Anne Shirley
Birthday
1918/04/17
Day of death
1993/07/04 (75 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Dawn O'Day, Dawn Evelyeen Paris
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.
Acting
(1944) Murder, My Sweet
as Ann Grayle
(1930) City Girl
as Marie Tustine
(1941) All That Money Can Buy
as Mary Stone
(1932) Three on a Match
as Vivian Revere as a Child
(1937) Stella Dallas
as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
(1943) Bombardier
as Burton Hughes
(1934) Anne of Green Gables
as Anne Shirley
(1922) Moonshine Valley
as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
(1943) Government Girl
as May Harness Blake
(1935) Steamboat Round the Bend
as Fleety Belle
(1934) The Key
as Flower peddler
(1923) The Rustle of Silk
as Girl
(1930) Liliom
as Louise
(1940) Anne of Windy Poplars
as Anne
(1936) Make Way for a Lady
as June Drew
(1940) Saturday's Children
as Bobby Halevy
(1940) Vigil in the Night
as Lucy Lee
(1928) 4 Devils
as Marion as a girl
(1938) Law of the Underworld
as Annabelle Porter
(1944) Man from Frisco
as Diana Kennedy
(1938) A Man to Remember
as Jean Johnson
(1941) Unexpected Uncle
as Kathleen Brown
(1938) Condemned Women
as Millie Anson
(1939) Sorority House
as Alice Fisher
(1932) Young America
as Mabel Saunders
(1936) Chatterbox
as Jenny Yates
(1944) Music in Manhattan
as Frankie Foster
(1942) The Mayor of 44th Street
as Jessey Lee
(1938) Girls' School
as Natalie Freeman
(1938) Mother Carey's Chickens
as Nancy Carey
(1937) Too Many Wives
as Betty Jackson
(1942) Four Jacks and a Jill
as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
(1935) Chasing Yesterday
as Jeanne Alexandre
(1924) The Fast Set
as Little Margaret Sones
(1922) The Hidden Woman
as Girl
(1937) Meet the Missus
as Louise Foster
(1939) Boy Slaves
as Annie
(1936) M'Liss
as M'Liss Smith
(1939) Career
as Sylvia Bartholomew
(1943) The Powers Girl
as Ellen Evans
(1933) The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Mary Lou
(1932) The Purchase Price
as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
(1925) Riders of the Purple Sage
as Fay Larkin (uncredited)
(1934) Finishing School
as Billie
(1932) Emma
as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
(1941) West Point Widow
as Nancy Hull
(1928) Mother Knows Best
as Sally, as a child
(1923) The Spanish Dancer
as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
(1924) The Man Who Fights Alone
as Dorothy
(1949) Make Mine Laughs
as (archive footage)
(1931) Gun Smoke
as Horton's Daughter
(1932) So Big!
as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
(1932) Rasputin and the Empress
as Princess Anastasia (uncredited)
(1935) A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Anne Shirley
(1943) Lady Bodyguard
as A. C. Baker
(1931) Rich Man's Folly
as Anne, as a child
(1988) The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
(1946) Movieland Magic
as (archive footage)
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
as ---
(1934) Bachelor Bait
as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
(1925) Alice's Egg Plant
as Alice
(1925) His Wooden Wedding
as ---
(1934) School for Girls
as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
(1928) Sins of the Fathers
as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
(1927) The Callahans and the Murphys
as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)