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.
Ann Grayle
Murder, My Sweet
Marie Tustine
City Girl
Mary Stone
All That Money Can Buy
Vivian Revere as a Child
Three on a Match
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Stella Dallas
Burton Hughes
Bombardier
Anne Shirley
Anne of Green Gables
Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
Moonshine Valley
May Harness Blake
Government Girl
Fleety Belle
Steamboat Round the Bend
Flower peddler
The Key
Girl
The Rustle of Silk
Louise
Liliom
Anne
Anne of Windy Poplars
June Drew
Make Way for a Lady
Bobby Halevy
Saturday's Children
Lucy Lee
Vigil in the Night
Marion as a girl
4 Devils
Annabelle Porter
Law of the Underworld
Diana Kennedy
Man from Frisco
Jean Johnson
A Man to Remember
Kathleen Brown
Unexpected Uncle
Millie Anson
Condemned Women
Alice Fisher
Sorority House
Mabel Saunders
Young America
Jenny Yates
Chatterbox
Frankie Foster
Music in Manhattan
Jessey Lee
The Mayor of 44th Street
Natalie Freeman
Girls' School
Nancy Carey
Mother Carey's Chickens
Betty Jackson
Too Many Wives
Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
Four Jacks and a Jill
Jeanne Alexandre
Chasing Yesterday
Little Margaret Sones
The Fast Set
Girl
The Hidden Woman
Louise Foster
Meet the Missus
Annie
Boy Slaves
M'Liss Smith
M'Liss
Sylvia Bartholomew
Career
Ellen Evans
The Powers Girl
Mary Lou
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
The Purchase Price
Fay Larkin (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
Billie
Finishing School
Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
Emma
Nancy Hull
West Point Widow
Sally, as a child
Mother Knows Best
Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
The Spanish Dancer
Dorothy
The Man Who Fights Alone
(archive footage)
Make Mine Laughs
Horton's Daughter
Gun Smoke
Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
So Big!
Princess Anastasia (uncredited)
Rasputin and the Empress
Anne Shirley
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
A. C. Baker
Lady Bodyguard
Anne, as a child
Rich Man's Folly
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
(archive footage)
Movieland Magic
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Alice
Alice's Egg Plant
His Wooden Wedding
Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait
Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
School for Girls
Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
Sins of the Fathers
Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
The Callahans and the Murphys
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Female
Birthday
1918-04-17
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Dawn O'Day