Anne Shirley

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

17 April 1918, 107 years old

Known For

Murder, My Sweet

City Girl

All That Money Can Buy

Stella Dallas

Three on a Match

The Purchase Price

Anne of Green Gables

Bombardier

Steamboat Round the Bend

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

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