Born on this day – Ann Robinson:

Ann Robinson

Actress

Stunt horse rider

May 25, 1929 – September 26, 2025

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); All About Eve (1950); Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1991); Attack of the B Movie Monsters (1985); Bachelor Father (1960); Bad for Each Other (1953); Ben Casey (1962); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Black Midnight (1949); Callaway Went Thataway (1951); Cheyenne (1955–1957); City Beneath the Sea (1953); Damn Citizen (1957); Dante (1961); Days of Our Lives (1978); Death Valley Days (1962); Dragnet (1954); Drive-in Movie Memories (2001); Frenchie (1950); Fury (1955–1956); Gilligan's Island (1966); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Gun Brothers (1956); Gun Duel in Durango (1957); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hollywood Beat (1993–2005); I Want You (1951); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); Imitation of Life (1959); It's a Great Life (1955); Johnny Midnight (1960); Julie (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Manhunt (1960); Midnight Movie Massacre (1988); Mike Hammer (1959); My Lovely Monster (1991); Passport to Danger (1954); Perry Mason (1960); Peter Gunn (1961); Police Woman (1978); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Rawhide (1960); Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Sci-Fi Buzz (1995); Shotgun Slade (1960); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Stage 7 (1955); Steven Spielberg and the Original 'War of the Worlds' (2005); Studio 57 (1955); Sugarfoot (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Tales of Frankenstein (2018); The Bob Cummings Show (1956); The Cimarron Kid (1952); The Cold Sun (1956); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Glass Wall (1953); The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1995); The Horror Show (1979); The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery (2011); The Last Page of Summer (2020); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); The Magnetic Moon (1956); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Millionaire (1956); The Naked Monster (2005); The New Adam-12 (1990); The Roaring 20's (1962); The Robot of Regalio (1956); The Sky Is Falling: Making 'the War of the Worlds' (2005); The Story of Molly X (1949); The Texan (1960); The War of the Worlds (1953); The Web (1953); To the Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill (1997); UFO Files (2005); War of the Worlds (2005); War of the Worlds / TV Series (1988–1989); Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005); Waterfront (1954).

On this day in movie history - War of the Worlds (2005)

War of the Worlds

directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp,

based on the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells,

was released in the United States on June 29, 2005.

Narrated by Morgan Freeman.

Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins, Rick Gonzalez, Yul Vazquez, Lenny Venito, Lisa Ann Walter, Ann Robinson, Gene Barry, David Alan Basche, Roz Abrams, Michael Brownlee, Camillia Monet, Marlon Young, John Eddins, Peter Gerety, David Harbour, Miguel Antonio Ferrer, January LaVoy, Stephen Gevedon, Julie White, Marianne Ebert, Rafael Sardina, Amy Ryan, Erika LaVonn, Christopher Evan Welch, John Michael Bolger, Zoe Quist, Ana Maria Quintana, Lorelei Llee, Mark Manley, John Scurti, Becky Ann Baker, Mariann Mayberry, Jerry Walsh, Tommy Guiffre, Daniel Franzese, Ed Schiff, Ellen Barry, Amy Hohn, Dan Ziskie, David Conley, Daniel Eric Gold, Booker T. Washington, Eric Zuckerman, Daniel A. Jacobs, Asha R. Nanavati, Joaquin Perez-Campbell, Dendrie Taylor, James DuMont, Ben Ciaramello, Ricky Luna, Columbus Short, Kent Faulcon, Kevin Collins, Terry Thomas, Clay Bringhurst, Jorge-Luis Pallo, Suanne Spoke, Kirsten Nelson, Melody Garrett, Lauri Johnson, Takayo Fischer, Shanna Collins, Elizabeth Jayne Hong, Art Chudabala, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Dempsey Pappion, Chris Todd, Johnny Kastl, Juan Carlos Hernández, Bruce W. Derdoski Jr., John N. Morales.