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Ann Robinson

Acting

Born May 25, 1929 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Died September 26, 2025

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ann Robinson (born May 25, 1929) is an American actress. Robinson was born in Hollywood, California to a bank employee father. She began her professional life as a stunt woman. Paramount signed her as an actress in the 1950s, and her first leading role was as "Sylvia Van Buren" in that studio's 1953 film, The War of the Worlds, a role she reprised 35 years later in three episodes of the War of the Worlds television series. She also had a small role in the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, War of the Worlds. Her career as a leading woman was effectively ended when she eloped to Mexico to marry a matador, Jaime Bravo, with whom she had two sons, Jaime Jr. and Estefan. Since then she has played minor roles, mainly in science fiction films. The couple divorced in 1967. Bravo died in an automobile accident in 1970. She married real estate broker Joseph Valdez in 1987. Robinson makes guest appearances at autograph shows and science fiction conventions. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ann Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography27 titles

All About Eve

1950as Girl in a Lobby of the 21 Club (uncredited)

Drive-In Movie Memories

2001

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Helen Cox

Perry Mason

1957as Vivian Page

Imitation of Life

1959as Showgirl

Tales of Frankenstein

2018as Elsa

Rawhide

1959as Julia Garcia

The Damned Don't Cry

1950as Girl at Poolside in Home Movie (uncredited)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955as Hetty Doane

The War of the Worlds

1953as Sylvia Van Buren

Peter Gunn

1958

War of the Worlds

2005as Grandmother

Fury

1955as Helen Watkins

King of the Underworld

1939as Second Nurse (uncredited)

Police Woman

1974as Mrs. Green

Goodbye, My Fancy

1951as Clarisse Carter (Uncredited)

Cheyenne

1955as Joan Carter

Dragnet

1954as Officer Grace Downey

Bad for Each Other

1953as Lucille Grellett

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

The Texan

Julie

1956as Valerie

Gun Brothers

1956as Rose Fargo

Gun Duel in Durango

1957as Judy Ollivant

I Want You

1951as Gloria (uncredited)

Hollywood in the Atomic Age - Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

2021as Self

The Naked Monster

2005as Dr. Sylvia Van Buren