'War of the Worlds' star dies at 96

Ann Robinson, best known for her role as library science teacher Sylvia Van Buren in War of the Worlds, has died at the age of 96. Robinson died on September 26, 2025, but her death was not made ...
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Who was Ann Robinson? War of the Worlds star's death revealed after 8 months; net worth, career highlights & death cause

India, May 18 -- Ann Robinson, the red-haired actress famously known for being terrorised by Martian invaders in the 1953 sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds, has passed away at the age of 96. She ...

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As Sylvia Van Buren, the courageous science teacher at the heart of the 1953 classic, Ann Robinson entered the pantheon of sci-fi heroines ...

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The actress was also best known for her role in Dragnet.

Ann Robinson, Star of ‘The War of the Worlds,’ Dies at 96

The onetime stuntwoman got more mileage out of the 1953 sci-fi movie than "Vivien Leigh did on 'Gone With the Wind,'" she once said.