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)
Music in Manhattan
as Frankie Foster
(1944)
Man from Frisco
as Diana Kennedy
(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)
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
(1942)
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Jessey Lee
(1941)
All That Money Can Buy
as Mary Stone
(1941)
West Point Widow
as Nancy Hull
(1941)
(1941)
Unexpected Uncle
as Kathleen Brown
(1940)
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Anne
(1940)
Vigil in the Night
as Lucy Lee
(1940)
Saturday's Children
as Bobby Halevy
(1939)
Sorority House
as Alice Fisher
(1939)
Career
as Sylvia Bartholomew
(1939)
Boy Slaves
as Annie
(1938)
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Nancy Carey
(1938)
A Man to Remember
as Jean Johnson
(1938)
Condemned Women
as Millie Anson
(1938)
Law of the Underworld
as Annabelle Porter
(1938)
Girls' School
as Natalie Freeman
(1937)
Stella Dallas
as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
(1937)
Too Many Wives
as Betty Jackson
(1937)
Meet the Missus
as Louise Foster
(1936)
Chatterbox
as Jenny Yates
(1936)
M'Liss
as M'Liss Smith
(1936)
Make Way for a Lady
as June Drew
(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)
Finishing School
as Billie
(1934)
School for Girls
as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
(1934)
The Key
as Flower peddler
(1934)
Bachelor Bait
as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
(1933)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Mary Lou
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Princess Anastasia
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Vivian Revere as a Child
(1932)
Young America
as Mabel Saunders
(1932)
The Purchase Price
as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
(1932)
Emma
as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
(1932)
So Big!
as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
(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)
Mother Knows Best
as Sally, as a child
(1928)
4 Devils
as Marion as a girl
(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)
Alice's Egg Plant
as Alice
(1925)
(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