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Shields and Yarnell (Lorene Louise Yarnell) was born on 21 March, 1944 in Inglewood, California, U.S., is a Mime and comedy duo. Discover Shields and Yarnell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

Popular As Lorene Louise Yarnell
Occupation Actress, mime artist
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 21 March, 1944
Birthday 21 March
Birthplace Inglewood, California, U.S.
Date of death 29 July, 2010
Died Place Sandefjord, Norway
Nationality United States

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Who Is Shields and Yarnell's Wife?

His wife is John R. Hartman (m. 1966-1967) Robert Shields (m. 1972-1986) Bjørn Jansson (m. 1996)

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Wife John R. Hartman (m. 1966-1967) Robert Shields (m. 1972-1986) Bjørn Jansson (m. 1996)
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Shields and Yarnell Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Shields and Yarnell worth at the age of 66 years old? Shields and Yarnell’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. He is from United States. We have estimated Shields and Yarnell's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1951

Shields and Yarnell were an American mime team, formed in 1972, consisting of Robert Shields (born March 26, 1951) and Lorene Yarnell (March 21, 1944 – July 29, 2010).

Shields was born in Los Angeles and graduated from North Hollywood High School.

At the age of 18, while working as a street mime and performing at the Hollywood Wax Museum, he was discovered by Marcel Marceau, who offered him a full scholarship to his school of mime in Paris.

His apprenticeship was short-lived, however, as he felt the need to develop his own style and pry mime loose from its artsy pedestal.

Shields soon returned to California, working in Union Square, San Francisco.

Shields is credited with being the originator of "The Robot" moves early in his career.

1972

Lorene Yarnell and Robert Shields met when they worked on Fol-de-Rol, a 1972 Sid and Marty Krofft TV special that was Shields' first TV appearance.

Lorene Yarnell (also a native Angeleno) had been a dancer and actress in movies and television shows, including Bye Bye Birdie, Shindig!, and The Carol Burnett Show, as well as off-Broadway musicals, before she met Shields, in San Francisco.

She later had speaking guest appearances on The Muppet Show and Wonder Woman, which both also featured Shields.

Shields and Yarnell married in 1972 and divorced in 1986.

Shields opened a jewelry and art business in Sedona, Arizona, while Yarnell remarried and moved to Norway.

They reunited periodically to tour with their act.

1974

In 1974, Shields appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's film The Conversation.

1977

Their dance and mime performances were featured in 1977 and 1978 on their own CBS television comedy-variety program, The Shields and Yarnell Show.

1979

They appeared on 400 national television shows in the United States, including The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, The Red Skelton Show, The Muppet Show (1979), and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

The pair played the "Six-Hundred-Dollar People" created by Dr. Loveless Jr., in the 1979 TV movie The Wild Wild West Revisited.

They performed in the unsuccessful Broadway musical production Broadway Follies in New York City, which closed after only one performance, following bad reviews that night.

Career highlights included shows for two American Presidents, a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II, and a tour of China with comedian Bob Hope.

Their television special Toys on the Town, written by Shields, earned an Emmy Award.

They won an award as Las Vegas "Entertainer of the Year," dual Georgies for "Rising Stars of the Year" and "Special Attraction of the Year" from the American Guild of Variety Artists.

1983

Yarnell later appeared as Claudine in a 1983 outdoor production of Can-Can at The Muny in St. Louis, starring Broadway's Judy Kaye, John Reardon, John Schuck, Beth Leavel and Lawrence Leritz, her dance partner, to excellent reviews.

1987

On film, Yarnell played Dot Matrix (body acting, with Joan Rivers performing the voice) in the 1987 Mel Brooks movie Spaceballs.

Shields and Yarnell's specialty was a series of skits called The Clinkers, in which they assumed the personae of robots, with many individual, deliberate motions (as opposed to normal smooth motion) stereotypical of robots and early animatronics, enhanced by their ability to refrain from blinking their eyes for long stretches of time.

1998

In 1998, Shields was recruited by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to serve as their Director of Clowning.

Yarnell moved to Sandefjord, Norway, in 1998 with her third husband Bjørn Jansson.

2006

In 2002, Shields met Laurie Burke, a singer-songwriter in Sedona, and the two were married on September 25, 2006.

2007

Burke was diagnosed with a brain tumor the next spring and died on April 25, 2007.

2009

Shields married Jennifer Griffiths in December 2009.

2010

She died of a ruptured intracranial aneurysm on July 29, 2010, at the age of 66.

2014

The couple divorced in 2014.

Shields currently resides in Verde Valley, Arizona, where he creates paintings, sculptures, and jewelry design.