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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 25, 1929
Place of Birth:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
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Ann Robinson
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self |
| 2018 | Tales of Frankenstein | Elsa |
| 2005 | The Naked Monster | Dr. Sylvia Van Buren |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Grandmother |
| 2005 | The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' | Self |
| 2001 | Drive-In Movie Memories | |
| 1996 | The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. | Herself - Bonus Premiere Footage |
| 1991 | My Lovely Monster | Party Guest |
| 1988 | Midnight Movie Massacre | Dr. Sylvia Van Buren |
| 1959 | Imitation of Life | Showgirl |
| 1958 | Damn Citizen | Cleo |
| 1957 | Gun Duel In Durango | Judy Ollivant |
| 1956 | Julie | Valerie |
| 1956 | Gun Brothers | Rose Fargo |
| 1955 | Fury | Helen Watkins |
| 1954 | Dragnet | Officer Grace Downey |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self |
| 1953 | The Glass Wall | Nancy |
| 1953 | Bad for Each Other | Lucille Grellett |
| 1953 | The War of the Worlds | Sylvia Van Buren |
| 1951 | I Want You | Gloria (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Clarisse Carter (Uncredited) |
| 1950 | All About Eve | Girl in a Lobby of the 21 Club (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Girl at Poolside in Home Movie (uncredited) |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own | Woman Showing Legs (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion | Bathing Suit Girl in Mirage (uncredited) |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Second Nurse (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | War of the Worlds | Sylvia van Buren |
| 1974 | Police Woman | Mrs. Green |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Gloria Hale |
| 1960 | Johnny Midnight | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Julia Garcia |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | |
| 1958 | The Texan | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Vivian Page |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Marie McTavish |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Joan Carter |
| 1955 | Fury | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Helen Cox |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Josie Howard |
| 1955 | Fury | Helen Watkins |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Hetty Doane |
| 1954 | Rocky Jones, Space Ranger | |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre |