Ann Robinson

About

Ann Robinson (May 25, 1929–September 26, 2025) was 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 Steven Spielberg's 2005 film remake. 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. Following that, she played minor roles, mainly in science fiction films. The couple divorced in 1967 and Bravo died in an automobile accident in 1970. She married real estate broker Joseph Valdez in 1987. In her later years,...

Known for

Perry MasonSeries • 1957War of the WorldsMovie • 2005CheyenneSeries • 1955RawhideSeries • 1959Ben CaseySeries • 1961The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries • 1955Police WomanSeries • 197477 Sunset StripSeries • 1958Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955Peter GunnSeries • 1958The Ford Television TheatreSeries • 1952Surfside 6Series • 1960War of the WorldsSeries • 1988The TexanSeries • 1958SugarfootSeries • 1957Studio 57Series • 1954The MillionaireSeries • 1955FurySeries • 1955Rocky Jones, Space RangerSeries • 1954All About EveMovie • 1950The War of the WorldsMovie • 1953Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionMovie • 1950Imitation of LifeMovie • 1959A Life of Her OwnMovie • 1950