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Ann Gillis

Ann Gillis

Actor

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

Died January 31, 2018

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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.

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Filmography

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48

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2001: A Space Odyssey Poster

2001: A Space Odyssey Feature Film1968Poole's Mother

Espionage Poster

Espionage TV Series1963Nurse

Man of the World Poster

Man of the World TV Series1962Susan Forrester

The Saint Poster

The Saint TV Series1962Beryl Carrington

BBC Sunday-Night Play Poster

BBC Sunday-Night Play TV Series1960Miss Frank

Champs of the Chase Short Film1954Mrs. Winthrop's Daughter

Out There Poster

Out There TV Series19511 episode, 1951

Studio One Poster

Studio One TV Series19481 episode, 1951

Big Town After Dark Poster

Big Town After Dark Feature Film1947Susan Peabody LaRue

Gay Blades Poster

Gay Blades Feature Film1946Helen Dowell

Janie Gets Married Poster

Janie Gets Married Feature Film1946Paula Rainey

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Poster

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Feature Film1946Sue

The Time of Their Lives Poster

The Time of Their Lives Feature Film1946Nora O'Leary

The Cheaters Poster

The Cheaters Feature Film1945Angela Pidgeon

A Wave, a WAC and a Marine Poster

A Wave, a WAC and a Marine Feature Film1944Judy

In Society Poster

In Society Feature Film1944Gloria

Janie Feature Film1944Paula Rainey

Since You Went Away Poster

Since You Went Away Feature Film1944Becky Anderson

Man from Music Mountain Poster

Man from Music Mountain Feature Film1943Penny Winters

Stage Door Canteen Poster

Stage Door Canteen Feature Film1943Ann Gillis

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge Poster

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge Feature Film1942Sylvia

Bambi Feature Film1942Adult Faline

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 Documentary1942Self

Meet the Stewarts Poster

Meet the Stewarts Feature Film1942Jane Goodwin

Tough As They Come Poster

Tough As They Come Feature Film1942Frankie Taylor

Glamour Boy Poster

Glamour Boy Feature Film1941Brenda Lee

Mr. Dynamite Poster

Mr. Dynamite Feature Film1941Joey aka Abigail

Nice Girl? Poster

Nice Girl? Feature Film1941Nancy Dana

All This, and Heaven Too Poster

All This, and Heaven Too Feature Film1940Emily Schuyler

Edison, the Man Poster

Edison, the Man Feature Film1940Nancy Grey

Little Men Poster

Little Men Feature Film1940Nan

My Love Came Back Poster

My Love Came Back Feature Film1940Valerie Malette

Beau Geste Poster

Beau Geste Feature Film1939Isobel Rivers

The Under-Pup Poster

The Under-Pup Feature Film1939Letty Lou

Little Orphan Annie Poster

Little Orphan Annie Feature Film1938Annie

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus Poster

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus Feature Film1938Fleurette de Cava

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Poster

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Feature Film1938Becky Thatcher

Off to the Races Poster

Off to the Races Feature Film1937Winnie Mae

The Californian Poster

The Californian Feature Film1937Rosalia as a Child

You Can't Buy Luck Poster

You Can't Buy Luck Feature Film1937Peggy

King of Hockey Poster

King of Hockey Feature Film1936Peggy 'Princess' O'Rourke

Postal Inspector Poster

Postal Inspector Feature Film1936Little Alice

The Garden of Allah Poster

The Garden of Allah Feature Film1936Convent Girl #2

The Great Ziegfeld Poster

The Great Ziegfeld Feature Film1936Mary Lou as a Child

The Man I Marry Poster

The Man I Marry Feature Film1936Little Girl

The Singing Cowboy Poster

The Singing Cowboy Feature Film1936Lou Ann Stevens

Under Your Spell Poster

Under Your Spell Feature Film1936Gwendolyn

Men in White Poster

Men in White Feature Film1934Flower Girl

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