Anne Shirley
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday17 April 1918
Died4 July 1993 (age 75)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits66
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.
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Make Mine Laughs
1949 · (archive footage)
Movieland Magic
1946 · (archive footage)
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Ann Grayle
Music in Manhattan
1944 · Frankie Foster
Man from Frisco
1944 · Diana Kennedy
Government Girl
1943 · May Harness Blake
Bombardier
1943 · Burton Hughes
The Powers Girl
1943 · Ellen Evans
Lady Bodyguard
1943 · A. C. Baker
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942 · Jessey Lee
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942 · Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Unexpected Uncle
1941 · Kathleen Brown
All That Money Can Buy
1941 · Mary Stone
West Point Widow
1941 · Nancy Hull
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940 · Anne
Saturday's Children
1940 · Bobby Halevy
Vigil in the Night
1940 · Lucy Lee
Career
1939 · Sylvia Bartholomew
Sorority House
1939 · Alice Fisher
Boy Slaves
1939 · Annie
A Man to Remember
1938 · Jean Johnson
Girls' School
1938 · Natalie Freeman
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938 · Nancy Carey
Law of the Underworld
1938 · Annabelle Porter
Condemned Women
1938 · Millie Anson
Stella Dallas
1937 · Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Meet the Missus
1937 · Louise Foster
Too Many Wives
1937 · Betty Jackson
Make Way for a Lady
1936 · June Drew
M'Liss
1936 · M'Liss Smith
Chatterbox
1936 · Jenny Yates
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 · Fleety Belle
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935 · Anne Shirley
Chasing Yesterday
1935 · Jeanne Alexandre
Anne of Green Gables
1934 · Anne Shirley
Bachelor Bait
1934 · Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
The Key
1934 · Flower peddler
Finishing School
1934 · Billie
School for Girls
1934 · Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933 · Mary Lou
Rasputin and the Empress
1932 · Princess Anastasia
Three on a Match
1932 · Vivian Revere as a Child
The Purchase Price
1932 · Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
So Big!
1932 · Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
Young America
1932 · Mabel Saunders
Emma
1932 · Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
Page 1 of 2