1. Ann Robinson was born on May 25,1929 and is an American former actress and stunt horse rider.
17 Facts About Ann Robinson
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Ann Robinson had a leading role in the science-fiction classic The War of the Worlds, and starred in the 1954 film Dragnet as a Los Angeles police officer.
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Ann Robinson's father was employed by the Bank of Hollywood, at the corner of Hollywood and Vine.
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Ann Robinson taught her how to ride horses, beginning when she was only three.
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Ann Robinson became an accomplished rider, which led to her first professional work in Hollywood as a stunt rider in film Frenchie with Shelley Winters.
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Ann Robinson's first leading role was as Sylvia Van Buren in The War of the Worlds co-starring with Gene Barry, a role she somewhat reprised in two later films, first as Dr Van Buren in Midnight Movie Massacre and then as Dr Sylvia Van Buren in The Naked Monster.
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Ann Robinson reprised the role in three episodes of the television series War of the Worlds.
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Ann Robinson worked on several other films, including Imitation of Life and the Doris Day thriller Julie.
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Ann Robinson had a starring role opposite Jack Webb and Ben Alexander in Dragnet, a feature-film version of the hit television series.
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From 1955 to 1959, Ann Robinson was cast in 10 episodes of the NBC children's Western television series Fury as Helen Watkins, the teacher of series character Joey Clark Newton and romantic interest of his adopted father, Jim Newton.
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Ann Robinson was featured in several commercials for Home Savings of America, Toni home perms, and Chesterfield Cigarettes.
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Ann Robinson did the leading actress' voice in To Begin Again, which won the 1984 Oscar for best foreign film.
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Ann Robinson did loops for the Bruce Lee series The Dead Are Alive, Tough Guys, and Survive.
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In 1985, Ann Robinson appeared in a documentary about George Pal titled The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal.
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In 1988, Ann Robinson reprised her role as Sylvia van Buren from the original The War of the Worlds film for the War of the Worlds television series.
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In 1957, Robinson eloped to Mexico to marry matador Jaime Bravo, with whom she had two sons - Jaime A Bravo, Jr.
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In 1987, Ann Robinson married real estate broker and business manager Joseph Valdez in California, where they took up residence in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles.