children birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive article_title birth_name occupation
3 little rock , arkansas , u.s. 12 february 1927 paul ziebold -lrb- divorced -rrb- 2 sons ; 1934-1947 , 1968 ann gillis
 alma mabel conner actress
ann gillis

ann gillis -lrb- born alma mabel conner ; february 12 , 1927 , in little rock , arkansas -rrb- , sometimes credited as anne gillis or ann gilles , is a retired american actress .
ann gillis started her career in the early 1930s , when she was seven years old .
after some smaller roles she got her first big part in `` king of hockey '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- .
in the following years she played supporting roles and her film studio warner brothers wanted her to be a second shirley temple , but most of the time she only played spoiled brats .
one of her best roles was becky thatcher in david o. selznicks `` the adventures of tom sawyer '' -lrb- 1938 -rrb- , she also provided the voice for the older feline in `` bambi '' -lrb- 1942 -rrb- .
she ended her film career in 1947 .
following her hollywood career in 1947 , she moved to new york city , married the scots-born actor richard fraser , and turned to occasional television work .
gillis later came back into acting for a small part in '' '' in 1968 .
she lived in belgium from 1972 to 2014 marrying belgian rené van hulst -lrb- deceased 1999 -rrb- devoting much of her time to painting and music and finally becoming a belgian citizen .
she moved to the uk in december 2014 .
