Shirley Mills

Born: 1926-04-28

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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The Grapes of Wrath

as Ruth Joad
Released: 1940-03-15

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...

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Shadow of a Doubt

as Shirley (uncredited)
Released: 1943-01-15

Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement...

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Virginia City

as Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1940-03-23

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million...

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None Shall Escape

as Anna Oremska
Released: 1944-02-03

Through flashbacks, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed.

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My Six Convicts

as Blonde Tilly
Released: 1952-03-20

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain...

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Child Bride

as Jennie
Released: 1938-03-02

Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country....

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Young People

as Mary Ann
Released: 1940-08-30

Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They...

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Miss Annie Rooney

as Audrey Hollis
Released: 1942-05-29

A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she...

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Reveille with Beverly

as Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
Released: 1943-02-04

Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the...

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Nine Girls

as "Tennessee" Collingwood
Released: 1944-02-17

One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to...

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It's a Small World

as Susan Musk at Age 16
Released: 1950-06-24

Harry Musk is one in a million. That means that he's the one out of a million children who is...

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Top Man

as Dancer
Released: 1943-09-17

In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his...

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True to Life

as Radio Sister (uncredited)
Released: 1943-12-24

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he...

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An Old-Fashioned Girl

as Belle
Released: 1949-01-19

A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find...

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The Family Secret

as uncredited
Released: 1951-10-21

When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the...

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The Under-Pup

as Cecilia Layton
Released: 1939-08-31

A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from...

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Mister Big

as 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)
Released: 1943-05-28

Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but...

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Five Little Peppers in Trouble

as June
Released: 1940-09-01

The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting...

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Betty Co-Ed

as Gloria Campbell
Released: 1946-11-28

The plot gets under way when Joanne, a carnival hootchy-kootchy dancer, is accepted into a...

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