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
- Government Girl as May Harness Blake
- The Powers Girl as Ellen Evans
- Bombardier as Burton Hughes
- Lady Bodyguard as A. C. Baker
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
- West Point Widow as Nancy Hull
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- Unexpected Uncle as Kathleen Brown
1940
- Vigil in the Night as Lucy Lee
- Anne of Windy Poplars as Anne
- Saturday's Children as Bobby Halevy
1939
- Boy Slaves as Annie
- Career as Sylvia Bartholomew
- Sorority House as Alice Fisher
1938
- Girls' School as Natalie Freeman
- Mother Carey's Chickens as Nancy Carey
- A Man to Remember as Jean Johnson
- Law of the Underworld as Annabelle Porter
- Condemned Women as Millie Anson
1937
- Stella Dallas as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
- Too Many Wives as Betty Jackson
- Meet the Missus as Louise Foster
1936
- Make Way for a Lady as June Drew
- M'Liss as M'Liss Smith
- Chatterbox as Jenny Yates
1935
- Steamboat Round the Bend as Fleety Belle
- A Night at the Biltmore Bowl as Anne Shirley
- Chasing Yesterday as Jeanne Alexandre
1934
- Finishing School as Billie
- Anne of Green Gables as Anne Shirley
- Bachelor Bait as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
- School for Girls as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
- The Key as Flower peddler
1933
- The Life of Jimmy Dolan as Mary Lou
1932
- Rasputin and the Empress as Princess Anastasia
- Three on a Match as Vivian Revere as a Child
- The Purchase Price as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
- Emma as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
- So Big! as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
- Young America as Mabel Saunders
1931
- Rich Man's Folly as Anne, as a child
- Gun Smoke as Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
1928
- Sins of the Fathers as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
- 4 Devils as Marion as a girl
- Mother Knows Best as Sally, as a child
1927
- The Callahans and the Murphys as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
- Night Life as Daughter of War Profiteer
1925
- Riders of the Purple Sage as Fay Larkin (uncredited)
- Alice's Egg Plant as Alice
- His Wooden Wedding
1924
- The Man Who Fights Alone as Dorothy
- The Fast Set as Little Margaret Sones
1923
- The Spanish Dancer as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
- The Rustle of Silk as Girl
1922
- The Hidden Woman as Girl
- Moonshine Valley as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)