Anne Shirley

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
April 17, 1918 (75 years old)
Died
July 4, 1993
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Romance
Career Span
1922 – 1988

Anne Shirley

7 nominations
65 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Apr 17, 1918
From
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1922 – 1988

Award Recognition

0
Wins
7
Nominations

Complete Filmography

1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage) Award

1949

Make Mine Laughs as (archive footage)

1946

Movieland Magic as (archive footage)

1944

Murder, My Sweet as Ann Grayle Award
Man from Frisco as Diana Kennedy
Music in Manhattan as Frankie Foster

1943

Bombardier as Burton Hughes Award
Government Girl as May Harness Blake Award
Lady Bodyguard as A. C. Baker
The Powers Girl as Ellen Evans

1942

Four Jacks and a Jill as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
The Mayor of 44th Street as Jessey Lee

1941

All That Money Can Buy as Mary Stone
West Point Widow as Nancy Hull Award
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 Award
Unexpected Uncle as Kathleen Brown

1940

Vigil in the Night as Lucy Lee Award
Saturday's Children as Bobby Halevy
Anne of Windy Poplars as Anne

1939

Boy Slaves as Annie Award
Sorority House as Alice Fisher
Career as Sylvia Bartholomew

1938

A Man to Remember as Jean Johnson Award
Law of the Underworld as Annabelle Porter Award
Girls' School as Natalie Freeman
Condemned Women as Millie Anson
Mother Carey's Chickens as Nancy Carey

1937

Stella Dallas as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas Award
Meet the Missus as Louise Foster
Too Many Wives as Betty Jackson

1936

Chatterbox as Jenny Yates
M'Liss as M'Liss Smith
Make Way for a Lady as June Drew

1935

Steamboat Round the Bend as Fleety Belle
Chasing Yesterday as Jeanne Alexandre
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl as Anne Shirley

1934

Anne of Green Gables as Anne Shirley Award
Finishing School as Billie Award
Bachelor Bait as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
School for Girls as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
The Key as Flower peddler

1933

The Life of Jimmy Dolan as Mary Lou

1932

Rasputin and the Empress as Princess Anastasia (uncredited) Award
Three on a Match as Vivian Revere as a Child Award
The Purchase Price as Sarah Tipton (uncredited) Award
So Big! as Young Selina Peake (uncredited) Award
Emma as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited) Award
Young America as Mabel Saunders

1931

Gun Smoke as Horton's Daughter
Rich Man's Folly as Anne, as a child

1930

City Girl as Marie Tustine Award
Liliom as Louise

1928

Sins of the Fathers as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
4 Devils as Marion as a girl
Mother Knows Best as Sally, as a child

1927

The Callahans and the Murphys as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)

1925

Riders of the Purple Sage as Fay Larkin (uncredited)
Alice's Egg Plant as Alice
His Wooden Wedding

1924

The Man Who Fights Alone as Dorothy
The Fast Set as Little Margaret Sones

1923

The Spanish Dancer as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
The Rustle of Silk as Girl

1922

The Hidden Woman as Girl
Moonshine Valley as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)

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Murder, My Sweet
Rasputin and the Empress
Three on a Match
Bombardier
All That Money Can Buy
Vigil in the Night

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