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Anne Shirley

1918 - 1993

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Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyn Paris; April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) was an American actress. Beginning her career as a child actress under the stage name Dawn O'Day, she adopted the stage name of Anne Shirley after playing the titular character in the film adaptation of Anne of Green Gables in 1934, after which she achieved a successful career in supporting roles. Among her films is Stella Dallas (1937), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Shirley left the acting profession in 1944 at the age of 26 and remained in Los Angeles, where she died at the age of 75. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anne Shirley is the 4,717th most popular actor (down from 4,368th in 2019), the 7,472nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,404th in 2019) and the 2,161st most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anne Shirley ranks 4,717 out of 13,578. Before her are Joachim Fuchsberger, Sung Hoon, John Ericson, Clive Russell, Jon Lovitz, and Don Knotts. After her are Raymond J. Barry, Walter Sedlmayr, Dan Duryea, Lili Reinhart, Estelle Taylor, and Mary Wickes.

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Among people born in 1918, Anne Shirley ranks 225. Before her are Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Robert Preston, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Édouard Gagnon, Joey Bishop, and Dick Gibson. After her are Russell Kirk, Maurice Huet, Georges Berger, Marcelo González Martín, René de Obaldia, and Cheddi Jagan. Among people deceased in 1993, Anne Shirley ranks 199. Before her are Axel von dem Bussche, Héctor De Bourgoing, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Kamal Hassan Ali, Pino Puglisi, and Carlos Marcello. After her are Hans Werner Richter, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, Ian Stuart Donaldson, Štefan Uher, Ranasinghe Premadasa, and James Donald.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anne Shirley ranks 7,474 out of 20,380. Before her are Jon Lovitz (1957), Debbie Rowe (1958), Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), Medgar Evers (1925), Don Knotts (1924), and Neal Stephenson (1959). After her are Raymond J. Barry (1939), Dan Duryea (1907), John Esposito (1940), Lili Reinhart (1996), Cleveland Abbe (1838), and Estelle Taylor (1894).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Anne Shirley ranks 2,162. Before her are Pamela Sue Martin (1953), Mary Beth Hurt (1946), Margaret Qualley (1994), Tom Byron (1961), Jon Lovitz (1957), and Don Knotts (1924). After her are Raymond J. Barry (1939), Dan Duryea (1907), Lili Reinhart (1996), Estelle Taylor (1894), Mary Wickes (1910), and Michael Learned (1939).

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