Anne Shirley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 17, 1918, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- July 4, 1993
- Movies
- 66
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) |
| 1949 | Make Mine Laughs | (archive footage) |
| 1946 | Movieland Magic | (archive footage) |
| 1944 | Murder, My Sweet | Ann Grayle |
| 1944 | Music in Manhattan | Frankie Foster |
| 1944 | Man from Frisco | Diana Kennedy |
| 1943 | Government Girl | May Harness Blake |
| 1943 | Bombardier | Burton Hughes |
| 1943 | The Powers Girl | Ellen Evans |
| 1943 | Lady Bodyguard | A. C. Baker |
| 1942 | The Mayor of 44th Street | Jessey Lee |
| 1942 | Four Jacks and a Jill | Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill |
| 1941 | 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 |
| 1940 | Anne of Windy Poplars | Anne |
| 1940 | Saturday's Children | Bobby Halevy |
| 1940 | Vigil in the Night | Lucy Lee |
| 1939 | Career | Sylvia Bartholomew |
| 1939 | Sorority House | Alice Fisher |
| 1939 | Boy Slaves | Annie |
| 1938 | 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 |
| 1937 | Stella Dallas | Laurel "Lollie" Dallas |
| 1937 | Meet the Missus | Louise Foster |
| 1937 | Too Many Wives | Betty Jackson |
| 1936 | Make Way for a Lady | June Drew |
| 1936 | M'Liss | M'Liss Smith |
| 1936 | Chatterbox | Jenny Yates |
| 1935 | Steamboat Round the Bend | Fleety Belle |
| 1935 | A Night at the Biltmore Bowl | Anne Shirley |
| 1935 | Chasing Yesterday | Jeanne Alexandre |
| 1934 | 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) |
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Mary Lou |
| 1932 | 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) |
| 1931 | Rich Man's Folly | Anne, as a child |
| 1931 | Gun Smoke | Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Liliom | Louise |
| 1930 | City Girl | Marie Tustine |
| 1928 | 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 |
| 1927 | Night Life | Daughter of War Profiteer |
| 1927 | The Callahans and the Murphys | Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day) |
| 1925 | His Wooden Wedding | |
| 1925 | Alice's Egg Plant | Alice |
| 1925 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Fay Larkin (uncredited) |
| 1924 | The Fast Set | Little Margaret Sones |
| 1924 | The Man Who Fights Alone | Dorothy |
| 1923 | The Spanish Dancer | Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day) |
| 1923 | The Rustle of Silk | Girl |
| 1922 | Moonshine Valley | Nancy (as Dawn O'Day) |
| 1922 | The Hidden Woman | Girl |
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