Anne Shirley

Apr 17, 1918 - Jul 04, 1993 (75 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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

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Stella Dallas

Laurel "Lollie" Dallas

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The Spanish Dancer

Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)

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Moonshine Valley

Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)

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The Key

Flower peddler

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Liliom

Louise

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Young America

Mabel Saunders

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Saturday's Children

Bobby Halevy

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Make Mine Laughs

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4 Devils

Marion as a girl

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School for Girls

Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)

Credits

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988

Self (archive footage)

★ 8
Make Mine Laughs 1949

(archive footage)

★ 5
Movieland Magic 1946

(archive footage)

★ 5
Murder, My Sweet 1944

Ann Grayle

★ 7.3
Music in Manhattan 1944

Frankie Foster

★ 5.5
Man from Frisco 1944

Diana Kennedy

★ 6
Government Girl 1943

May Harness Blake

★ 5.2
Bombardier 1943

Burton Hughes

★ 5.6
The Powers Girl 1943

Ellen Evans

★ 6.5
Lady Bodyguard 1943

A. C. Baker

★ 4
The Mayor of 44th Street 1942

Jessey Lee

★ 4.3
Four Jacks and a Jill 1942

Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill

★ 6
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 1941

★ 6
Unexpected Uncle 1941

Kathleen Brown

★ 6.5
All That Money Can Buy 1941

Mary Stone

★ 7
West Point Widow 1941

Nancy Hull

★ 6
Anne of Windy Poplars 1940

Anne

★ 5.8
Saturday's Children 1940

Bobby Halevy

★ 6.3
Vigil in the Night 1940

Lucy Lee

★ 5.5
Career 1939

Sylvia Bartholomew

★ NR
Sorority House 1939

Alice Fisher

★ 6.8
Boy Slaves 1939

Annie

★ 6.8
A Man to Remember 1938

Jean Johnson

★ 6.5
Girls' School 1938

Natalie Freeman

★ 6
Mother Carey's Chickens 1938

Nancy Carey

★ 5.2
Law of the Underworld 1938

Annabelle Porter

★ 5.5
Condemned Women 1938

Millie Anson

★ 6.3
Stella Dallas 1937

Laurel "Lollie" Dallas

★ 6.9
Meet the Missus 1937

Louise Foster

★ 4
Too Many Wives 1937

Betty Jackson

★ 6.7
Make Way for a Lady 1936

June Drew

★ 5
M'Liss 1936

M'Liss Smith

★ 5
Chatterbox 1936

Jenny Yates

★ 6
Steamboat Round the Bend 1935

Fleety Belle

★ 7.5
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl 1935

Anne Shirley

★ 6
Chasing Yesterday 1935

Jeanne Alexandre

★ 4.7
Anne of Green Gables 1934

Anne Shirley

★ 5.5
Bachelor Bait 1934

Miriam Johnson (uncredited)

★ 5.7
The Key 1934

Flower peddler

★ 4.6
Finishing School 1934

Billie

★ 6
School for Girls 1934

Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)

★ 6
The Life of Jimmy Dolan 1933

Mary Lou

★ 6
Rasputin and the Empress 1932

Princess Anastasia

★ 5.1
Three on a Match 1932

Vivian Revere as a Child

★ 6.2
The Purchase Price 1932

Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

★ 6.5
So Big! 1932

Young Selina Peake (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Young America 1932

Mabel Saunders

★ 5
Emma 1932

Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Rich Man's Folly 1931

Anne, as a child

★ 4.5
Gun Smoke 1931

Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Liliom 1930

Louise

★ 6.8
City Girl 1930

Marie Tustine

★ 7.4
Sins of the Fathers 1928

Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)

★ 6
Mother Knows Best 1928

Sally, as a child

★ NR
4 Devils 1928

Marion as a girl

★ 7
Night Life 1927

Daughter of War Profiteer

★ NR
The Callahans and the Murphys 1927

Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)

★ NR
His Wooden Wedding 1925

★ 6.4
Alice's Egg Plant 1925

Alice

★ 4.7
Riders of the Purple Sage 1925

Fay Larkin (uncredited)

★ 5.7
The Fast Set 1924

Little Margaret Sones

★ NR
The Man Who Fights Alone 1924

Dorothy

★ NR
The Spanish Dancer 1923

Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)

★ 4
The Rustle of Silk 1923

Girl

★ NR
Moonshine Valley 1922

Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)

★ NR
The Hidden Woman 1922

Girl

★ NR

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