Gracie Finley

Gracie Finley is a Canadian actress who portrayed Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables – The Musical.

Biography
Gracie Finley was born in 1952 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She attended Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown.

Finley joined the production of Anne of Green Gables – The Musical in 1968, when she was 16 years old. She played the lead role as Anne Shirley at the Charlottetown Festival from 1968 to 1974 and again in 1984 and 1985, being the first Islander to play Anne.

Behind the scenes

 * Gracie Finley was the second actress who portrayed Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables – The Musical. She is also the first native Islander to play the lead role.
 * Her favourite film is To Kill a Mockingbird.