ANN ROBINSON: Just a Girl from Hollywood

Gene Barry and Ann Robinson discover remnants of an alien being threatening the entire planet in a modernized version of the H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)
Buster Crabbe returned to films after a long absence playing a cavalry sergeant with Ann Robinson a saloon singer who falls for him in GUN BROTHERS (1956).

Films of the Golden Age,
Issue Number 108,
Spring 2022

“People don’t understand that you are only important for the moment, so don’t get accustomed to it. Those who think otherwise are in for a rude awakening.”

Bright, vivacious, statuesque, red-headed ANN ROBINSON (1929- ) is best known as the plucky damsel in distress in one of cinema’s most enduring sci-fi classics, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953), a role that solidified her place in the Hollywood film books. Taught by her father to ride horses at age 9, she entered films as a stunt double in westerns before moving into leading lady roles in “B” oaters and secondary parts in suspensers and melodramas. She focused strongly on TV guest parts in later years before winding her career down following a 1957 marriage and two children. She subsequently became an attractive fixture on the autograph show and sci-fi convention circuits.

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