Anne Shirley

Anne Shirley

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

17/04/1918

Day of Death

04/07/1993
(75) years old

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyeen Paris) 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 A... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wi...

as Self (archive footage)

1949

Make Mine Laughs

as (archive footage)

1946

Movieland Magic

as (archive footage)

1944

Murder, My Sweet

as Ann Grayle

1944

Music in Manhattan

as Frankie Foster

1944

Man from Frisco

as Diana Kennedy

1943

Government Girl

as May Harness Blake

1943

Bombardier

as Burton Hughes

1943

The Powers Girl

as Ellen Evans

1943

Lady Bodyguard

as A. C. Baker

1942

The Mayor of 44th Street

as Jessey Lee

1942

Four Jacks and a Jill

as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill

1941

Unexpected Uncle

as Kathleen Brown

1941

All That Money Can Buy

as Mary Stone

1941

West Point Widow

as Nancy Hull

1940

Saturday's Children

as Bobby Halevy

1940

Vigil in the Night

as Lucy Lee

1939

Career

as Sylvia Bartholomew

1939

Sorority House

as Alice Fisher

1939

Boy Slaves

as Annie

1938

A Man to Remember

as Jean Johnson

1938

Girls' School

as Natalie Freeman

1938

Mother Carey's Chickens

as Nancy Carey

1938

Law of the Underworld

as Annabelle Porter

1938

Condemned Women

as Millie Anson

1937

Stella Dallas

as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas

1937

Meet the Missus

as Louise Foster

1937

Too Many Wives

as Betty Jackson

1936

Make Way for a Lady

as June Drew

1936

M'Liss

as M'Liss Smith

1936

Chatterbox

as Jenny Yates

1935

Steamboat Round the Bend

as Fleety Belle

1935

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

as Anne Shirley

1935

Chasing Yesterday

as Jeanne Alexandre

1934

Anne of Green Gables

as Anne Shirley

1934

Bachelor Bait

as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)

1934

The Key

as Flower peddler

1934

Finishing School

as Billie

1934

School for Girls

as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)

1932

Rasputin and the Empress

as Princess Anastasia (uncredited)

1932

Three on a Match

as Vivian Revere as a Child

1932

The Purchase Price

as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

1932

So Big!

as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)

1932

Young America

as Mabel Saunders

1932

Emma

as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)

1931

Rich Man's Folly

as Anne, as a child

1931

Gun Smoke

as Horton's Daughter

1930

Liliom

as Louise

1930

City Girl

as Marie Tustine

1928

Sins of the Fathers

as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)

1928

Mother Knows Best

as Sally, as a child

1928

4 Devils

as Marion as a girl

1927

The Callahans and the Murphys

as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)

1925

Alice's Egg Plant

as Alice

1925

Riders of the Purple Sage

as Fay Larkin (uncredited)

1924

The Fast Set

as Little Margaret Sones

1923

The Spanish Dancer

as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)

1922

Moonshine Valley

as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)

1922

The Hidden Woman

as Girl