Shirley Temple

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Born: April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014
From: Santa Monica, California, USA
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Biography

Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she was named United States Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States. Temple began her film career at the age of three in 1931. Two years later, she achieved international fame in Bright Eyes, a feature film produced especially for her talents. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer in motion pictures during 1934. Film hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid- to late 1930s. Temple capitalized on licensed merchandise that featured her wholesome image; the merchandise included dolls, dishes, and clothing. Her box-office popularity waned as she reached adolescence. She appeared in 29 films from the ages of 3 to 10, but in only 14 films from the ages of 14 to 21. Temple retired from film in 1950 at the age of 22. In 1958, Temple returned to show business with a two-season television anthology series of fairy tale adaptations. She made guest appearances on television shows in the early 1960s and filmed a sitcom pilot that was never released. She sat on the boards of corporations and organizations, including the Walt Disney Company, Del Monte Foods, and the National Wildlife Federation. She began her diplomatic career in 1969, when she was appointed to represent the United States at a session of the United Nations General Assembly, where she worked at the U.S. Mission under Ambassador Charles W. Yost. In 1988, she published her autobiography, Child Star. Temple was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Kennedy Center Honors and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She is 18th on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female American screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Works

83 films

Fort Apache

19487.0

Waking Sleeping Beauty

20097.2

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

19476.9

Heidi

19376.9

The Little Princess

19396.7

Stand Up and Cheer!

19345.3

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde

20156.4

Hollywood Uncensored

19875.4

Carolina

19346.7

The Little Colonel

19356.6

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

19837.0

That's Dancing!

19856.9

Frank Capra's American Dream

19976.3

Young People

19405.3

The Blue Bird

19405.8

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

19386.9

Bright Eyes

19346.7

Curly Top

19356.5

Since You Went Away

19446.6

Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star

1996

Captain January

19366.8

Out All Night

19337.5

Wee Willie Winkie

19376.6

The Littlest Rebel

19356.4

Stowaway

19366.7

The Story of Seabiscuit

19496.0

Pippi Longstocking

19618.0

A Kiss for Corliss

19495.8

Judy Garland: By Myself

20048.3

Susannah of the Mounties

19396.5

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

19406.3

The Hollywood Gad-About

19346.0

I'll Be Seeing You

19446.9

Ali Baba Goes to Town

19376.0

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

19497.3

Little Miss Broadway

19386.5

Baby Take a Bow

19345.7

Merrily Yours

19335.7

Our Little Girl

19355.2

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

2009

Little Miss Marker

19346.5

Going Hollywood: The '30s

19849.0

Take It or Leave It

19446.0

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

1981

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

19977.7

Hooray for Hollywood

19768.0

Poor Little Rich Girl

19366.6

Adventure in Baltimore

19495.3

Now and Forever

19346.8

That Hagen Girl

19475.3

Hollywood’s Children

19829.0

Kiss and Tell

19456.3

Hollywood Blue

197010.0

The Sound of Laughter

19635.0

Miss Annie Rooney

19426.3

As the Earth Turns

19345.6

Just Around the Corner

19385.8

Mandalay

19345.8

Change of Heart

19346.3

Pardon My Pups

19346.0

Kathleen

19416.0

Now I'll Tell

19345.1

Polly Tix in Washington

19334.6

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

1993

Kid in Hollywood

19336.4

Dimples

19366.6

What's to Do?

19336.5

Glad Rags to Riches

19336.1

To the Last Man

19335.9

Red Haired Alibi

19324.8

The Biggest Little Star of the 30's

1976

Dora's Dunking Doughnuts

19335.2

The Kid's Last Fight

19337.0

Honeymoon

19476.5

The Pie-Covered Wagon

19326.3

War Babies

19323.5

Managed Money

19345.3

Kid 'in' Africa

19335.7

The Our Gang Story

1994

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends

19997.6

Runt Page

19325.9

Shirley Temple' Storybook The Reluctant Dragon

2026