Phyllis Robinson Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Phyllis Kenner Robinson (née Kenner, October 22, 1921 – December 21, 2010) was an advertising executive – a copywriter who helped create numerous notable ad campaigns. She was a foundation employee of the US agency Doyle Dane Bernbach from 1949 and was instrumental in that agency's success and growth over the next twenty years. Born in New York City, in 1942 Robinson earned a bachelors degree in sociology in from Barnard College; she wanted to be a writer. She worked for the US government as a statistician during World War II. After the war, she moved to Boston, and embarked on a... MORE

Phyllis Kenner Robinson (née Kenner, October 22, 1921 – December 21, 2010) was an advertising executive – a copywriter who helped create numerous notable ad campaigns. She was a foundation employee of the US agency Doyle Dane Bernbach from 1949 and was instrumental in that agency's success and growth over the next twenty years. Born in New York City, in 1942 Robinson earned a bachelors degree in sociology in from Barnard College; she wanted to be a writer. She worked for the US government as a statistician during World War II. After the war, she moved to Boston, and embarked on a career in advertising. After starting out at Bresnick & Solomont, she joined Grey Advertising in 1947 writing fashion promotion, where she first worked for William Bernbach. When he and Ned Doyle left Grey in 1949 to start their eponymous agency with Mac Dane their "little gold mine of people," included Robinson and the art director Bob Gage with whom she was teamed and would enjoy much creative success. Robinson was Doyle Dane Bernbach's first chief copywriter. At DBB, she supervised a team that would produce a number of notable people in advertising, including Mary Wells Lawrence and Paula Green. Wells LESS