Ann Robinson (born May 1, 1935) 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.
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 Hills home.
Growing up in the proverbial shadow of the studios, California native Ann Robinson acted in grade-school plays and later fibbed her way into the movie business as a stunt woman on movies such as Black Midnight (1949), Story of Molly X, The (1949), and Frenchie (1950). She was part of Paramount's golden circle of new stars in the early 1950s but had only one leading role at the studio, in producer George Pal's War of the Worlds, The (1953). In 1957, she ran off to Mexico to marry a famous matador, Jaime Bravo ("and blew my career right out of the water"). Their son Jaime Jr. became a director with ABC Sports and has won several Emmy awards. Since 1987, Robinson has been married to real estate broker Joseph Valdez. She is a fixture at sci-fi conventions and autograph shows.