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.
Acted in 64
1940s
- 1949
Make Mine Laughs
(archive footage)
- 1946
Movieland Magic
(archive footage)
- 1944
Music in Manhattan
Frankie Foster
Man from Frisco
Diana Kennedy
- 1943
Government Girl
May Harness Blake
Bombardier
Burton Hughes
The Powers Girl
Ellen Evans
Lady Bodyguard
A. C. Baker
- 1942
The Mayor of 44th Street
Jessey Lee
Four Jacks and a Jill
Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
- 1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Movie
Unexpected Uncle
Kathleen Brown
All That Money Can Buy
Mary Stone
West Point Widow
Nancy Hull
- 1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne
Saturday's Children
Bobby Halevy
Vigil in the Night
Lucy Lee
1930s
- 1939
Career
Sylvia Bartholomew
Sorority House
Alice Fisher
- 1938
A Man to Remember
Jean Johnson
Girls' School
Natalie Freeman
Mother Carey's Chickens
Nancy Carey
Law of the Underworld
Annabelle Porter
Condemned Women
Millie Anson
- 1937
Meet the Missus
Louise Foster
Too Many Wives
Betty Jackson
- 1936
Make Way for a Lady
June Drew
M'Liss
M'Liss Smith
Chatterbox
Jenny Yates
- 1935
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Anne Shirley
Chasing Yesterday
Jeanne Alexandre
- 1934
Anne of Green Gables
Anne Shirley
Bachelor Bait
Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
The Key
Flower peddler
School for Girls
Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
- 1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Mary Lou
- 1932
Rasputin and the Empress
Princess Anastasia
Three on a Match
Vivian Revere as a Child
So Big!
Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
Young America
Mabel Saunders
Emma
Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
- 1931
Rich Man's Folly
Anne, as a child
Gun Smoke
Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
- 1930
Liliom
Louise
1920s
- 1928
Sins of the Fathers
Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
4 Devils
Marion as a girl
- 1927
Night Life
Daughter of War Profiteer
The Callahans and the Murphys
Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
- 1925
His Wooden Wedding
Movie
Alice's Egg Plant
Alice
Riders of the Purple Sage
Fay Larkin (uncredited)
- 1924
The Fast Set
Little Margaret Sones
The Man Who Fights Alone
Dorothy
- 1923
The Spanish Dancer
Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
The Rustle of Silk
Girl
- 1922
Moonshine Valley
Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
The Hidden Woman
Girl
Appearances1
1980s
- 1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)