Shirley Mills

Acting

Born April 8, 1926, Tacoma, Washington, USA

Shirley Olivia Mills was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1926 and moved to southern California while still a child. She became the star of an independent movie which achieved great fame titled Child Bride (1938)when she was 12 years old which she describes in detail on her "official" website on a separate page devoted to memories of that movie along with still photos of it. Other pages on the site are devoted to The Grapes Of Wrath (1940) and also Nine Girls (1944), additional movies where she was a movie actress in featured roles. Mills appeared in major Hollywood studio movies through the 1940s and into the 1950s, during which decade she also appeared on major network television programs. Date of Birth 8 April 1926, Tacoma, Washington Date of Death 31 March 2010, Arcadia, California  (complications of pneumonia)

Filmography

• 1952My Six Convicts — Blonde Tilly
• 1951The Family Secret
• 1950It's a Small World — Susan Musk at Age 16
• 1949An Old-Fashioned Girl — Belle
• 1946Betty Co-Ed — Gloria Campbell
• 1944Nine Girls — "Tennessee" Collingwood
• 1944None Shall Escape — Anna Oremska
• 1943Mister Big — 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)
• 1943Reveille with Beverly — Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
• 1943Shadow of a Doubt — Shirley (uncredited)
• 1943Top Man — Dancer
• 1943True to Life — Radio Sister (uncredited)
• 1942Miss Annie Rooney — Audrey Hollis
• 1940Five Little Peppers in Trouble — June
• 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Ruth Joad
• 1940Virginia City — Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)
• 1940Young People — Mary Ann
• 1939The Under-Pup — Cecilia Layton
• 1938Child Bride — Jennie