Ann Robinson

Known for ActingBorn 1929-05-25Died 2025-09-26Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

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, Robinson made guest appearances at autograph shows and science fiction conventions. She died on September 26, 2025.Read more

Movies & web series

My Lovely Monster

The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'

Drive-In Movie Memories

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

Damn Citizen

All About Eve

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Perry Mason

The Ford Television Theatre

Studio 57

Imitation of Life

Tales of Frankenstein

Rawhide

77 Sunset Strip

War of the Worlds

Johnny Midnight

The Damned Don't Cry

The War of the Worlds

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

War of the Worlds

Peter Gunn

Police Woman

Fury

Surfside 6

Goodbye, My Fancy

King of the Underworld

Cheyenne

Dragnet

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

The Texan

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

Bad for Each Other

Ben Casey

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

Gun Brothers

The Millionaire

Julie

Gun Duel in Durango

Son of Ali Baba

Callaway Went Thataway

The Glass Wall

A Life of Her Own

I Want You

Sugarfoot

The Naked Monster

Midnight Movie Massacre

Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy