Ann Robinson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-05-25 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

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, Jai...

Acting

1991

My Lovely Monster

as Party Guest

1959

1953

2005

The Naked Monster

as Dr. Sylvia Van Buren

1954

Dragnet

as Officer Grace Downey

1956

Julie

as Valerie

1953

Bad for Each Other

as Lucille Grellett

1955

Fury

as Helen Watkins

1958

1957

Gun Duel in Durango

as Judy Ollivant

1956

Gun Brothers

as Rose Fargo

2005

War of the Worlds

as Grandmother

1988

Midnight Movie Massacre

as Dr. Sylvia Van Buren

1951

I Want You

as Gloria (uncredited)

1939

King of the Underworld

as Second Nurse (uncredited)

1950

All About Eve

as Girl in a Lobby of the 21 Club (uncredited)

1950

The Damned Don't Cry

as Girl at Poolside in Home Movie (uncredited)

1950

A Life of Her Own

as Woman Showing Legs (uncredited)

1996

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

as Herself - Bonus Premiere Footage

1950

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

as Bathing Suit Girl in Mirage (uncredited)

1951

Goodbye, My Fancy

as Clarisse Carter (Uncredited)

1953

The War of the Worlds

as Sylvia Van Buren

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