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