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Shirley Mills (1926–2010)

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... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (29 titles)
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
 
1954 My Little Margie (TV series)
Muriel Joyner
A Proposal for Papa (1954) … Muriel Joyner (as Shirley O'Mills)
 
1952 My Six Convicts
Blonde Tilly (uncredited)
 
1951 The Model and the Marriage Broker
Ina Kuschner (uncredited)
 
1951 The Family Secret
File Girl (uncredited)
 
1950 It's a Small World
Susan Musk at Age 16 (as Shirley O. Mills)
 
1950 What Happened to Jo Jo? (short)
Jennifer Van Zandt (as Shirley O. Mills)
 
1949 An Old-Fashioned Girl
Belle
 
1946 That Brennan Girl
Olivette (uncredited)
 
1946 Betty Co-Ed
Gloria Campbell
 
1946 Blondie's Lucky Day
Grace Perkins (scenes deleted)
 
1945 Snafu
Student (uncredited)
 
1945 Patrick the Great
Member, Jivin' Jills (uncredited)
 
1944 Nine Girls
'Tennessee' Collingwood
 
1944 None Shall Escape
Anna Oremska
 
1944 Chip Off the Old Block
Member - The Jivin' Jacks and Jills (uncredited)
 
1943 True to Life
Radio Sister (uncredited)
 
1943 Top Man
Dancer (uncredited)
 
1943 Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Hortense (uncredited)
 
1943 Reveille with Beverly
Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
 
1943 Shadow of a Doubt
Shirley (uncredited)
 
1942 Miss Annie Rooney
Audrey Hollis
 
1940 Diamond Frontier
Girl in Bonnet playing in Street (uncredited)
 
1940 Young People
Mary Ann
 
1940 Virginia City
Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)
 
1940 The Grapes of Wrath
Ruth Joad
 
1939 The Under-Pup
Cecilia Layton
 
1938 Child Bride
Jennie
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1943 Always a Bridesmaid
Herself - Member of The Jivin' Jacks and Jills (uncredited)
 
1943 Mister Big
Herself - 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1999 Christian Scare Films Vol. 4 (video)
(segment "What Happened To Jo Jo") (as Shirley O. Mills)
 

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That Brennan Girl -- The film begins on Mother's Day, 1938 when 14-year-old Ziggy Brennan buys a gardenia for her mother... The Grapes of Wrath -- A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. Child Bride -- Schoolteacher in a rural community campaigns to stop the practice of older men marrying young, underage girls.
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Personal Details


Alternate Names:

Shirley O. Mills | Shirley O'Mills
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Trivia:

She had not seen the completed version of Child Bride until the 1980s when a relative gave her a videocassette of it. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries