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