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