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.

Filmography

• 1949Make Mine Laughs — (archive footage)
• 1946Movieland Magic — (archive footage)
• 1944Man from Frisco — Diana Kennedy
• 1944Murder, My Sweet — Ann Grayle
• 1944Music in Manhattan — Frankie Foster
• 1943Bombardier — Burton Hughes
• 1943Government Girl — May Harness Blake
• 1943Lady Bodyguard — A. C. Baker
• 1943The Powers Girl — Ellen Evans
• 1942Four Jacks and a Jill — Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
• 1942The Mayor of 44th Street — Jessey Lee
• 1941All That Money Can Buy — Mary Stone
• 1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
• 1941Unexpected Uncle — Kathleen Brown
• 1941West Point Widow — Nancy Hull
• 1940Anne of Windy Poplars — Anne
• 1940Saturday's Children — Bobby Halevy
• 1940Vigil in the Night — Lucy Lee
• 1939Boy Slaves — Annie
• 1939Career — Sylvia Bartholomew
• 1939Sorority House — Alice Fisher
• 1938A Man to Remember — Jean Johnson
• 1938Condemned Women — Millie Anson
• 1938Girls' School — Natalie Freeman
• 1938Law of the Underworld — Annabelle Porter
• 1938Mother Carey's Chickens — Nancy Carey
• 1937Meet the Missus — Louise Foster
• 1937Stella Dallas — Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
• 1937Too Many Wives — Betty Jackson
• 1936Chatterbox — Jenny Yates
• 1936M'Liss — M'Liss Smith
• 1936Make Way for a Lady — June Drew
• 1935A Night at the Biltmore Bowl — Anne Shirley
• 1935Chasing Yesterday — Jeanne Alexandre
• 1935Steamboat Round the Bend — Fleety Belle
• 1934Anne of Green Gables — Anne Shirley
• 1934Bachelor Bait — Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
• 1934Finishing School — Billie
• 1934School for Girls — Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
• 1934The Key — Flower peddler
• 1933The Life of Jimmy Dolan — Mary Lou
• 1932Emma — Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
• 1932Rasputin and the Empress — Princess Anastasia
• 1932So Big! — Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
• 1932The Purchase Price — Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
• 1932Three on a Match — Vivian Revere as a Child
• 1932Young America — Mabel Saunders
• 1931Gun Smoke — Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
• 1931Rich Man's Folly — Anne, as a child
• 1930City Girl — Marie Tustine
• 1930Liliom — Louise
• 19284 Devils — Marion as a girl
• 1928Mother Knows Best — Sally, as a child
• 1928Sins of the Fathers — Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
• 1927Night Life — Daughter of War Profiteer
• 1927The Callahans and the Murphys — Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
• 1925Alice's Egg Plant — Alice
• 1925His Wooden Wedding
• 1925Riders of the Purple Sage — Fay Larkin (uncredited)
• 1924The Fast Set — Little Margaret Sones
• 1924The Man Who Fights Alone — Dorothy
• 1923The Rustle of Silk — Girl
• 1923The Spanish Dancer — Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
• 1922Moonshine Valley — Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
• 1922The Hidden Woman — Girl

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind — Self (archive footage)