About

Known credits:
19
Birthday:
1926-04-28
Place of birth:
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Website:
N/A

Shirley Mills

Overview

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)

Known for

Acting

1952 My Six Convicts Actor Blonde Tilly 59
Average
1951 The Family Secret Actor 59
Average
1950 It's a Small World Actor Susan Musk at Age 16 58
Average
1949 An Old-Fashioned Girl Actor Belle N/A
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1946 Betty Co-Ed Actor Gloria Campbell N/A
N/A
1944 Nine Girls Actor "Tennessee" Collingwood 58
Average
1944 None Shall Escape Actor Anna Oremska 59
Average
1943 True to Life Actor Radio Sister (uncredited) 59
Average
1943 Top Man Actor Dancer N/A
N/A
1943 Mister Big Actor 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited) 58
Average
1943 Reveille with Beverly Actor Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited) 59
Average
1943 Shadow of a Doubt Actor Shirley (uncredited) 69
Fair
1942 Miss Annie Rooney Actor Audrey Hollis 59
Average
1940 Five Little Peppers in Trouble Actor June 59
Average
1940 Young People Actor Mary Ann 58
Average
1940 Virginia City Actor Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited) 59
Average
1940 The Grapes of Wrath Actor Ruth Joad 71
Good
1939 The Under-Pup Actor Cecilia Layton 59
Average
1938 Child Bride Actor Jennie 58
Average