
Biography
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)
Acted in 19
1950s
- 1952
- 1951
The Family Secret
Movie
- 1950
It's a Small World
Susan Musk at Age 16
1940s
- 1949
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Belle
- 1946
Betty Co-Ed
Gloria Campbell
- 1944
None Shall Escape
Anna Oremska
- 1943
True to Life
Radio Sister (uncredited)
Top Man
Dancer
Mister Big
'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
- 1942
- 1940
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
June
Young People
Mary Ann
1930s
- 1939
The Under-Pup
Cecilia Layton
- 1938
Child Bride
Jennie