Known For
Acting
Born
May 25, 1929
Died
Sep 26, 2025
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Credits
48 titles
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ann Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
Tales of Frankenstein
Elsa
The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds'
Self
War of the Worlds
Grandmother
The Naked Monster
Dr. Sylvia Van Buren
Drive-In Movie Memories
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Herself - Bonus Premiere Footage
My Lovely Monster
Party Guest
War of the Worlds
Sylvia van Buren
Midnight Movie Massacre
Dr. Sylvia Van Buren
Police Woman
Mrs. Green
Ben Casey
Surfside 6
Gloria Hale
Johnny Midnight
Imitation of Life
Showgirl
Rawhide
Julia Garcia
77 Sunset Strip
The Texan
Peter Gunn
Damn Citizen
Cleo
Perry Mason
Vivian Page
Sugarfoot
Marie McTavish
Gun Duel in Durango
Judy Ollivant
Julie
Valerie
Gun Brothers
Rose Fargo
Fury
Fury
Helen Watkins
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Helen Cox
Cheyenne
Joan Carter
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Hetty Doane
The Millionaire
Josie Howard
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
Studio 57
Dragnet
Officer Grace Downey
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
Bad for Each Other
Lucille Grellett
The War of the Worlds
Sylvia Van Buren
The Glass Wall
Nancy
The Ford Television Theatre
Son of Ali Baba
Girl at Palace (uncredited)
I Want You
Gloria (uncredited)
Callaway Went Thataway
Hatcheck Girl at Mocambo's (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
Clarisse Carter (Uncredited)
All About Eve
Girl in a Lobby of the 21 Club (uncredited)
A Life of Her Own
Woman Showing Legs (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Bathing Suit Girl in Mirage (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
Girl at Poolside in Home Movie (uncredited)
King of the Underworld
Second Nurse (uncredited)