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Shirley Temple

Actress / Film Actress / Diplomat / Child Actress / Television Actress / Politician | * 04/23/1928 († 85, 02/10/2014) | Santa Monica, California (United States of America (USA))
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 in 1931 when she was three years old and was well-known for her performance in Bright Eyes, which was released in 1934. She won a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer in motion pictures during 1934 and continued to appear in popular films through the remainder of the 1930s, although her subsequent films became less popular as she grew older. She appeared in her last film, A Kiss for Corliss, in 1949. In 1958, Temple returned to show business with a two-season television anthology series of fairy tale adaptations called Shirley Temple's Storybook, which was very popular at the tim... ()
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Shirley Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. She got her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super stardom. Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of five! Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in her films and they ultimately bought millions of dollars worth of products that had her likeness on them. Dolls, phonograph records, mugs, hats, dresses, whatever it was, if it had her picture on there they bought it. Shirley was box-office champion for the consecutive years 1935-36-37-38, beating out such great grown-up stars as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper and Joan Crawford. By 1939, her popularity declined. Although she starred in some very good movies like Since You Went Away (1944) and the The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), her career was nearing its end. Later, she served as an ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. It was once guessed that she had more than 50 golden curls on her head. Her mother, Gertrude Temple, did her hair in pin curls for each movie. Every hairstyle had exactly 56 curls.Date of Death 10February 2014,Woodside, California.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Kids & Family | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War. ...

The Little Princess

G

1939 | 3.4/5 | 1h 33min
Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family
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Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast. ...

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

G

1938 | 3.4/5 | 1h 20min
Drama, Kids & Family, Music
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An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody. ...

Bright Eyes

NR

1934 | 3.3/5 | 1h 25min
Drama, Kids & Family, Music
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After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years pass and Eliz ...

The Little Colonel

NR

1935 | 3.3/5 | 1h 20min
Comedy, Kids & Family, Music
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Awards & Nominations for Shirley Temple

Academy Juvenile Award Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Kennedy Center Honors Honorary Citizen of Plzeň Golden Plate Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Shirley Temple as Actress(74)

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)1997 Frank Capra's American Dream
1996 Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
as Self (archive footage)1987 Hollywood Uncensored
1985 That's Dancing!
as (archive footage)1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage)1982 Hollywood’s Children
as Archive Footage1981 Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
as Self(archive footage)1976 The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
as Self (archive footage)1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as (archive footage)1965 The Love Goddesses
as La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)1963 The Sound of Laughter
as Corliss Archer1949 A Kiss for Corliss
as Dinah Sheldon1949 Adventure in Baltimore
as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles1949 The Story of Seabiscuit
as Ellen Baker1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Philadelphia Thursday1948 Fort Apache
as Mary Hagen1947 That Hagen Girl
as Barbara Olmstead1947 Honeymoon
as Susan Turner1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Corliss Archer1945 Kiss and Tell
as herself1944 Take It or Leave It
as Barbara Marshall1944 I'll Be Seeing You
as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton1944 Since You Went Away
as Annie Rooney1942 Miss Annie Rooney
as Kathleen Davis1941 Kathleen
as Kit Ballantine1940 Young People
as Mytyl1940 The Blue Bird
as Self (archive footage)1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon1939 Susannah of the Mounties
as Sara Crewe1939 The Little Princess
as Penny Hale1938 Just Around the Corner
as Rebecca Winstead1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Betsy Brown Shea1938 Little Miss Broadway
as Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams1937 Wee Willie Winkie
as herself1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Heidi Kramer1937 Heidi
as Dimples Appleby1936 Dimples
as Barbara Barry1936 Poor Little Rich Girl
as Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart1936 Stowaway
as Helen 'Star' Mason1936 Captain January
as Elizabeth Blair1935 Curly Top
as Lloyd Sherman1935 The Little Colonel
as Virginia 'Virgie' Cary1935 The Littlest Rebel
as Molly Middleton1935 Our Little Girl
as Herself (uncredited)1934 The Hollywood Gad-About
as Marthy 'Marky' Jane1934 Little Miss Marker
as Mary Lou Rogers1934 Pardon My Pups
as Shirley Blake1934 Bright Eyes
as Shirley Ellison1934 Baby Take a Bow
as Mary Lou Rogers1934 Managed Money
as Child1934 As the Earth Turns
as Shirley1934 Change of Heart
as Shirley Dugan1934 Stand Up and Cheer!
as Joan Connelly (uncredited)1934 Carolina
as Penelope 'Penny' Day1934 Now and Forever
as Mary Doran1934 Now I'll Tell
as Shirley1933 Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
as Mary Stanley (uncredited)1933 To the Last Man
as Nell / La Belle Diaperina1933 Glad Rags to Riches
1933 Kid in Hollywood
as Shirley1933 The Kid's Last Fight
1933 Polly Tix in Washington
as Child1933 Out All Night
as Madame Cradlebait1933 Kid 'in' Africa
as Mary Lou Rogers1933 What's to Do?
as Mary Lou Rogers1933 Merrily Yours
as Lulu Parsnips1932 Runt Page
as Charmaine1932 War Babies
as Shirley1932 The Pie-Covered Wagon
as Gloria Shelton1932 Red Haired Alibi

TV Shows/Series with Shirley Temple as Actress(7)

as herself1982 Wogan
as herself1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
as herself1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Narrator1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook
as herself1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self - Guest1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Shirley Temple as Crew(1)

Writing/Book2001 Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story

Full Name: Shirley Jane Agar
Born: Monday, 04/23 1928 (April) in Santa Monica, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 02/10 2014 (February) in Woodside (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Harvard-Westlake School
Record Label: RCA Victor
Spouses (current/former): John Agar, Charles Alden Black
Children: Lori Black
Father: George Francis Temple
Mother: Gertrude Amelia Temple
Other names for Shirley Temple (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Shirley Jane Temple"
"Shirley Temple Black"
"Shirley Temple-Black"
Shirley Temple frequently works together with these people:
Charles Lamont (13x, Crew)
Darryl F. Zanuck (11x, Crew)
Gwen Wakeling (10x, Crew)
Thomas Little (10x, Crew)
Charlton Heston (9x, Actor)
Art Carney (8x, Actor)
Sammy Davis Jr. (8x, Actor)
Arthur C. Miller (8x, Crew)
Jack Lemmon (7x, Actor)
James Dunn (7x, Actor)
Jack Hays (7x, Crew)
David Butler (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10014, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/28/2024