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)
Man from Frisco
as Diana Kennedy
(1944)
Music in Manhattan
as Frankie Foster
(1944)
Murder, My Sweet
as Ann Grayle
(1943)
Bombardier
as Burton Hughes
(1943)
Lady Bodyguard
as A. C. Baker
(1943)
The Powers Girl
as Ellen Evans
(1943)
Government Girl
as May Harness Blake
(1942)
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Jessey Lee
(1942)
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
(1941)
(1941)
West Point Widow
as Nancy Hull
(1941)
Unexpected Uncle
as Kathleen Brown
(1941)
All That Money Can Buy
as Mary Stone
(1940)
Saturday's Children
as Bobby Halevy
(1940)
Vigil in the Night
as Lucy Lee
(1940)
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Anne
(1939)
Sorority House
as Alice Fisher
(1939)
Boy Slaves
as Annie
(1939)
Career
as Sylvia Bartholomew
(1938)
Condemned Women
as Millie Anson
(1938)
A Man to Remember
as Jean Johnson
(1938)
Law of the Underworld
as Annabelle Porter
(1938)
Girls' School
as Natalie Freeman
(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)
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Anne Shirley
(1935)
Chasing Yesterday
as Jeanne Alexandre
(1935)
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Fleety Belle
(1934)
Anne of Green Gables
as Anne Shirley
(1934)
The Key
as Flower peddler
(1934)
School for Girls
as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
(1934)
Finishing School
as Billie
(1934)
Bachelor Bait
as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
(1933)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Mary Lou
(1932)
So Big!
as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Princess Anastasia
(1932)
Young America
as Mabel Saunders
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Vivian Revere as a Child
(1932)
The Purchase Price
as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
(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)
4 Devils
as Marion as a girl
(1928)
Mother Knows Best
as Sally, as a child
(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 Fast Set
as Little Margaret Sones
(1924)
The Man Who Fights Alone
as Dorothy
(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