Shirley Mills
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Shirley Olivia Mills (April 8, 1926 – March 31, 2010) was a former American actress. Mills' most notable role was in the 1938 film Child Bride, made when she was only twelve years old. As the title character, she is shown nude in a "skinny dipping" scene, which became the basis for Child Bride being exhibited for many years as an exploitation film.
Biography
Born in Tacoma, Washington, Mills started her career as a dancer, and later starred in such films as The Grapes of Wrath, Child Bride, and the Shirley Temple film Young People. She stopped making films in her early twenties, and went on to be a singer and a data processing salesperson. She was married to Mel Hanson from 1977 until his death in 1995; they had no children.
Shirley Hanson died in Arcadia, California on March 31, 2010, a week or so before her 84th birthday, from complications of pneumonia. She was a devout Christian.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1938 | Child Bride | Jennie Colton | Alternative titles: Child Bride of the Ozarks Child Brides Dust to Dust |
| 1939 | The Under-Pup | Cecilia Layton | |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Ruth Joad | |
| Virginia City | Crying young Southern girl | Uncredited | |
| Young People | Mary Ann | ||
| Five Little Peppers in Trouble | June | ||
| Diamond Frontier | Girl in Bonnet playing in Street | Uncredited | |
| 1942 | Miss Annie Rooney | Audrey Hollis | |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Young girl | Alternative title: Shadow of Doubt |
| Reveille with Beverly | Laura Jean Oliver | Uncredited | |
| Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour | Hortense | Uncredited Alternative title: Henry Gets Glamour | |
| Mister Big | Member, Jivin' Jills | Uncredited | |
| Top Man | Dancer | Uncredited Alternative title: Man of the Family | |
| Always a Bridesmaid | Uncredited | ||
| True to Life | Radio Sister | Uncredited | |
| 1944 | Chip Off the Old Block | Member, Jivin' Jills | Uncredited |
| None Shall Escape | Anna Oremska | ||
| Nice Girls | "Tennessee" Collingwood | ||
| 1945 | Patrick the Great | Member, Jivin' Jills | Uncredited |
| Snafu | Student | Uncredited Alternative title: Welcome Home | |
| 1946 | Blondie's Lucky Day | Grace Perkins | Scenes deleted |
| Betty Co-ed | Gloria Campbell | Alternative title: The Melting Pot | |
| That Brennan Girl | Olivette the Babysitter | Uncredited Alternative title: Tough Girl | |
| 1949 | An Old-Fashioned Girl | Belle | |
| 1950 | It's a Small World | Susan Musk at Age 16 | Credited as Shirley O. Mills |
| What Happened to Jo Jo | Credited as Shirley O. Mills | ||
| 1951 | The Family Secret | File Girl | Uncredited |
| The Model and the Marriage Broker | Ina Kuschner | Uncredited | |
| 1952 | My Six Convicts | Blonde Tilly | Uncredited Alternative title: My 6 Convicts |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1954 | My Little Margie | Muriel Joyner | 1 episode Credited as Shirley O'Mills |
| 1956 | Ford Star Jubilee | 1 episode | |
