in Tarrytown, New York, the third son of an Irish descended wealthy property lawyer father, while his mother was the Franco-German daughter of a millionaire. After his parents went bankrupt in the 1930s Great Depression, they maintained their own lifestyle through removing the servants and preparing their own elaborate dinner parties.
Educated in New York City, Robert took part-time art courses, and trained to become an actor. He eventually took a place in the Broadway revue of New Faces, before touring Europe with a rep company, singing the juvenile lead in American musicals. After returning to America, Robert often stayed at weekends with his beloved French grandmother in upstate New York, and she taught him to cook, making biscuits and butter-frying fish caught in a nearby stream.
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