Anne Shirley

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.

Cast

Murder, My Sweet

(Ann Grayle)

City Girl

(Marie Tustine)

All That Money Can Buy

(Mary Stone)

Three on a Match

(Vivian Revere as a Child)

Stella Dallas

(Laurel "Lollie" Dallas)

Bombardier

(Burton Hughes)

Anne of Green Gables

(Anne Shirley)

Moonshine Valley

(Nancy (as Dawn O'Day))

Government Girl

(May Harness Blake)

Steamboat Round the Bend

(Fleety Belle)

The Key

(Flower peddler)

The Rustle of Silk

(Girl)

Liliom

(Louise)

Anne of Windy Poplars

(Anne)

Make Way for a Lady

(June Drew)

Saturday's Children

(Bobby Halevy)

Vigil in the Night

(Lucy Lee)

4 Devils

(Marion as a girl)

Law of the Underworld

(Annabelle Porter)

Man from Frisco

(Diana Kennedy)

A Man to Remember

(Jean Johnson)

Unexpected Uncle

(Kathleen Brown)

Condemned Women

(Millie Anson)

Sorority House

(Alice Fisher)

Young America

(Mabel Saunders)

Chatterbox

(Jenny Yates)

Music in Manhattan

(Frankie Foster)

Girls' School

(Natalie Freeman)

The Mayor of 44th Street

(Jessey Lee)

Mother Carey's Chickens

(Nancy Carey)

Too Many Wives

(Betty Jackson)

Four Jacks and a Jill

(Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill)

Chasing Yesterday

(Jeanne Alexandre)

The Fast Set

(Little Margaret Sones)

The Hidden Woman

(Girl)

Meet the Missus

(Louise Foster)

Boy Slaves

(Annie)

M'Liss

(M'Liss Smith)

Career

(Sylvia Bartholomew)

The Powers Girl

(Ellen Evans)

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

(Mary Lou)

The Purchase Price

(Sarah Tipton (uncredited))

Riders of the Purple Sage

(Fay Larkin (uncredited))

Finishing School

(Billie)

Emma

(Isabelle as a Child (uncredited))

West Point Widow

(Nancy Hull)

Mother Knows Best

(Sally, as a child)

The Spanish Dancer

(Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day))

The Man Who Fights Alone

(Dorothy)

Make Mine Laughs

((archive footage))

Gun Smoke

(Horton's Daughter)

So Big!

(Young Selina Peake (uncredited))

Rasputin and the Empress

(Princess Anastasia (uncredited))

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

(Anne Shirley)

Lady Bodyguard

(A. C. Baker)

Rich Man's Folly

(Anne, as a child)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

(Self (archive footage))

Bachelor Bait

(Miriam Johnson (uncredited))

His Wooden Wedding

Movieland Magic

((archive footage))

Alice's Egg Plant

(Alice)

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

School for Girls

(Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day))

Sins of the Fathers

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

The Callahans and the Murphys

(Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day))