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Ann Gillis

Ann Gillis

Actress

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 achieved Temple's level of fame, for the next several years Gillis starred in many films, almost always playing a spoiled, bratty character. She had two rare sympathetic roles as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) and as the title character in Little Orphan Annie (1938). One scene in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer called for her to go into screaming hysterics when her character was trapped in a cave of bats, and Gillis delivered in a powerful performance that is probably the most memorable scene of her film career. As Gillis grew older, however, her career slowed down, and she left Hollywood in 1947. When she left Hollywood she married Paul Ziebold and had 2 sons. She then divorced, relocated to New York City and married Richard Fraser, a Scottish-born actor (they had a son born in 1958). During the 1950s and '60s, Gillis made sporadic television appearances, and in 1959, she hosted a national telecast presentation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Gillis and her husband moved to England in 1961, and they were living in London when they heard of a casting call for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) that called for an American actress living in the city. Gillis auditioned and got the role; it remains her final film to date. Ann moved to Belgium in 1972 where she met and married Belgian René Van Hulst (deceased 1999). She lived in Belgium from 1972 to 2014 and became a Belgian citizen, devoting much of her time to painting and music, she was an accomplished pianist and harpist. She moved to England, UK in December 2014 and passed away peacefully on 31/1/2018.

Born: February 12, 1927 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Died: January 31, 2018 (Age 90)

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Ann Gillis  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.3
ActressBecky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)1944
Movie
6.4
ActressFrankie Taylor1942
Movie
6.6
ActressAngela Pidgeon1945
Movie
7.2
ActressAdolescent Faline (voice) (uncredited)1942
Movie
6.4
ActressNancy Dana1941
Movie
8.2
ActressPoole's Mother1968
Movie
7.6
ActressIsobel Rivers (as a Child)1939
Movie
7.4
ActressNora O'Leary1946
Movie
6.8
ActressBecky Thatcher1938
Movie
6.9
ActressNancy Grey1940
Movie
6.2
ActressHelen Dowell (as Anne Gillis)1946
Movie
5.7
ActressSylvia1942
Movie
6.3
ActressPenny Winters1943
Movie
5.9
ActressJane Goodwin1942
Movie
5.4
ActressFluerette de Cava1938
Movie
5.4
ActressPeggy O'Rourke1936
Movie
7
ActressAnnie1938
Movie
7.7
ActressJudy (as Anne Gillis)1944
Movie
5.3
ActressSusan Peabody LaRue1947
Movie
6.4
ActressGloria Winthrop1944
Movie
6.7
ActressJoey aka Abigail1941
Movie
7.1
ActressBrenda Lee1941
Movie
5.5
ActressLou Ann Stevens1936
Movie
5.4
ActressNan1940
Movie
6.1
ActressValerie Malette1940
Movie
6.2
ActressLetty Lou1939
Movie
5.2
ActressRosalia as a Child1937
Movie
7.6
ActressEmily Schuyler1940
Movie
5.2
ActressPeggy (uncredited)1937
Movie
6
ActressAnn Gillis1943
Movie
5.8
ActressPaula Rainey1946
Movie
6.6
ActressSue1946
Movie
7.1
ActressWinnie Mae1937
Movie
5.7
ActressPaula Rainey1944
Movie
6.1
ActressGwendolyn (uncredited)1936
Movie
6.4
ActressMary Lou as a Child (uncredited)1936
Movie
5
ActressLittle Alice (uncredited)1936
TV Show
7.3
Actress1 Episode1948-1958
TV Show
7.3
ActressWilma
1 Episode
1962-1969
TV Show
7.4
Actress1 Episode1962-1963
TV Show
7.3
ActressBeryl Carrington
1 Episode
1962-1969
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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