1926-04-28 Tacoma, Washington, USA
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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My Six Convicts | Blonde Tilly | 1952-03-20 |
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The Family Secret | 1951-10-21 | |
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It's a Small World | Susan Musk at Age 16 | 1950-06-24 |
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An Old-Fashioned Girl | Belle | 1949-01-19 |
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Betty Co-Ed | Gloria Campbell | 1946-11-28 |
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None Shall Escape | Anna Oremska | 1944-02-03 |
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Nine Girls | "Tennessee" Collingwood | 1944-02-17 |
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True to Life | Radio Sister (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
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Reveille with Beverly | Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited) | 1943-02-04 |
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Shadow of a Doubt | Shirley (uncredited) | 1943-01-15 |
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Top Man | Dancer | 1943-09-17 |
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Mister Big | 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited) | 1943-05-28 |
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Miss Annie Rooney | Audrey Hollis | 1942-05-29 |
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Virginia City | Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited) | 1940-03-23 |
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The Grapes of Wrath | Ruth Joad | 1940-03-15 |
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Five Little Peppers in Trouble | June | 1940-09-01 |
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Young People | Mary Ann | 1940-08-30 |
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The Under-Pup | Cecilia Layton | 1939-08-31 |
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Child Bride | Jennie | 1938-03-02 |
