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

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

Personal Info

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