Portrait of Anne Shirley

Anne Shirley

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: April 17, 1918

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

1988
1949
Make Mine Laughs

as (archive footage)

1946
Movieland Magic

as (archive footage)

1944
Murder, My Sweet

as Ann Grayle

1944
Music in Manhattan

as Frankie Foster

1944
Man from Frisco

as Diana Kennedy

1943
Government Girl

as May Harness Blake

1943
Bombardier

as Burton Hughes

1943
The Powers Girl

as Ellen Evans

1943
Lady Bodyguard

as A. C. Baker

1942
1942
Four Jacks and a Jill

as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill

1941
Unexpected Uncle

as Kathleen Brown

1941
1941
West Point Widow

as Nancy Hull

1940
Saturday's Children

as Bobby Halevy

1940
1939
Career

as Sylvia Bartholomew

1939
Sorority House

as Alice Fisher

1939
Boy Slaves

as Annie

1938
A Man to Remember

as Jean Johnson

1938
Girls' School

as Natalie Freeman

1938
1938
Law of the Underworld

as Annabelle Porter

1938
Condemned Women

as Millie Anson

1937
Stella Dallas

as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas

1937
Meet the Missus

as Louise Foster

1937
Too Many Wives

as Betty Jackson

1936
1936
M'Liss

as M'Liss Smith

1936
Chatterbox

as Jenny Yates

1935
1935
1935
Chasing Yesterday

as Jeanne Alexandre

1934
Anne of Green Gables

as Anne Shirley

1934
Bachelor Bait

as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)

1934
The Key

as Flower peddler

1934
1934
School for Girls

as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)

1932
Rasputin and the Empress

as Princess Anastasia

1932
Three on a Match

as Vivian Revere as a Child

1932
The Purchase Price

as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

1932
So Big!

as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)

1932
Young America

as Mabel Saunders

1932
Emma

as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)

1931
Rich Man's Folly

as Anne, as a child

1931
Gun Smoke

as Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)

1930
Liliom

as Louise

1930
City Girl

as Marie Tustine

1928
Sins of the Fathers

as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)

1928
4 Devils

as Marion as a girl

1927
Night Life

as Daughter of War Profiteer

1927
The Callahans and the Murphys

as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)

1925
1925
Riders of the Purple Sage

as Fay Larkin (uncredited)

1924
The Fast Set

as Little Margaret Sones

1923
The Spanish Dancer

as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)

1922
Moonshine Valley

as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)

1922
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