Anne Shirley
Acting
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.
Movies(66)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
Make Mine Laughs
(archive footage)
1949
Movieland Magic
(archive footage)
1946
Murder, My Sweet
Ann Grayle
1944
Music in Manhattan
Frankie Foster
1944
Man from Frisco
Diana Kennedy
1944
Government Girl
May Harness Blake
1943
Bombardier
Burton Hughes
1943
The Powers Girl
Ellen Evans
1943
Lady Bodyguard
A. C. Baker
1943
The Mayor of 44th Street
Jessey Lee
1942
Four Jacks and a Jill
Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
1942
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
1941
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne
1940
Saturday's Children
Bobby Halevy
1940
Vigil in the Night
Lucy Lee
1940
Career
Sylvia Bartholomew
1939
Sorority House
Alice Fisher
1939
Boy Slaves
Annie
1939
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
1938
Stella Dallas
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
1937
Meet the Missus
Louise Foster
1937
Too Many Wives
Betty Jackson
1937
Make Way for a Lady
June Drew
1936
M'Liss
M'Liss Smith
1936
Chatterbox
Jenny Yates
1936
Steamboat Round the Bend
Fleety Belle
1935
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Anne Shirley
1935
Chasing Yesterday
Jeanne Alexandre
1935
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)
1934
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Mary Lou
1933
Rasputin and the Empress
Princess Anastasia
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)
1932
Rich Man's Folly
Anne, as a child
1931
Gun Smoke
Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
1931
Liliom
Louise
1930
City Girl
Marie Tustine
1930
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
1928
Night Life
Daughter of War Profiteer
1927
The Callahans and the Murphys
Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
1927
His Wooden Wedding
1925
Alice's Egg Plant
Alice
1925
Riders of the Purple Sage
Fay Larkin (uncredited)
1925
The Fast Set
Little Margaret Sones
1924
The Man Who Fights Alone
Dorothy
1924
The Spanish Dancer
Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
1923
The Rustle of Silk
Girl
1923
Moonshine Valley
Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
1922
The Hidden Woman
Girl
1922