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.

Filmography

Marie Tustine
Vivian Revere as a Child
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
Burton Hughes
Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
May Harness Blake
Flower peddler
Louise
Marion as a girl
Annabelle Porter
Diana Kennedy
Jean Johnson
Kathleen Brown
Millie Anson
Alice Fisher
Mabel Saunders
Jenny Yates
Frankie Foster
Natalie Freeman
Betty Jackson
Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
Jeanne Alexandre
Little Margaret Sones
Louise Foster
M'Liss Smith
Sylvia Bartholomew
Ellen Evans
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
Fay Larkin (uncredited)
Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
Sally, as a child
Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
(archive footage)
Horton's Daughter
Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
Princess Anastasia (uncredited)
A. C. Baker
Anne, as a child
(archive footage)
Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)