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![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor, Casting Born: 1931 in Hollywood, CA 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... Full Biography
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