Ann Gillis

Ann Gillis

Actor Feb 12 (died age 90) Little Rock, Arkansas, USA 1936–1968 (32 year career)
5.9 avg rating

Biography

Ann Gillis was born Alma Mabel Conner on February 12, 1927, in Little Rock, Arkansas. At age seven, she appeared in her first film, Men in White (1934), as an extra. During the next two years, she had uncredited appearances in six more films until she received her first major role in King of Hockey (1936). Warner Brothers Studios gave significant screen time to Gillis in this movie, in hopes that she would become another Shirley Temple. Although (like all child stars of the 1930s) she never…

Known For

Filmography

Acting (40)

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Movies (37)

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

as Poole's Mother

8.1
Big Town After Dark

Big Town After Dark

1947

as Susan Peabody LaRue

4.9
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

1946

as Sue

Gay Blades

Gay Blades

1946

as Helen Dowell (as Anne Gillis)

The Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

1946

as Nora O'Leary

7.1
Janie Gets Married

Janie Gets Married

1946

as Paula Rainey

6.0
The Cheaters

The Cheaters

1945

as Angela Pidgeon

5.9
In Society

In Society

1944

as Gloria Winthrop

5.8
Since You Went Away

Since You Went Away

1944

as Becky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)

6.5
Janie

Janie

1944

as Paula Rainey

5.6
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine

A Wave, a WAC and a Marine

1944

as Judy (as Anne Gillis)

6.5
Man from Music Mountain

Man from Music Mountain

1943

as Penny Winters

5.0
Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

1943

as Ann Gillis

6.1
Bambi

Bambi

1942

as Adolescent Faline (voice) (uncredited)

7.0
Meet the Stewarts

Meet the Stewarts

1942

as Jane Goodwin

4.3
Tough as They Come

Tough as They Come

1942

as Frankie Taylor

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942

as Sylvia

6.1
Nice Girl?

Nice Girl?

1941

as Nancy Dana

5.3
Mr. Dynamite

Mr. Dynamite

1941

as Joey aka Abigail

Glamour Boy

Glamour Boy

1941

as Brenda Lee

6.0
Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

1940

as Nancy Grey

6.8
Little Men

Little Men

1940

as Nan

5.6
All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too

1940

as Emily Schuyler

7.3
My Love Came Back

My Love Came Back

1940

as Valerie Malette

4.6
Beau Geste

Beau Geste

1939

as Isobel Rivers (as a Child)

6.9
The Under-Pup

The Under-Pup

1939

as Letty Lou

6.0
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938

as Becky Thatcher

6.6
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

1938

as Fluerette de Cava

4.8
Little Orphan Annie

Little Orphan Annie

1938

as Annie

You Can't Buy Luck

You Can't Buy Luck

1937

as Peggy (uncredited)

4.0
The Californian

The Californian

1937

as Rosalia as a Child

4.0
Off to the Races

Off to the Races

1937

as Winnie Mae

Under Your Spell

Under Your Spell

1936

as Gwendolyn (uncredited)

7.0
The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld

1936

as Mary Lou as a Child (uncredited)

6.3
The Singing Cowboy

The Singing Cowboy

1936

as Lou Ann Stevens

3.3
King of Hockey

King of Hockey

1936

as Peggy O'Rourke

5.0
Postal Inspector

Postal Inspector

1936

as Little Alice (uncredited)

6.2