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