Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1918-04-17

Deathday

1993-07-04 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Dawn O'Day
Dawn Evelyeen Paris

Anne Shirley

Biography

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

7.2%

Murder, My Sweet

Dec 14, 1944

7.4%

City Girl

Jan 12, 1930

7.1%

All That Money Can Buy

Oct 17, 1941

6.9%

Stella Dallas

Aug 6, 1937

6.2%

Three on a Match

Oct 29, 1932

6.5%

The Purchase Price

Jul 23, 1932

5.7%

Anne of Green Gables

Nov 23, 1934

5.4%

Bombardier

May 14, 1943

7.6%

Steamboat Round the Bend

Sep 6, 1935

6.8%

Liliom

Sep 27, 1930

6.2%

Finishing School

May 4, 1934

4.7%

Alice's Egg Plant

May 17, 1925

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Acting

1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage)

1949

Make Mine Laughs as (archive footage)

1946

Movieland Magic as (archive footage)

1944		Murder, My Sweet as Ann Grayle
1944		Music in Manhattan as Frankie Foster
1944		Man from Frisco as Diana Kennedy

1943		Government Girl as May Harness Blake
1943		Bombardier as Burton Hughes
1943		The Powers Girl as Ellen Evans
1943		Lady Bodyguard as A. C. Baker

1942		The Mayor of 44th Street as Jessey Lee
1942		Four Jacks and a Jill as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill

1941		Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941		Unexpected Uncle as Kathleen Brown
1941		All That Money Can Buy as Mary Stone
1941		West Point Widow as Nancy Hull

1940		Anne of Windy Poplars as Anne
1940		Saturday's Children as Bobby Halevy
1940		Vigil in the Night as Lucy Lee

1939		Career as Sylvia Bartholomew
1939		Sorority House as Alice Fisher
1939		Boy Slaves as Annie

1938		A Man to Remember as Jean Johnson
1938		Girls' School as Natalie Freeman
1938		Mother Carey's Chickens as Nancy Carey
1938		Law of the Underworld as Annabelle Porter
1938		Condemned Women as Millie Anson

1937		Stella Dallas as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
1937		Meet the Missus as Louise Foster
1937		Too Many Wives as Betty Jackson

1936		Make Way for a Lady as June Drew
1936		M'Liss as M'Liss Smith
1936		Chatterbox as Jenny Yates

1935		Steamboat Round the Bend as Fleety Belle
1935		A Night at the Biltmore Bowl as Anne Shirley
1935		Chasing Yesterday as Jeanne Alexandre

1934		Anne of Green Gables as Anne Shirley
1934		Bachelor Bait as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
1934		The Key as Flower peddler
1934		Finishing School as Billie
1934		School for Girls as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)

1933

The Life of Jimmy Dolan as Mary Lou

1932		Rasputin and the Empress as Princess Anastasia (uncredited)
1932		Three on a Match as Vivian Revere as a Child
1932		The Purchase Price as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
1932		So Big! as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
1932		Young America as Mabel Saunders
1932		Emma as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)

1931		Rich Man's Folly as Anne, as a child
1931		Gun Smoke as Horton's Daughter

1930		Liliom as Louise
1930		City Girl as Marie Tustine

1928		Sins of the Fathers as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
1928		Mother Knows Best as Sally, as a child
1928		4 Devils as Marion as a girl

1927

The Callahans and the Murphys as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)

1925		His Wooden Wedding
1925		Alice's Egg Plant as Alice
1925		Riders of the Purple Sage as Fay Larkin (uncredited)

1924		The Fast Set as Little Margaret Sones
1924		The Man Who Fights Alone as Dorothy

1923		The Spanish Dancer as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
1923		The Rustle of Silk as Girl

1922		Moonshine Valley as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
1922		The Hidden Woman as Girl