
Anne Shirley
Acting • Born 1918-04-17 – Died 1993-07-04
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.
Filmography
66 credits
Murder, My Sweet
Movie • 1944
Ann Grayle

City Girl
Movie • 1930
Marie Tustine

All That Money Can Buy
Movie • 1941
Mary Stone

Three on a Match
Movie • 1932
Vivian Revere as a Child

Stella Dallas
Movie • 1937
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas

Bombardier
Movie • 1943
Burton Hughes

Anne of Green Gables
Movie • 1934
Anne Shirley

Moonshine Valley
Movie • 1922
Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)

Government Girl
Movie • 1943
May Harness Blake

Steamboat Round the Bend
Movie • 1935
Fleety Belle

The Key
Movie • 1934
Flower peddler

The Rustle of Silk
Movie • 1923
Girl

Liliom
Movie • 1930
Louise

Anne of Windy Poplars
Movie • 1940
Anne

Make Way for a Lady
Movie • 1936
June Drew

Saturday's Children
Movie • 1940
Bobby Halevy

Vigil in the Night
Movie • 1940
Lucy Lee

4 Devils
Movie • 1928
Marion as a girl

Law of the Underworld
Movie • 1938
Annabelle Porter

Man from Frisco
Movie • 1944
Diana Kennedy

A Man to Remember
Movie • 1938
Jean Johnson

Unexpected Uncle
Movie • 1941
Kathleen Brown

Condemned Women
Movie • 1938
Millie Anson

Sorority House
Movie • 1939
Alice Fisher

Young America
Movie • 1932
Mabel Saunders

Chatterbox
Movie • 1936
Jenny Yates

Music in Manhattan
Movie • 1944
Frankie Foster

Girls' School
Movie • 1938
Natalie Freeman

The Mayor of 44th Street
Movie • 1942
Jessey Lee

Mother Carey's Chickens
Movie • 1938
Nancy Carey

Too Many Wives
Movie • 1937
Betty Jackson

Four Jacks and a Jill
Movie • 1942
Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill

Chasing Yesterday
Movie • 1935
Jeanne Alexandre

The Fast Set
Movie • 1924
Little Margaret Sones

The Hidden Woman
Movie • 1922
Girl

Meet the Missus
Movie • 1937
Louise Foster

Boy Slaves
Movie • 1939
Annie

M'Liss
Movie • 1936
M'Liss Smith

Career
Movie • 1939
Sylvia Bartholomew

The Powers Girl
Movie • 1943
Ellen Evans

The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Movie • 1933
Mary Lou

The Purchase Price
Movie • 1932
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie • 1925
Fay Larkin (uncredited)

Finishing School
Movie • 1934
Billie

Emma
Movie • 1932
Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)

West Point Widow
Movie • 1941
Nancy Hull

Mother Knows Best
Movie • 1928
Sally, as a child

The Spanish Dancer
Movie • 1923
Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)

The Man Who Fights Alone
Movie • 1924
Dorothy

Make Mine Laughs
Movie • 1949
(archive footage)

Gun Smoke
Movie • 1931
Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)

So Big!
Movie • 1932
Young Selina Peake (uncredited)

Rasputin and the Empress
Movie • 1932
Princess Anastasia

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Movie • 1935
Anne Shirley

Lady Bodyguard
Movie • 1943
A. C. Baker

Rich Man's Folly
Movie • 1931
Anne, as a child

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)

Bachelor Bait
Movie • 1934
Miriam Johnson (uncredited)

His Wooden Wedding
Movie • 1925

Movieland Magic
Movie • 1946
(archive footage)

Alice's Egg Plant
Movie • 1925
Alice

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie • 1941

School for Girls
Movie • 1934
Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)

Sins of the Fathers
Movie • 1928
Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)

The Callahans and the Murphys
Movie • 1927
Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)

Night Life
Movie • 1927
Daughter of War Profiteer