Shirley Mills

Shirley Mills

1926-04-08 – 2010-03-31 (age 83) Tacoma, Washington, USA
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Biography

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)

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Known For

The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Ruth Joad

Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt

1943

as Shirley (uncredited)

Child Bride
Child Bride

1938

as Jennie

Virginia City
Virginia City

1940

as Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)

Young People
Young People

1940

as Mary Ann

Mister Big
Mister Big

1943

as 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)

The Family Secret
My Six Convicts
My Six Convicts

1952

as Blonde Tilly

Reveille with Beverly
Reveille with Beverly

1943

as Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)

Top Man
Top Man

1943

as Dancer

Miss Annie Rooney
Miss Annie Rooney

1942

as Audrey Hollis

True to Life
True to Life

1943

as Radio Sister (uncredited)

Nine Girls
Nine Girls

1944

as "Tennessee" Collingwood

The Under-Pup
The Under-Pup

1939

as Cecilia Layton

Betty Co-Ed
Betty Co-Ed

1946

as Gloria Campbell

None Shall Escape
None Shall Escape

1944

as Anna Oremska

It's a Small World
It's a Small World

1950

as Susan Musk at Age 16

Five Little Peppers in Trouble
An Old-Fashioned Girl