Anne Shirley
Acting
Born: 1918-04-17 in New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyeen Paris; April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) 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
Ann Grayle
Bachelor Bait
Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
Boy Slaves
Annie
City Girl
Marie Tustine
All That Money Can Buy
Mary Stone
Girls' School
Natalie Freeman
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
Government Girl
May Harness Blake
Three on a Match
Vivian Revere as a Child
Young America
Mabel Saunders
Four Jacks and a Jill
Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
Stella Dallas
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Night Life
Daughter of War Profiteer
Bombardier
Burton Hughes
Finishing School
Billie
So Big!
Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
The Powers Girl
Ellen Evans
Vigil in the Night
Lucy Lee
Emma
Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
Too Many Wives
Betty Jackson
The Purchase Price
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
School for Girls
Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
The Spanish Dancer
Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
Anne of Green Gables
Anne Shirley
Rasputin and the Empress
Princess Anastasia
Music in Manhattan
Frankie Foster
Steamboat Round the Bend
Fleety Belle
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Mary Lou
His Wooden Wedding
The Callahans and the Murphys
Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
Law of the Underworld
Annabelle Porter
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne
4 Devils
Marion as a girl
Liliom
Louise
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
West Point Widow
Nancy Hull
Alice's Egg Plant
Alice
The Mayor of 44th Street
Jessey Lee
Riders of the Purple Sage
Fay Larkin (uncredited)
Career
Sylvia Bartholomew