Anne Shirley

Anne Shirley

Birthday: 1918-04-17
Deathday: 1993-07-04
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Also know as: Dawn O'Day

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.

Filmography

Murder, My Sweet

1944

As Ann Grayle

City Girl

1930

As Marie Tustine

All That Money Can Buy

1941

As Mary Stone

Three on a Match

1932

As Vivian Revere as a Child

Stella Dallas

1937

As Laurel "Lollie" Dallas

Anne of Green Gables

1934

As Anne Shirley

Bombardier

1943

As Burton Hughes

Steamboat Round the Bend

1935

As Fleety Belle

The Key

1934

As Flower peddler

Government Girl

1943

As May Harness Blake

Liliom

1930

As Louise

Anne of Windy Poplars

1940

As Anne

Make Way for a Lady

1936

As June Drew

Saturday's Children

1940

As Bobby Halevy

Vigil in the Night

1940

As Lucy Lee

4 Devils

1928

As Marion as a girl

Law of the Underworld

1938

As Annabelle Porter

Man from Frisco

1944

As Diana Kennedy

A Man to Remember

1938

As Jean Johnson

Unexpected Uncle

1941

As Kathleen Brown

Sorority House

1939

As Alice Fisher

Chatterbox

1936

As Jenny Yates

Music in Manhattan

1944

As Frankie Foster

Girls' School

1938

As Natalie Freeman

Too Many Wives

1937

As Betty Jackson

Mother Carey's Chickens

1938

As Nancy Carey

Four Jacks and a Jill

1942

As Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill

Chasing Yesterday

1935

As Jeanne Alexandre

Meet the Missus

1937

As Louise Foster

Young America

1932

As Mabel Saunders

Boy Slaves

1939

As Annie

The Mayor of 44th Street

1942

As Jessey Lee

Career

1939

As Sylvia Bartholomew

The Powers Girl

1943

As Ellen Evans

M'Liss

1936

As M'Liss Smith

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

1933

As Mary Lou

The Purchase Price

1932

As Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Riders of the Purple Sage

1925

As Fay Larkin (uncredited)

Condemned Women

1938

As Millie Anson

Finishing School

1934

As Billie (as Dawn O'Day)

West Point Widow

1941

As Nancy Hull

The Spanish Dancer

1923

As Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)

The Man Who Fights Alone

1924

As Dorothy

Make Mine Laughs

1949

As (archive footage)

Gun Smoke

1931

As Horton's Daughter

So Big!

1932

As Young Selina Peake (uncredited)

Rasputin and the Empress

1932

As Princess Anastasia (uncredited)

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

1935

As Anne Shirley

Lady Bodyguard

1943

As A. C. Baker

Rich Man's Folly

1931

As Anne, as a child

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

As Self (archive footage)

Alice's Egg Plant

1925

As Alice

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

1941

As

Bachelor Bait

1934

As Miriam Johnson (uncredited)

Movieland Magic

1946

As (archive footage)

His Wooden Wedding

1925

As

School for Girls

1934

As Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)

Sins of the Fathers

1928

As Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)

Moonshine Valley

1922

As Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)

The Rustle of Silk

1923

As Girl

Emma

1932

As Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)

The Fast Set

1924

As Little Margaret Sones

The Hidden Woman

1922

As Girl