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Shirley Mills

Date of birth: 1926-04-28

Place of birth: Tacoma, Washington, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

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)

Movie Credits

The Grapes of Wrath
3.9

The Grapes of Wrath

1940-03-15

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

It's a Small World
2.6

It's a Small World

1950-06-24

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

Young People
2.3

Young People

1940-08-30

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

Child Bride
2.3

Child Bride

1938-03-02

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

The Family Secret
2.9

The Family Secret

1951-10-21

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

The Under-Pup
3

The Under-Pup

1939-08-31

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

Shadow of a Doubt
3.8

Shadow of a Doubt

1943-01-15

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie

Five Little Peppers in Trouble
3.4

Five Little Peppers in Trouble

1940-09-01

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

Betty Co-Ed
0

Betty Co-Ed

1946-11-28

Joanne Leeds, a carnival hootchy-kootchy dancer, is accepted into a snobbish college sorority when i

Virginia City
3

Virginia City

1940-03-23

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

Reveille with Beverly
3.5

Reveille with Beverly

1943-02-04

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

Miss Annie Rooney
3.1

Miss Annie Rooney

1942-05-29

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

Nine Girls
2.6

Nine Girls

1944-02-17

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

None Shall Escape
3.1

None Shall Escape

1944-02-03

Through flashbacks going as far back as the end of WW1, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed

True to Life
3

True to Life

1943-12-24

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

Top Man
0

Top Man

1943-09-17

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

Mister Big
1.1

Mister Big

1943-05-28

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

An Old-Fashioned Girl
2.5

An Old-Fashioned Girl

1949-01-19

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

My Six Convicts
3.1

My Six Convicts

1952-03-20

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