Anne Shirley
Acting
Born: 1918-04-17 in New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Murder, My Sweet
Ann Grayle
Bachelor Bait
Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
Boy Slaves
Annie
Girls' School
Natalie Freeman
All That Money Can Buy
Mary Stone
City Girl
Marie Tustine
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
Stella Dallas
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Four Jacks and a Jill
Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
Three on a Match
Vivian Revere as a Child
The Powers Girl
Ellen Evans
Young America
Mabel Saunders
Finishing School
Billie
So Big!
Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
Bombardier
Burton Hughes
The Purchase Price
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
Career
Sylvia Bartholomew
Emma
Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
His Wooden Wedding
Government Girl
May Harness Blake
Lady Bodyguard
A. C. Baker
Anne of Green Gables
Anne Shirley
The Spanish Dancer
Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne
4 Devils
Marion as a girl
Night Life
Daughter of War Profiteer
Liliom
Louise
Too Many Wives
Betty Jackson
Rasputin and the Empress
Princess Anastasia
Vigil in the Night
Lucy Lee
School for Girls
Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
Meet the Missus
Louise Foster
West Point Widow
Nancy Hull
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Mary Lou
The Callahans and the Murphys
Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
Steamboat Round the Bend
Fleety Belle
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Alice's Egg Plant
Alice
Gun Smoke
Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
The Mayor of 44th Street
Jessey Lee