Ann Robinson
Acting
1929-05-25 · Hollywood, 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.
Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021 · Movie
Tales of Frankenstein
2018 · Movie
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
2005 · Movie
War of the Worlds
2005 · Movie
The Naked Monster
2005 · Movie
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001 · Movie
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
1996 · Movie
My Lovely Monster
1991 · Movie
War of the Worlds
1988 · Series
Midnight Movie Massacre
1988 · Movie
Police Woman
1974 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Surfside 6
1960 · Series
Johnny Midnight
1960 · Series
Imitation of Life
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
The Texan
1958 · Series
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
Damn Citizen
1958 · Movie
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Sugarfoot
1957 · Series
Gun Duel in Durango
1957 · Movie
Julie
1956 · Movie
Gun Brothers
1956 · Movie
Fury
1955 · Series
Fury
1955 · Movie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Series
The Millionaire
1955 · Series
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Movie
Studio 57
1954 · Series
Dragnet
1954 · Movie
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954 · Series
Bad for Each Other
1953 · Movie
The War of the Worlds
1953 · Movie
The Glass Wall
1953 · Movie
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Series
Son of Ali Baba
1952 · Movie
I Want You
1951 · Movie
Callaway Went Thataway
1951 · Movie
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 · Movie
All About Eve
1950 · Movie
A Life of Her Own
1950 · Movie
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 · Movie
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Movie
King of the Underworld
1939 · Movie