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.
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Acting History
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage)
1949Make Mine Laughs as (archive footage)
1946Movieland Magic as (archive footage)
1944Murder, My Sweet as Ann Grayle
1944Music in Manhattan as Frankie Foster
1944Man from Frisco as Diana Kennedy
1943Government Girl as May Harness Blake
1943Bombardier as Burton Hughes
1943The Powers Girl as Ellen Evans
1943Lady Bodyguard as A. C. Baker
1942The Mayor of 44th Street as Jessey Lee
1942Four Jacks and a Jill as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941Unexpected Uncle as Kathleen Brown
1941All That Money Can Buy as Mary Stone
1941West Point Widow as Nancy Hull
1940Anne of Windy Poplars as Anne
1940Saturday's Children as Bobby Halevy
1940Vigil in the Night as Lucy Lee
1939Career as Sylvia Bartholomew
1939Sorority House as Alice Fisher
1939Boy Slaves as Annie
1938A Man to Remember as Jean Johnson
1938Girls' School as Natalie Freeman
1938Mother Carey's Chickens as Nancy Carey
1938Law of the Underworld as Annabelle Porter
1938Condemned Women as Millie Anson
1937Stella Dallas as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
1937Meet the Missus as Louise Foster
1937Too Many Wives as Betty Jackson
1936Make Way for a Lady as June Drew
1936M'Liss as M'Liss Smith
1936Chatterbox as Jenny Yates
1935Steamboat Round the Bend as Fleety Belle
1935A Night at the Biltmore Bowl as Anne Shirley
1935Chasing Yesterday as Jeanne Alexandre
1934Anne of Green Gables as Anne Shirley
1934Bachelor Bait as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
1934The Key as Flower peddler
1934Finishing School as Billie
1934School for Girls as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
1933The Life of Jimmy Dolan as Mary Lou
1932Rasputin and the Empress as Princess Anastasia
1932Three on a Match as Vivian Revere as a Child
1932The Purchase Price as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
1932So Big! as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
1932Young America as Mabel Saunders
1932Emma as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
1931Rich Man's Folly as Anne, as a child
1931Gun Smoke as Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
1930Liliom as Louise
1930City Girl as Marie Tustine
1928Sins of the Fathers as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
1928Mother Knows Best as Sally, as a child
19284 Devils as Marion as a girl
1927Night Life as Daughter of War Profiteer
1927The Callahans and the Murphys as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
1925His Wooden Wedding
1925Alice's Egg Plant as Alice
1925Riders of the Purple Sage as Fay Larkin (uncredited)
1924The Fast Set as Little Margaret Sones
1924The Man Who Fights Alone as Dorothy
1923The Spanish Dancer as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
1923The Rustle of Silk as Girl
1922Moonshine Valley as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
1922The Hidden Woman as Girl