Anne Shirley
Born: 1918-04-17 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1993-07-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyeen Paris; April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) was an American child, teen, and young adult screen actress. She retired at age 26. Initially appearing in films under the name Dawn O'Day, she changed her name to Anne Shirley (the name of the title character she portrayed) upon the success of the 1934 film Anne of Green Gables.
Filmography
1988
- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage)
1949
- Make Mine Laughs as (archive footage)
1946
- Movieland Magic as (archive footage)
1944
- Murder, My Sweet as Ann Grayle
- Man from Frisco as Diana Kennedy
- Music in Manhattan as Frankie Foster
1943
- Bombardier as Burton Hughes
- Government Girl as May Harness Blake
- Lady Bodyguard as A. C. Baker
- The Powers Girl as Ellen Evans
1942
- Four Jacks and a Jill as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
- The Mayor of 44th Street as Jessey Lee
1941
- All That Money Can Buy as Mary Stone
- Unexpected Uncle as Kathleen Brown
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- West Point Widow as Nancy Hull
1940
- Anne of Windy Poplars as Anne
- Saturday's Children as Bobby Halevy
- Vigil in the Night as Lucy Lee
1939
- Sorority House as Alice Fisher
- Career as Sylvia Bartholomew
- Boy Slaves as Annie
1938
- Girls' School as Natalie Freeman
- Mother Carey's Chickens as Nancy Carey
- A Man to Remember as Jean Johnson
- Condemned Women as Millie Anson
- Law of the Underworld as Annabelle Porter
1937
- Stella Dallas as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
- Meet the Missus as Louise Foster
- Too Many Wives as Betty Jackson
1936
- Chatterbox as Jenny Yates
- M'Liss as M'Liss Smith
- Make Way for a Lady as June Drew
1935
- Steamboat Round the Bend as Fleety Belle
- Chasing Yesterday as Jeanne Alexandre
- A Night at the Biltmore Bowl as Anne Shirley
1934
- Finishing School as Billie
- Anne of Green Gables as Anne Shirley
- Bachelor Bait as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
- The Key as Flower peddler
- School for Girls as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
1933
- The Life of Jimmy Dolan as Mary Lou
1932
- Three on a Match as Vivian Revere as a Child
- Emma as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
- Rasputin and the Empress as Princess Anastasia
- The Purchase Price as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
- So Big! as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
- Young America as Mabel Saunders
1931
- Gun Smoke as Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
- Rich Man's Folly as Anne, as a child
1928
- 4 Devils as Marion as a girl
- Mother Knows Best as Sally, as a child
- Sins of the Fathers as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
1927
- The Callahans and the Murphys as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
- Night Life as Daughter of War Profiteer
1925
- Alice's Egg Plant as Alice
- His Wooden Wedding
- Riders of the Purple Sage as Fay Larkin (uncredited)
1924
- The Man Who Fights Alone as Dorothy
- The Fast Set as Little Margaret Sones
1923
- The Rustle of Silk as Girl
- The Spanish Dancer as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
1922
- Moonshine Valley as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
- The Hidden Woman as Girl