
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)
Known For

Young People
Mary Ann

Shadow of a Doubt
Shirley (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath
Ruth Joad

Nine Girls
"Tennessee" Collingwood

True to Life
Radio Sister (uncredited)

An Old-Fashioned Girl
Belle

Reveille with Beverly
Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)

The Family Secret

Virginia City
Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)

Child Bride
Jennie