
Anne Shirley
Biography
Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyeen Paris; April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) 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
Murder, My Sweet
Ann Grayle
City Girl
Marie Tustine
All That Money Can Buy
Mary Stone
Stella Dallas
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Three on a Match
Vivian Revere as a Child
Steamboat Round the Bend
Fleety Belle
The Purchase Price
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
Liliom
Louise
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Filmography
Acting (66)
Movies (66)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988as Self (archive footage)
Make Mine Laughs
1949as (archive footage)
Movieland Magic
1946as (archive footage)
Murder, My Sweet
1944as Ann Grayle
Music in Manhattan
1944as Frankie Foster
Man from Frisco
1944as Diana Kennedy
Bombardier
1943as Burton Hughes
Government Girl
1943as May Harness Blake
The Powers Girl
1943as Ellen Evans
Lady Bodyguard
1943as A. C. Baker
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942as Jessey Lee
West Point Widow
1941as Nancy Hull
Unexpected Uncle
1941as Kathleen Brown
All That Money Can Buy
1941as Mary Stone
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940as Anne
Saturday's Children
1940as Bobby Halevy
Vigil in the Night
1940as Lucy Lee
Boy Slaves
1939as Annie
Career
1939as Sylvia Bartholomew
Sorority House
1939as Alice Fisher
Girls' School
1938as Natalie Freeman
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938as Nancy Carey
Law of the Underworld
1938as Annabelle Porter
A Man to Remember
1938as Jean Johnson
Condemned Women
1938as Millie Anson
Stella Dallas
1937as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Too Many Wives
1937as Betty Jackson
Meet the Missus
1937as Louise Foster
Chatterbox
1936as Jenny Yates
M'Liss
1936as M'Liss Smith
Make Way for a Lady
1936as June Drew
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935as Anne Shirley
Chasing Yesterday
1935as Jeanne Alexandre
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935as Fleety Belle
Finishing School
1934as Billie
Bachelor Bait
1934as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
The Key
1934as Flower peddler
Anne of Green Gables
1934as Anne Shirley
School for Girls
1934as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933as Mary Lou
Emma
1932as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
The Purchase Price
1932as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
So Big!
1932as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
Rasputin and the Empress
1932as Princess Anastasia
Three on a Match
1932as Vivian Revere as a Child
Young America
1932as Mabel Saunders
Rich Man's Folly
1931as Anne, as a child
Gun Smoke
1931as Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
City Girl
1930as Marie Tustine
Liliom
1930as Louise
Sins of the Fathers
1928as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
4 Devils
1928as Marion as a girl
Mother Knows Best
1928as Sally, as a child
The Callahans and the Murphys
1927as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
Night Life
1927as Daughter of War Profiteer
Alice's Egg Plant
1925as Alice
His Wooden Wedding
1925
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925as Fay Larkin (uncredited)
The Fast Set
1924as Little Margaret Sones
The Man Who Fights Alone
1924as Dorothy
The Spanish Dancer
1923as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
The Rustle of Silk
1923as Girl
Moonshine Valley
1922as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
The Hidden Woman
1922as Girl
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