Acting

Anne Shirley

Born 1918-04-17 · New York City, New York, USA

Died 1993-07-04

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.

Credits

Newest first

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