

Cast & creator
Best known for Rasputin and the Empress, Murder, My Sweet, All That Money Can Buy
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.
Also known as: Dawn O'Day, Dawn Evelyeen Paris
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1922–1988 · acting roles
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Princess Anastasia
1932
Ann Grayle
1944
Mary Stone
1941
Marie Tustine
1930
Vivian Revere as a Child
1932
Billie
1934
Natalie Freeman
1938
Lucy Lee
1940
Annie
1939
May Harness Blake
1943
Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
1934
Anne Shirley
1934
Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
1942
Fleety Belle
1935
Annabelle Porter
1938
Self (archive footage)
1988
Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
1932
Nancy Carey
1938
Burton Hughes
1943
Mary Lou
1933
Jean Johnson
1938
Anne
1940
Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
1937
Anne, as a child
1931

Betty Jackson
1937
Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
1928
Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
1934
Fay Larkin (uncredited)
1925
Ellen Evans
1943
June Drew
1936

Anne Shirley
1935
Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
1932
Millie Anson
1938
Alice
1925
Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
1932
Nancy Hull
1941
Bobby Halevy
1940
Dorothy
1924
Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
1927
Jessey Lee
1942
Diana Kennedy
1944
Louise
1930
Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
1923
Girl
1923
Daughter of War Profiteer
1927
(archive footage)
1946
(archive footage)
1949
Sylvia Bartholomew
1939
Mabel Saunders
1932
Flower peddler
1934
Marion as a girl
1928
Jeanne Alexandre
1935
Frankie Foster
1944
Jenny Yates
1936
M'Liss Smith
1936
Alice Fisher
1939
Kathleen Brown
1941
Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
1931
A. C. Baker
1943
Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
1922
Girl
1922
Louise Foster
1937
Little Margaret Sones
1924Sally, as a child
1928