Anne Shirley

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

Finishing School

All That Money Can Buy

Stella Dallas

Murder, My Sweet

Girls' School

City Girl

Government Girl

Emma

All Movies (66)

• The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Make Mine Laughs1949 · as (archive footage)
• Movieland Magic1946 · as (archive footage)
• Murder, My Sweet1944 · as Ann Grayle
• Music in Manhattan1944 · as Frankie Foster
• Man from Frisco1944 · as Diana Kennedy
• Government Girl1943 · as May Harness Blake
• Bombardier1943 · as Burton Hughes
• The Powers Girl1943 · as Ellen Evans
• Lady Bodyguard1943 · as A. C. Baker
• The Mayor of 44th Street1942 · as Jessey Lee
• Four Jacks and a Jill1942 · as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
• Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 21941
• Unexpected Uncle1941 · as Kathleen Brown
• All That Money Can Buy1941 · as Mary Stone
• West Point Widow1941 · as Nancy Hull
• Anne of Windy Poplars1940 · as Anne
• Saturday's Children1940 · as Bobby Halevy
• Vigil in the Night1940 · as Lucy Lee
• Career1939 · as Sylvia Bartholomew
• Sorority House1939 · as Alice Fisher
• Boy Slaves1939 · as Annie
• A Man to Remember1938 · as Jean Johnson
• Girls' School1938 · as Natalie Freeman
• Mother Carey's Chickens1938 · as Nancy Carey
• Law of the Underworld1938 · as Annabelle Porter
• Condemned Women1938 · as Millie Anson
• Stella Dallas1937 · as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
• Meet the Missus1937 · as Louise Foster
• Too Many Wives1937 · as Betty Jackson
• Make Way for a Lady1936 · as June Drew
• M'Liss1936 · as M'Liss Smith
• Chatterbox1936 · as Jenny Yates
• Steamboat Round the Bend1935 · as Fleety Belle
• A Night at the Biltmore Bowl1935 · as Anne Shirley
• Chasing Yesterday1935 · as Jeanne Alexandre
• Anne of Green Gables1934 · as Anne Shirley
• Bachelor Bait1934 · as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
• The Key1934 · as Flower peddler
• Finishing School1934 · as Billie
• School for Girls1934 · as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
• The Life of Jimmy Dolan1933 · as Mary Lou
• Rasputin and the Empress1932 · as Princess Anastasia
• Three on a Match1932 · as Vivian Revere as a Child
• The Purchase Price1932 · as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
• So Big!1932 · as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
• Young America1932 · as Mabel Saunders
• Emma1932 · as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
• Rich Man's Folly1931 · as Anne, as a child
• Gun Smoke1931 · as Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
• Liliom1930 · as Louise
• City Girl1930 · as Marie Tustine
• Sins of the Fathers1928 · as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
• Mother Knows Best1928 · as Sally, as a child
• 4 Devils1928 · as Marion as a girl
• Night Life1927 · as Daughter of War Profiteer
• The Callahans and the Murphys1927 · as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
• His Wooden Wedding1925
• Alice's Egg Plant1925 · as Alice
• Riders of the Purple Sage1925 · as Fay Larkin (uncredited)
• The Fast Set1924 · as Little Margaret Sones
• The Man Who Fights Alone1924 · as Dorothy
• The Spanish Dancer1923 · as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
• The Rustle of Silk1923 · as Girl
• Moonshine Valley1922 · as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
• The Hidden Woman1922 · as Girl