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Ann Gillis

Ann Gillis

American actress (1927–2018)


Alma Mabel Conner (February 12, 1927 [4]  – January 31, 2018), known professionally as Ann Gillis, was an American actress, best known for her film roles as a child actress. She performed the voice of Faline (as young adult) in the 1942 Disney animated film Bambi.

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Biography

Gillis was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.[5] She started her career in the early 1930s, when she was age 7. After small roles, she got her first major part in King of Hockey (1936). In the following years, she played supporting roles, and Warner Brothers Pictures wanted her to be another Shirley Temple, but she mostly played "spoiled brats".[citation needed]

Among her bigger roles were Becky Thatcher in David O. Selznick's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) and Annie in Little Orphan Annie (1938). She also provided the voice of Faline in Bambi (1942).[6]

She ended her Hollywood film career in 1947 and married her second husband, British actor Richard Fraser in 1952. Following her Hollywood career, she turned to occasional television work in the UK. Gillis appeared in two episodes of The Saint in 1964-1965, followed by a small part in 2001: A Space Odyssey, playing Dr. Poole's mother. She is seen onscreen congratulating her son on his birthday. She later lived in Belgium.[7]

On January 31, 2018, Gillis died in a nursing home in Horam, East Sussex, England, at the age of 90.[8]

Filmography

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References

  1. "Ann Gillis, Young Leading Lady in 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' Dies at 90". The Hollywood Reporter. February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  2. Magers, Donna. "Ann Gillis Interview". Westernclippings.com. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 4, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Cochran, Robert; McCray, Suzanne (2015). Lights! Camera! Arkansas!: From Broncho Billy to Billy Bob Thornton. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 14–15. ISBN 9781610755580. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  5. "An Interview with...Ann Gillis". WesternClippings.com. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  6. Barnes, Mike (February 2, 2018). "Ann Gillis, Young Leading Lady in 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' Dies at 90". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.

Bibliography

  • Best, Marc. Those Endearing Young Charms: Child Performers of the Screen (South Brunswick and New York: Barnes & Co., 1971), pp. 95–99.



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