Anne Shirley
Sign in to saveAlso known as Anne of Green Gables, Carrots, Cordelia Fitzgerald
fictional girl and woman, protagonist of the eponymous series, introduced 1908
Key facts
- Created by
- L. M. Montgomery
- Portrayed by
- Mary Miles Minter (1919), Dawn O'Day (1934), Kim Braden (1972), Megan Follows (1985), Barbara Hershey (2008), Ella Ballentine (2016), Amybeth McNulty (2017)
- Gender
- Female
- Family
- Walter Shirley (father, deceased), Bertha Willis (mother, deceased), Matthew Cuthbert (adoptive father), Marilla Cuthbert (adoptive mother)
- Spouse
- Gilbert Blythe (husband)
- Children
- Joyce Blythe (daughter, deceased), James Matthew Blythe (son), Walter Cuthbert Blythe (son, deceased), Anne Blythe (daughter), Diana Blythe (daughter), Shirley Blythe (son), Bertha Marilla Blythe (daughter)
- Relatives
- John Blythe (father-in-law), Mrs. Blythe (mother-in-law)
- Nationality
- Canadian
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Nova Scotia
- Spouse
- Gilbert Blythe
- Occupation
- writer
- Hair colour
- red hair
- Creator
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Voice actor
- Honoka Inoue
- Performer
- Amybeth McNulty
- Image
- Anne Shirley - H. Weston Taylor.jpg
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- present in work
- Anne of Avonlea
- first appearance
- Anne of Green Gables
- nickname
- Carrots
- Commons category
- Anne of Green Gables
- date of birth
- 1865-12-18
- name in native language
- Anne Shirley
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Encyclopedic overview
Anne Shirley is a fictional character introduced in the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery. Shirley is featured throughout the classic book series, which revolves around her life and family in 19th century Prince Edward Island, in Canada, including the eventual adoption of a new surname.
Conception
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anne Shirley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.