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Birthday: Apr 17, 1918
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Anne Shirley

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.

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