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
City Girl
(1930)
Marie Tustine
Murder, My Sweet
(1944)
Ann Grayle
Three on a Match
(1932)
Vivian Revere as a Child
Stella Dallas
(1937)
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Bombardier
(1943)
Burton Hughes
Full Filmography
Acting
The Hidden Woman
(1922)
Girl
Moonshine Valley
(1922)
Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
The Rustle of Silk
(1923)
Girl
The Spanish Dancer
(1923)
Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
The Man Who Fights Alone
(1924)
Dorothy
The Fast Set
(1924)
Little Margaret Sones
His Wooden Wedding
(1925)
Riders of the Purple Sage
(1925)
Fay Larkin (uncredited)
Alice's Egg Plant
(1925)
Alice
4 Devils
(1928)
Marion as a girl
Sins of the Fathers
(1928)
Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
City Girl
(1930)
Marie Tustine
Liliom
(1930)
Louise
Rich Man's Folly
(1931)
Anne, as a child
Gun Smoke
(1931)
Horton's Daughter
Rasputin and the Empress
(1932)
Princess Anastasia (uncredited)
Emma
(1932)
Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
Three on a Match
(1932)
Vivian Revere as a Child
So Big!
(1932)
Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
Young America
(1932)
Mabel Saunders
The Purchase Price
(1932)
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
(1933)
Mary Lou
School for Girls
(1934)
Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
Finishing School
(1934)
Billie (as Dawn O'Day)
Anne of Green Gables
(1934)
Anne Shirley
The Key
(1934)
Flower peddler
Bachelor Bait
(1934)
Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
(1935)
Anne Shirley
Steamboat Round the Bend
(1935)
Fleety Belle
Chasing Yesterday
(1935)
Jeanne Alexandre
Chatterbox
(1936)
Jenny Yates
Make Way for a Lady
(1936)
June Drew
M'Liss
(1936)
M'Liss Smith
Meet the Missus
(1937)
Louise Foster
Stella Dallas
(1937)
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Too Many Wives
(1937)
Betty Jackson
A Man to Remember
(1938)
Jean Johnson
Law of the Underworld
(1938)
Annabelle Porter
Condemned Women
(1938)
Millie Anson
Mother Carey's Chickens
(1938)
Nancy Carey
Girls' School
(1938)
Natalie Freeman
Career
(1939)
Sylvia Bartholomew
Boy Slaves
(1939)
Annie
Sorority House
(1939)
Alice Fisher
Anne of Windy Poplars
(1940)
Anne
Saturday's Children
(1940)
Bobby Halevy
Vigil in the Night
(1940)
Lucy Lee
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
(1941)
West Point Widow
(1941)
Nancy Hull
Unexpected Uncle
(1941)
Kathleen Brown
All That Money Can Buy
(1941)
Mary Stone
The Mayor of 44th Street
(1942)
Jessey Lee
Four Jacks and a Jill
(1942)
Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
The Powers Girl
(1943)
Ellen Evans
Government Girl
(1943)
May Harness Blake
Bombardier
(1943)
Burton Hughes
Lady Bodyguard
(1943)
A. C. Baker
Music in Manhattan
(1944)
Frankie Foster
Man from Frisco
(1944)
Diana Kennedy
Murder, My Sweet
(1944)
Ann Grayle
Movieland Magic
(1946)
(archive footage)
Make Mine Laughs
(1949)
(archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
(1988)
Self (archive footage)