Shirley Mills
Known For
Acting
Born
1926-04-28 in Tacoma, Washington, USA
Died
2010-03-21
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)
Most Known For
Young People
as Mary Ann
Nine Girls
as "Tennessee" Collingwood
Shadow of a Doubt
as Shirley (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Ruth Joad
Virginia City
as Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
as Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
My Six Convicts
as Blonde Tilly
Child Bride
as Jennie
The Family Secret
None Shall Escape
as Anna Oremska
An Old-Fashioned Girl
as Belle
True to Life
as Radio Sister (uncredited)
It's a Small World
as Susan Musk at Age 16
Miss Annie Rooney
as Audrey Hollis
Mister Big
as 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)
Top Man
as Dancer
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
as June
The Under-Pup
as Cecilia Layton
Betty Co-Ed
as Gloria Campbell