Mills, Shirley, 1926-2010

found: Internet Movie Database, viewed Dec. 1, 2004(Shirley Mills, b. 8 April 1926 in Tacoma, Wash.; sometimes credited as: Shirley O. Mills; actress; dancer, member of the Jivin' Jacks and Jills)

found: Wikipedia, Jan. 7, 2016(Shirley Olivia Mills (April 8, 1926-March 31, 2010) was an American actress, best known for her roles as the youngest daughter in The Grapes of Wrath and as the titular character in Child Bride. Born in Tacoma, Washington, Mills started her career as a child dancer, and later appeared in films such as Child Bride (1938) at the age of 12, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), and the Shirley Temple film Young People (1940). She stopped making films in her early twenties, and went on to be a singer and a data processing salesperson. She married Mel Hanson in 1977 who died in 1995; they had no children. Shirley Hanson died in Arcadia, California on March 31, 2010, eight days before her 84th birthday, from complications of pneumonia. She was a devout Christian.)