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