Anne Shirley
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1918-04-17
Day of Death
1993-07-04 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Anne Shirley
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 Anne of Green Gables.
Known For
Acting
(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
(1944)
Man from Frisco
as Diana Kennedy
(1944)
Music in Manhattan
as Frankie Foster
(1943)
Bombardier
as Burton Hughes
(1943)
Government Girl
as May Harness Blake
(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)
All That Money Can Buy
as Mary Stone
(1941)
West Point Widow
as Nancy Hull
(1941)
Unexpected Uncle
as Kathleen Brown
(1941)
(1940)
Vigil in the Night
as Lucy Lee
(1940)
Saturday's Children
as Bobby Halevy
(1940)
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Anne
(1939)
Career
as Sylvia Bartholomew
(1939)
Boy Slaves
as Annie
(1939)
Sorority House
as Alice Fisher
(1938)
Condemned Women
as Millie Anson
(1938)
Girls' School
as Natalie Freeman
(1938)
Law of the Underworld
as Annabelle Porter
(1938)
A Man to Remember
as Jean Johnson
(1938)
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Nancy Carey
(1937)
Stella Dallas
as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
(1937)
Meet the Missus
as Louise Foster
(1937)
Too Many Wives
as Betty Jackson
(1936)
Chatterbox
as Jenny Yates
(1936)
M'Liss
as M'Liss Smith
(1936)
Make Way for a Lady
as June Drew
(1935)
Chasing Yesterday
as Jeanne Alexandre
(1935)
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Fleety Belle
(1935)
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Anne Shirley
(1934)
Finishing School
as Billie
(1934)
The Key
as Flower peddler
(1934)
School for Girls
as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
(1934)
Bachelor Bait
as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
(1934)
Anne of Green Gables
as Anne Shirley
(1933)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Mary Lou
(1932)
The Purchase Price
as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Princess Anastasia (uncredited)
(1932)
Emma
as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Vivian Revere as a Child
(1932)
So Big!
as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
(1932)
Young America
as Mabel Saunders
(1931)
Gun Smoke
as Horton's Daughter
(1931)
Rich Man's Folly
as Anne, as a child
(1930)
City Girl
as Marie Tustine
(1930)
Liliom
as Louise
(1928)
4 Devils
as Marion as a girl
(1928)
Mother Knows Best
as Sally, as a child
(1928)
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)
(1925)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Fay Larkin (uncredited)
(1925)
(1925)
Alice's Egg Plant
as Alice
(1924)
The Man Who Fights Alone
as Dorothy
(1924)
The Fast Set
as Little Margaret Sones
(1923)
The Spanish Dancer
as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
(1923)
The Rustle of Silk
as Girl
(1922)
Moonshine Valley
as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
(1922)
The Hidden Woman
as Girl