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Ann Gillis
Homepage
http://www.1canhelp.com/ann_gillis/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1927-02-12,Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Gender
Female
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 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.

Filmography

2001: A Space Odyssey

8.1

2001: A Space Odyssey
1968-04-02

7

Bambi
1942-02-11

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

6.5

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938-02-11

Off to the Races

0

Off to the Races
1937-02-05

Janie Gets Married

6

Janie Gets Married
1946-06-22

5.8

In Society
1944-08-16

0

Mr. Dynamite
1941-03-01

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

0

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1946-11-16

Meet the Stewarts

6

Meet the Stewarts
1942-05-21

The Great Ziegfeld

6.2

The Great Ziegfeld
1936-04-08

Under Your Spell

7

Under Your Spell
1936-11-06

The Singing Cowboy

3.3

The Singing Cowboy
1936-05-11

Big Town After Dark

5.5

Big Town After Dark
1947-12-12

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

4.3

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938-12-02

My Love Came Back

5.2

My Love Came Back
1940-07-13

5

King of Hockey
1936-12-19

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

6.8

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942-11-20

Man from Music Mountain

5

Man from Music Mountain
1943-10-30

6

Glamour Boy
1941-12-05

6.958

Beau Geste
1939-07-24

6.1

Little Men
1940-11-29

6

The Under-Pup
1939-08-31

You Can't Buy Luck

4.5

You Can't Buy Luck
1937-04-30

Postal Inspector

6.2

Postal Inspector
1936-08-16

All This, and Heaven Too

7.1

All This, and Heaven Too
1940-07-05

Edison, the Man

6.619

Edison, the Man
1940-05-10

Stage Door Canteen

6.1

Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24

Little Orphan Annie

0

Little Orphan Annie
1938-12-02

A Wave, a WAC and a Marine

6.5

A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
1944-10-07

The Californian

0

The Californian
1937-07-18

Since You Went Away

6.4

Since You Went Away
1944-06-30

6.6

The Cheaters
1945-07-15

5.3

Nice Girl?
1941-02-21

0

Gay Blades
1946-01-25

Tough as They Come

0

Tough as They Come
1942-06-05

5.5

Janie
1944-09-02

The Time of Their Lives

6.9

The Time of Their Lives
1946-08-13

4.4

Studio One
1948-11-07

7.296

The Saint
1962-10-04

Man of the World

7

Man of the World
1962-09-29

7.296

The Saint
1962-10-04