Shirley Temple
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1928-04-23
Deathday 2014-02-10 (85 years old)
Place of Birth Santa Monica, California, USA
Also Known As Shirley Jane Temple, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple-Black
Shirley Temple
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]
Known For
Actor
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as Self (archive footage)
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as Herself (archive footage)
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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as (archive footage)
as Self - Guest
as (archive footage)
as La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
as Shirley Temple
as Self - Co-Hostess
as Self
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Corliss Archer
as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
as Dinah Sheldon
as Ellen Baker
as Philadelphia Thursday
as Self - Guest
as Mary Hagen
as Susan Turner
as Barbara Olmstead
as Corliss Archer
as Barbara Marshall
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
as Annie Rooney
as Kathleen Davis
as Wendy Ballantine
as Self (archive footage)
as Mytyl
as Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon
as Sara Crewe
as Penny Hale
as Betsy Brown Shea
as Rebecca Winstead
as Herself
as Heidi Kramer
as Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
as Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart
as Dimples Appleby
as Barbara Barry
as Helen 'Star' Mason
as Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
as Elizabeth Blair
as Lloyd Sherman
as Molly Middleton
as Shirley Blake
as Self (uncredited)
as Penelope 'Pennie' Day
as Shirley Ellison
as Mary Doran
as Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
as Shirley
as Shirley Dugan
as Mary Lou Rogers
as Child
as Joan Connelly (uncredited)
as Mary Lou Rogers
as Mary Lou Rogers
as Madame Cradlebait
as Mary Lou Rogers
as Mary Stanley (uncredited)
as Shirley
as Polly Tix
as Shirley
as Child
as Nell / La Belle Diaperina
as Shirley
as Gloria Shelton
as Charmaine
as Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)