Shirley Mills

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)

Movies & TV Shows

1. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) — Shirley (uncredited)
2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — Ruth Joad
3. Virginia City (1940) — Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)
4. Child Bride (1938) — Jennie
5. None Shall Escape (1944) — Anna Oremska
6. The Family Secret (1951)
7. Young People (1940) — Mary Ann
8. Miss Annie Rooney (1942) — Audrey Hollis
9. My Six Convicts (1952) — Blonde Tilly
10. It's a Small World (1950) — Susan Musk at Age 16
11. Reveille with Beverly (1943) — Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
12. Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940) — June
13. Nine Girls (1944) — "Tennessee" Collingwood
14. True to Life (1943) — Radio Sister (uncredited)
15. The Under-Pup (1939) — Cecilia Layton
16. Mister Big (1943) — 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)
17. An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949) — Belle
18. Betty Co-Ed (1946) — Gloria Campbell
19. Top Man (1943) — Dancer