Ann Gillis

Ann Gillis

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.

  • Title: Ann Gillis
  • Popularity: 3.122
  • Fantatra ho an'ny: Acting
  • Birthday: 1927-02-12
  • Toerana nahaterahana: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
  • pejy fandraisana: http://www.1canhelp.com/ann_gillis/
  • Fantatra koa amin'ny maha: Anne Gillis, Alma Mabel Conner
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Ann Gillis Movies

  • 1968
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    8.1 1968 HD

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  • 1942
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    Bambi

    Bambi

    7.012 1942 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    6.5 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    Off to the Races

    Off to the Races

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1946
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    Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

    6 1946 HD

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  • 1944
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    In Society

    In Society

    5.8 1944 HD

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  • 1941
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    Mr. Dynamite

    Mr. Dynamite

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1946
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    Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

    Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1942
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    Meet the Stewarts

    Meet the Stewarts

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Great Ziegfeld

    The Great Ziegfeld

    6.2 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    Under Your Spell

    Under Your Spell

    7 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Singing Cowboy

    The Singing Cowboy

    3.3 1936 HD

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  • 1947
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    Big Town After Dark

    Big Town After Dark

    5.5 1947 HD

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  • 1938
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    Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

    Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

    4.3 1938 HD

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  • 1940
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    My Love Came Back

    My Love Came Back

    5.2 1940 HD

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  • 1936
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    King of Hockey

    King of Hockey

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1942
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    'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

    'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

    6.8 1942 HD

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  • 1943
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    Man from Music Mountain

    Man from Music Mountain

    5 1943 HD

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  • 1941
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    Glamour Boy

    Glamour Boy

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1939
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    Beau Geste

    Beau Geste

    7 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    Little Men

    Little Men

    6.1 1940 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Under-Pup

    The Under-Pup

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1937
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    You Can't Buy Luck

    You Can't Buy Luck

    4.5 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    Postal Inspector

    Postal Inspector

    6.2 1936 HD

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  • 1940
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    All This, and Heaven Too

    All This, and Heaven Too

    7.1 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Edison, the Man

    Edison, the Man

    6.7 1940 HD

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  • 1943
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    Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

    6.1 1943 HD

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  • 1938
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    Little Orphan Annie

    Little Orphan Annie

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1944
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    A Wave, a WAC and a Marine

    A Wave, a WAC and a Marine

    6.5 1944 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Californian

    The Californian

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1944
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    Since You Went Away

    Since You Went Away

    6.4 1944 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Cheaters

    The Cheaters

    6.6 1945 HD

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  • 1941
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    Nice Girl?

    Nice Girl?

    5.3 1941 HD

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  • 1946
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    Gay Blades

    Gay Blades

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1942
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    Tough as They Come

    Tough as They Come

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1944
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    Janie

    Janie

    5.5 1944 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Time of Their Lives

    The Time of Their Lives

    6.9 1946 HD

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.4 1948 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.296 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    Man of the World

    Man of the World

    7 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.296 1962 HD

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