Anne Shirley

Personal Info

Birthday

April 17, 1918

Day of Death

1993-07-04

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Dawn O'Day

Dawn Evelyeen Paris

Anne Shirley

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.

Known For

Murder, My Sweet

The Spanish Dancer

Law of the Underworld

Stella Dallas

Rasputin and the Empress

Mother Carey's Chickens

Liliom

All That Money Can Buy

Filmography

1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1949
Make Mine Laughs
as (archive footage)
1946
Movieland Magic
as (archive footage)
1944
Murder, My Sweet
as Ann Grayle
Music in Manhattan
as Frankie Foster
Man from Frisco
as Diana Kennedy
1943
Government Girl
as May Harness Blake
Bombardier
as Burton Hughes
The Powers Girl
as Ellen Evans
Lady Bodyguard
as A. C. Baker
1942
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Jessey Lee
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
1941
Unexpected Uncle
as Kathleen Brown
All That Money Can Buy
as Mary Stone
West Point Widow
as Nancy Hull
1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
as Anne
Saturday's Children
as Bobby Halevy
Vigil in the Night
as Lucy Lee
1939
Career
as Sylvia Bartholomew
Sorority House
as Alice Fisher
Boy Slaves
as Annie
1938
A Man to Remember
as Jean Johnson
Girls' School
as Natalie Freeman
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Nancy Carey
Law of the Underworld
as Annabelle Porter
Condemned Women
as Millie Anson
1937
Stella Dallas
as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Meet the Missus
as Louise Foster
Too Many Wives
as Betty Jackson
1936
Make Way for a Lady
as June Drew
M'Liss
as M'Liss Smith
Chatterbox
as Jenny Yates
1935
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Fleety Belle
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Anne Shirley
Chasing Yesterday
as Jeanne Alexandre
1934
Anne of Green Gables
as Anne Shirley
Bachelor Bait
as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
The Key
as Flower peddler
Finishing School
as Billie
School for Girls
as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Mary Lou
1932
Rasputin and the Empress
as Princess Anastasia
Three on a Match
as Vivian Revere as a Child
The Purchase Price
as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
So Big!
as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
Young America
as Mabel Saunders
Emma
as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
1931
Rich Man's Folly
as Anne, as a child
Gun Smoke
as Horton's Daughter
1930
Liliom
as Louise
City Girl
as Marie Tustine
1928
Sins of the Fathers
as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
Mother Knows Best
as Sally, as a child
4 Devils
as Marion as a girl
1927
The Callahans and the Murphys
as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
1925
Alice's Egg Plant
as Alice
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Fay Larkin (uncredited)
1924
The Fast Set
as Little Margaret Sones
The Man Who Fights Alone
as Dorothy
1923
The Spanish Dancer
as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
The Rustle of Silk
as Girl
1922
Moonshine Valley
as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
The Hidden Woman
as Girl