Shirley Mills

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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)

Most Popular Shirley Mills Trailers

Total trailers found: 19

Virginia City Trailer (1940)

23 March 1940

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers.

Young People Trailer (1940)

30 August 1940

Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.

Reveille with Beverly Trailer (1943)

04 February 1943

Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille.

My Six Convicts Trailer (1952)

20 March 1952

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.

Five Little Peppers in Trouble Trailer (1940)

01 September 1940

The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.

An Old-Fashioned Girl Trailer (1949)

19 January 1949

A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning.

Nine Girls Trailer (1944)

17 February 1944

One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing on their own to unmask the killer.

Shadow of a Doubt Trailer (1943)

12 January 1943

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit.

The Under-Pup Trailer (1939)

31 August 1939

A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families.

The Grapes of Wrath Trailer (1940)

15 March 1940

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure.

Mister Big Trailer (1943)

28 May 1943

Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but they conspire to do a swing musical instead.

True to Life Trailer (1943)

24 December 1943

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics.

The Family Secret Trailer (1951)

21 October 1951

When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.

Miss Annie Rooney Trailer (1942)

29 May 1942

A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.

It's a Small World Trailer (1950)

24 June 1950

Harry Musk is one in a million. That means that he's the one out of a million children who is perfectly proportioned but will never grow larger than a typical six-year-old.

None Shall Escape Trailer (1944)

03 February 1944

Through flashbacks going as far back as the end of WW1, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed during his trial.

Child Bride Trailer (1938)

02 March 1938

Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and returned in hopes of stopping the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture.

Top Man Trailer (1943)

17 September 1943

In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is called to war.

Betty Co-Ed Trailer (1946)

28 November 1946

Joanne Leeds, a carnival hootchy-kootchy dancer, is accepted into a snobbish college sorority when it is assumed that she hails from a blue-blooded Virginia family.