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)
1952
as Blonde Tilly
1951
1950
as Susan Musk at Age 16
1949
as Belle
1946
as Gloria Campbell
1944
as "Tennessee" Collingwood
1944
as Anna Oremska
1943
as Radio Sister (uncredited)
1943
as Dancer
1943
as 'Jivin' Jacks and Jills' Member (uncredited)
1943
as Laura Jean Oliver (uncredited)
1943
as Shirley (uncredited)
1942
as Audrey Hollis
1940
as June
1940
as Mary Ann
1940
as Crying Young Southern Girl (uncredited)
1940
as Ruth Joad
1939
as Cecilia Layton
1938
as Jennie