Shirley Olivia Mills was born in Tacoma Washington in 1926 and moved to southern California while still a child She became the star of an independent movie which achieved great fame titled Child Bride 1938when she was 12 years old which she describes in detail on her official website on a separate page devoted to memories of that movie along with still photos of it Other pages on the site are devoted to The Grapes Of Wrath 1940 and also Nine Girls 1944 additional movies where she was a movie actress in featured roles Mills appeared in major Hollywood studio movies through the 1940s and into the 1950s during which decade she also appeared on major network television programs Date of Birth 8 April 1926 Tacoma Washington Date of Death 31 March 2010 Arcadia California complications of pneumonia