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Ann Robinson

 
Actor: Ann Robinson
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  • Born: 1931 in Hollywood, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '50s-'60s, '80s, 2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Action
  • Career Highlights: The War of the Worlds, Dragnet, Attack from Mars
  • First Major Screen Credit: The War of the Worlds (1953)

Biography

Ann Robinson was one of the few movie actresses who could lay claim to being a true "child of Hollywood;" she was born in the heart of Tinseltown, at Hollywood Hospital. After some experience in school plays, Robinson turned professional in the early 1950s. She was signed by Paramount, where she was second-billed in her very first film, the sci-fi classic War of the Worlds. Upon completing this assignment in mid-1952, Robinson left for Warner Bros., where she co-starred with Jack Webb in the 1953 film version of Webb's popular Dragnet TV series. Towards the end of 1953, Paramount finally released War of the Worlds; hiring Robinson to make a promotional tour for the film, the studio was compelled to pay her a far higher salary than she'd received as an actress. She then inked a contract with independent producer Eddie Small, who featured her in a brace of westerns and loaned her services to television producers. Her small-screen credits include a recurring role on the Saturday-morning adventure series Fury and a guest stint as "Suzerain of Planet Herculon" in Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. Robinson retired from films in 1959 when she married a bullfighter and moved to Mexico. After raising her family, Ann Robinson returned to acting, co-starring in Midnight Movie Massacre (1988) and reprising her War of the Worlds role of Sylvia van Buren in the spoofish direct-to-video Attack of the B-Movie Monsters. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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This article is about the American actress. For the English television host, see Anne Robinson. For the English 18th-century singer, see Ann Turner Robinson.
Ann Robinson
Born May 25, 1935 (age 74)
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Years active 1950–2005
Spouse(s) Joseph Valdez (1987 present)
Jaime Bravo (1957-1967) (divorced) 2 children

Ann Robinson (born May 25, 1935) is an American actress.

Robinson was born in Hollywood, California to a bank employee father.[1] 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.

Her career as a leading woman was effectively ended when she eloped to Mexico to marry matador Jaime Bravo, with whom she had two sons Jaime Jr. and Estefan A. 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 frequent guest appearances at autograph shows and science fiction conventions. She had a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg's 2005 film War of the Worlds.

Robinson was much loved in the community for her legendary Halloween Haunted House, which she held for many years in her Elysian Park home.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Ann Robinson Biography (1935-)

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