Acting
Anne Shirley
Acting · Born 1918-04-17 · New York City, New York, USA
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 · 66
FilmThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
FilmMake Mine Laughs
1949 · (archive footage)
FilmMovieland Magic
1946 · (archive footage)
FilmMurder, My Sweet
1944 · Ann Grayle
FilmMusic in Manhattan
1944 · Frankie Foster
FilmMan from Frisco
1944 · Diana Kennedy
FilmGovernment Girl
1943 · May Harness Blake
FilmBombardier
1943 · Burton Hughes
FilmThe Powers Girl
1943 · Ellen Evans
FilmLady Bodyguard
1943 · A. C. Baker
FilmThe Mayor of 44th Street
1942 · Jessey Lee
FilmFour Jacks and a Jill
1942 · Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
FilmHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
FilmUnexpected Uncle
1941 · Kathleen Brown
FilmAll That Money Can Buy
1941 · Mary Stone
FilmWest Point Widow
1941 · Nancy Hull
FilmAnne of Windy Poplars
1940 · Anne
FilmSaturday's Children
1940 · Bobby Halevy
FilmVigil in the Night
1940 · Lucy Lee
FilmCareer
1939 · Sylvia Bartholomew
FilmSorority House
1939 · Alice Fisher
FilmBoy Slaves
1939 · Annie
FilmA Man to Remember
1938 · Jean Johnson
FilmGirls' School
1938 · Natalie Freeman
FilmMother Carey's Chickens
1938 · Nancy Carey
FilmLaw of the Underworld
1938 · Annabelle Porter
FilmCondemned Women
1938 · Millie Anson
FilmStella Dallas
1937 · Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
FilmMeet the Missus
1937 · Louise Foster
FilmToo Many Wives
1937 · Betty Jackson
FilmMake Way for a Lady
1936 · June Drew
FilmM'Liss
1936 · M'Liss Smith
FilmChatterbox
1936 · Jenny Yates
FilmSteamboat Round the Bend
1935 · Fleety Belle
FilmA Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935 · Anne Shirley
FilmChasing Yesterday
1935 · Jeanne Alexandre
FilmAnne of Green Gables
1934 · Anne Shirley
FilmBachelor Bait
1934 · Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
FilmThe Key
1934 · Flower peddler
FilmFinishing School
1934 · Billie
FilmSchool for Girls
1934 · Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
FilmThe Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933 · Mary Lou
FilmRasputin and the Empress
1932 · Princess Anastasia
FilmThree on a Match
1932 · Vivian Revere as a Child
FilmThe Purchase Price
1932 · Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
FilmSo Big!
1932 · Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
FilmYoung America
1932 · Mabel Saunders
FilmEmma
1932 · Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
FilmRich Man's Folly
1931 · Anne, as a child
FilmGun Smoke
1931 · Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
FilmLiliom
1930 · Louise
FilmCity Girl
1930 · Marie Tustine
FilmSins of the Fathers
1928 · Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
Mother Knows Best
FilmMother Knows Best
1928 · Sally, as a child
Film4 Devils
1928 · Marion as a girl
FilmNight Life
1927 · Daughter of War Profiteer
FilmThe Callahans and the Murphys
1927 · Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
FilmHis Wooden Wedding
1925
FilmAlice's Egg Plant
1925 · Alice
FilmRiders of the Purple Sage
1925 · Fay Larkin (uncredited)
FilmThe Fast Set
1924 · Little Margaret Sones
FilmThe Man Who Fights Alone
1924 · Dorothy
FilmThe Spanish Dancer
1923 · Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
FilmThe Rustle of Silk
1923 · Girl
FilmMoonshine Valley
1922 · Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
FilmThe Hidden Woman
1922 · Girl