
Shirley Mills
Born
April 28, 1926
Died
March 21, 2010 (83 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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)
Known For

My Six Convicts
Blonde Tilly
1952

The Family Secret
1951

It's a Small World
Susan Musk at Age 16
1950

An Old-Fashioned Girl
Belle
1949

Betty Co-Ed
Gloria Campbell
1946

Nine Girls
"Tennessee" Collingwood
1944

None Shall Escape
Anna Oremska
1944

True to Life
Radio Sister (uncredited)
1943

Top Man
Dancer
1943

Mister Big
'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)
1943

Reveille with Beverly
Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
1943

Shadow of a Doubt
Shirley (uncredited)
1943

Miss Annie Rooney
Audrey Hollis
1942

Five Little Peppers in Trouble
June
1940

Young People
Mary Ann
1940

Virginia City
Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)
1940

The Grapes of Wrath
Ruth Joad
1940

The Under-Pup
Cecilia Layton
1939

Child Bride
Jennie
1938