Born in New York City, New York, USA — Apr 17 1918• Died Jul 04 1993

Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyeen Paris; April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) 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.
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A. C. Baker

Self (archive footage)

Ann Grayle

May Harness Blake

Princess Anastasia

Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)

Natalie Freeman

Laurel "Lollie" Dallas

Marie Tustine

Young Selina Peake (uncredited)

Burton Hughes

Frankie Foster

Vivian Revere as a Child

Louise

Jeanne Alexandre

Billie

Sylvia Bartholomew

Mary Stone

Annie

Anne

Fleety Belle

Annabelle Porter

Jean Johnson

Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)

Mabel Saunders

Flower peddler

Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill

Miriam Johnson (uncredited)

Sarah Tipton (uncredited)

Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)


Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)

Mary Lou

Diana Kennedy

Anne Shirley

Betty Jackson

Lucy Lee

Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)

Alice Fisher

Kathleen Brown

M'Liss Smith

Nancy Hull

Marion as a girl

Anne, as a child

Jessey Lee

Fay Larkin (uncredited)

Jenny Yates

Ellen Evans

Bobby Halevy

Millie Anson

Dorothy

Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)

Nancy Carey


Louise Foster

(archive footage)

June Drew

Anne Shirley
Sally, as a child

(archive footage)

Girl

Little Margaret Sones

Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)

Girl

Daughter of War Profiteer

Alice