Shirley Olivia Mills was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1926 and moved to southern California while still a child. She became the star of an independent movie which achieved great fame titled Child Bride (1938)when she was 12 years old which she describes in detail on her "official" website on a separate page devoted to memories of that movie along with still photos of it. Other pages on the site are devoted to The Grapes Of Wrath (1940) and also Nine Girls (1944), additional movies where she was a movie actress in featured roles. Mills appeared in major Hollywood studio movies through the 1940s and into the 1950s, during which decade she also appeared on major network television programs. Date of Birth 8 April 1926, Tacoma, Washington Date of Death 31 March 2010, Arcadia, California (complications of pneumonia)
Ruth Joad
The Grapes of Wrath
Susan Musk at Age 16
It's a Small World
Mary Ann
Young People
Jennie
Child Bride
The Family Secret
Cecilia Layton
The Under-Pup
Shirley (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
June
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Gloria Campbell
Betty Co-Ed
Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)
Virginia City
Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
Audrey Hollis
Miss Annie Rooney
"Tennessee" Collingwood
Nine Girls
Anna Oremska
None Shall Escape
Radio Sister (uncredited)
True to Life
Dancer
Top Man
'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)
Mister Big
Belle
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Blonde Tilly
My Six Convicts
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
19
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-04-28
Place of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also Known As