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Ann Gillis

Ann Gillis

Acting
12 Feb 1927
31 Jan 2018
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Biography

Ann Gillis was born Alma Mabel Conner on February 12, 1927, in Little Rock, Arkansas. At age seven, she appeared in her first film, Men in White (1934), as an extra. During the next two years, she had uncredited appearances in six more films until she received her first major role in King of Hockey (1936). Warner Brothers Studios gave significant screen time to Gillis in this movie, in hopes that she would become another Shirley Temple. Although (like all child stars of the 1930s) she never...

Also Known As

Anne Gillis, Alma Mabel Conner

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