Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 17, 1918
Died
Jul 04, 1993
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
66 titles
Anne Shirley
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
Make Mine Laughs
(archive footage)
Movieland Magic
(archive footage)
Murder, My Sweet
Ann Grayle
Music in Manhattan
Frankie Foster
Man from Frisco
Diana Kennedy
Government Girl
May Harness Blake
Bombardier
Burton Hughes
The Powers Girl
Ellen Evans
Lady Bodyguard
A. C. Baker
The Mayor of 44th Street
Jessey Lee
Four Jacks and a Jill
Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Unexpected Uncle
Kathleen Brown
All That Money Can Buy
Mary Stone
West Point Widow
Nancy Hull
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne
Saturday's Children
Bobby Halevy
Vigil in the Night
Lucy Lee
Career
Sylvia Bartholomew
Sorority House
Alice Fisher
Boy Slaves
Annie
A Man to Remember
Jean Johnson
Girls' School
Natalie Freeman
Mother Carey's Chickens
Nancy Carey
Law of the Underworld
Annabelle Porter
Condemned Women
Millie Anson
Stella Dallas
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Meet the Missus
Louise Foster
Too Many Wives
Betty Jackson
Make Way for a Lady
June Drew
M'Liss
M'Liss Smith
Chatterbox
Jenny Yates
Steamboat Round the Bend
Fleety Belle
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Anne Shirley
Chasing Yesterday
Jeanne Alexandre
Anne of Green Gables
Anne Shirley
Bachelor Bait
Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
The Key
Flower peddler
Finishing School
Billie
School for Girls
Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Mary Lou
Rasputin and the Empress
Princess Anastasia
Three on a Match
Vivian Revere as a Child
The Purchase Price
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
So Big!
Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
Young America
Mabel Saunders
Emma
Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
Rich Man's Folly
Anne, as a child
Gun Smoke
Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)