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Home/People/Shirley Mills
Shirley Mills profile photo
Born
Apr 8, 1926Died: Mar 31, 2010
Lived 83 years
Place of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

19
Movies
0
TV Shows
Also Known As
Shirley Olivia Mills
IMDb Profile

Shirley Mills

Acting

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)
My Six Convicts poster

My Six Convicts

as Blonde Tilly
1952
The Family Secret poster

The Family Secret

Cast
1951
It's a Small World poster

It's a Small World

as Susan Musk at Age 16
1950
An Old-Fashioned Girl poster

An Old-Fashioned Girl

as Belle
1949
Betty Co-Ed poster

Betty Co-Ed

as Gloria Campbell
1946
Nine Girls poster

Nine Girls

as "Tennessee" Collingwood
1944
None Shall Escape poster

None Shall Escape

as Anna Oremska
1944
True to Life poster

True to Life

as Radio Sister (uncredited)
1943
Top Man poster

Top Man

as Dancer
1943
Mister Big poster

Mister Big

as 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)
1943
Reveille with Beverly poster

Reveille with Beverly

as Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
1943
Shadow of a Doubt poster

Shadow of a Doubt

as Shirley (uncredited)
1943
Miss Annie Rooney poster

Miss Annie Rooney

as Audrey Hollis
1942
Five Little Peppers in Trouble poster

Five Little Peppers in Trouble

as June
1940
Young People poster

Young People

as Mary Ann
1940
Virginia City poster

Virginia City

as Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)
1940
The Grapes of Wrath poster

The Grapes of Wrath

as Ruth Joad
1940
The Under-Pup poster

The Under-Pup

as Cecilia Layton
1939
Child Bride poster

Child Bride

as Jennie
1938