Shirley Temple

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

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

Fort Apache
7.0%

Fort Apache

Jun 14, 1948

The Little Princess
6.7%

The Little Princess

Mar 17, 1939

Waking Sleeping Beauty
7.2%

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Sep 5, 2009

Heidi
6.9%

Heidi

Oct 15, 1937

The Oscars
7.0%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

Showbiz Kids
6.9%

Showbiz Kids

Jul 14, 2020

Since You Went Away
6.4%

Since You Went Away

Jun 30, 1944

Curly Top
6.4%

Curly Top

Jul 26, 1935

The Blue Bird
5.7%

The Blue Bird

Jan 15, 1940

I'll Be Seeing You
6.9%

I'll Be Seeing You

Dec 31, 1944

The Little Colonel
6.4%

The Little Colonel

Feb 22, 1935

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Acting

Film Stars Help Greece as Self
2022
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage)
2020
Showbiz Kids as Self (archive footage)
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
2004
Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage)
1999
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (archive footage)
1996
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1995
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1994
The Our Gang Story as Self (archive footage)
1993
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling as Self (archive footage)
1987
Hollywood Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
1985
That's Dancing!
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Wogan as Self
1982
Hollywood’s Children as Self (archive footage)
1981
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream as Archive Footage
1978
The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
1976
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's as Self(archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1970
Hollywood Blue as (archive footage)
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1965
The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
1963
The Sound of Laughter as La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Hostess
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961
Pippi Longstocking as Shirley Temple
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook as Narrator
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1953
The Oscars as Self
1949
A Kiss for Corliss as Corliss Archer
1949
The Story of Seabiscuit as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
1949
Adventure in Baltimore as Dinah Sheldon
1949
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College as Ellen Baker
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest
1948
Fort Apache as Philadelphia Thursday
1947
That Hagen Girl as Mary Hagen
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Susan Turner
1947
Honeymoon as Barbara Olmstead
1945
Kiss and Tell as Corliss Archer
1944
I'll Be Seeing You as Barbara Marshall
1944
Take It or Leave It as Herself
1944
Since You Went Away as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
1942
Miss Annie Rooney as Annie Rooney
1941
Kathleen as Kathleen Davis
1940
Young People as Kit Ballantine
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
1940
The Blue Bird as Mytyl
1939
Susannah of the Mounties as Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon
1939
The Little Princess as Sara Crewe
1938
Just Around the Corner as Penny Hale
1938
Little Miss Broadway as Betsy Brown Shea
1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Rebecca Winstead
1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town as Herself
1937
Heidi as Heidi Kramer
1937
Wee Willie Winkie as Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
1936
Stowaway as Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart
1936
Dimples as Dimples Appleby
1936
Poor Little Rich Girl as Barbara Barry
1936
Captain January as Helen 'Star' Mason
1935
The Littlest Rebel as Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
1935
Curly Top as Elizabeth Blair
1935
The Little Colonel as Lloyd Sherman
1935
Our Little Girl as Molly Middleton
1934
Bright Eyes as Shirley Blake
1934
The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
1934
Now and Forever as Penelope 'Pennie' Day
1934
Baby Take a Bow as Shirley Ellison
1934
Now I'll Tell as Mary Doran
1934
Little Miss Marker as Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
1934
Change of Heart as Shirley
1934
Stand Up and Cheer! as Shirley Dugan
1934
Managed Money as Mary Lou Rogers
1934
As the Earth Turns as Child
1934
Carolina as Joan Connelly (uncredited)
1934
Pardon My Pups as Mary Lou Rogers
1933
What's to Do? as Mary Lou Rogers
1933
Merrily Yours as Mary Lou Rogers
1933
Kid 'in' Africa as Madame Cradlebait
1933
To the Last Man as Mary Stanley (uncredited)
1933
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts as Shirley
1933
Polly Tix in Washington as Polly Tix
1933
The Kid's Last Fight as Shirley
1933
Out All Night as Child
1933
Kid in Hollywood
1933
Glad Rags to Riches as Nell / La Belle Diaperina
1932
The Pie-Covered Wagon as Shirley
1932
Red Haired Alibi as Gloria Shelton
1932
War Babies as Charmaine
1932
Runt Page as Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
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