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